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To Kill A Mockingbird Similarities
Similarities and Differences in To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird has a novel and a film. The novel may have many similarities to the film, the film might be a little different, but this is what they share in similarities. In the novel and the film they both have Scout as the narrator, and it is being told from Scout’s point of view. When Atticus shot the mad dog, that was in the novel as well as the film. In the novel Boo Radley left gifts in the hole in the tree, and when his brother found out, he filled the hole with cement. In the film there was a visual of what the gifts from Boo Radley looked like, and how his brother filled the hole with cement. The themes were similar, the theme of racism, family, and maturing was given in

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