The movie!

In the movie To Kill a Mockingbird the scene when Dill, Jem and Scout go up to the Radleys house and try to see Boo Radley. In the book they say that Nathan Radley shot at Jem, Scout and Dill when they went up to look into the window but he just shot at Jem when he went back to get his pants. I thougt the Radleys house would look different and i pictured all of the actors differently but so far the movie is really good!
I also thought that Dill got on Jem's back to put a note inside their house. But Jem was the only one that went on the porch to look into the window. Those parts where pretty outgoing. I pictured them totally different when i read the book but that is the beauty of reading the book first and watching the movie, to see the differences of the two.

tHeMeS! (themes!!!) =] ♥

Education and upper and lower class are big "themes" in the book To Kill A Mockingbird. The Ewell family is a lower class family because they have little education. Bob Ewell is a horrible father who needs money from the government to help his family because he can't do it himself. You can tell he has little to no education because he works and gets money but he doesn't spend it in a very sensible way. He buys alcohol instead of food for his family. He is irresponsible and has let his children skip school. During the trial, Atticus asks Mayella if her dad is easy to get along with or if he is good to her. She says "He does tollable, 'cept when-" Than she looks up at her dad and he looks surprised about what Atticus and Mayella said. So she tells Atticus "Except when nothin', I said he does tollable." (page 185) This shows that they don't have a very good vocabulary so they are not very smart. Also it shows that Mayella is afraid of her father so she doesn't want to disappoint him so she doesn't get beat!
The opposite of the Ewell family is the Finches, because they are a middle to higher class not a low class.. They are more respected than the Ewells because they can afford more and Atticus is a layer. Atticus has two kids and they are well respected and Atticus can pay for a nice house. When Bob spends his money on alcohol. The Ewells don't have a very nice home ether. They live by the dumpster and they get food out of the garbage.

Atticus as a father...

Atticus as a father...he is very protective about some things but also he is very easy going. He doesn't mind what the kids do as long as they are not herting anyone or anything. Like when Jem and Scout got the airguns for Christmas Atticus told them that they can "Shoot all of the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." (page 90)
Atticus is a kind of layed back person...he is noble and honest. He doesn't want Jem and Scout to be a bad person like some of the people in Maycomb. He wants them to be nice to others no matter what color skin they have, or what ever the situation is. Scout is a fighter. She will fight anyone if they call her or anyone of her friends names. Scout has learned a lot from Atticus because she cares about other people. Jem has learned honesty. Like when Jem told Scout about the night when he went over to the Radley's house to get his pants. He kept it in for a while but he finally came out and told Scout.