There are many differences between the book; To Kill a Mockingbird and the film. Some differences are easy to spot, others are not. A lot of things in the book are not in the movie. Many of these things you don't need, but are crucial to the plot of the book. The movies and books have differences and similarities, but many elements from the books MUST be included in the movie. At the beginning of the film, it opens with the scouts singing and drawing/coloring. The first thing I noticed was how the audience encounters Dill in the book and in the film. In the book we meet Dill relatively late and in the film we meet him almost from the beginning of the film. Dill is a key character and we don't see as much of him as I expected. Some examples of this are his abilities to perform plays and tell beautiful stories. In the film we don't see how he plays these plays. This is one of the things that disappointed me during the film. To add to Dill's amazing thoughts on games and gambling, the film did not include the game of strip poker. This gave a great lesson and moral to the readers of the book. “Matches are dangerous, but cards are deadly…” This quote was very meaningful and made people think about its true meaning. Games can harm people, but in playing card poker, the stakes are high and could involve money and people's lives, if things go wrong. This scene would be ideal for the film and would give a more dramatic and meaningful look to the film. This was an example of one of the things that was a key focus after reading the book and watching the movie that was left out. I thought Jem slapping the Radley house was very important in the book. This part of the book showed us...... middle of paper ...... What really shocked me about a part that was left out of the movie was when Jem was punished for go help and understand Mrs. Dubose as a punishment. After Mrs. Dubose harassed Jem and Scout, he had enough and took his anger out on his most precious thing, his garden. I thought it was very important for the book and it would be essential for the film as well. This was one of the scenes that showed us that Jem was indeed “growing up”. It also introduced us to Dubose's addiction to morphine and his attempt to stop and be brave, as Atticus said. In fact, after all the differences, I think this is the most important scene that wasn't in the movie. Overall, the film and book have many differences and similarities, some more significant than others. The story is still clear without a lot of scenes from the book, but the movie would have thought more about it..