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Class: ENGL - American Literature 1 - Introduction; Subject: English; University: St Francis College; Term: Forever 1989;
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TERM 1
DEFINITION 1 When I was merely 15 years old, I saw war. War caused by discrimination and injustice. I grew up around the bizarrely innate idea of shaming people who were different. The poor and uneducated. The young, the old. The Negroes. TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 Hello, my name is Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird. Today I will be talking to you about why my novel portrays prejudice in a more refined and intricate way as opposed to the film adaptation by Robert Mulligan. TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 When I first imagined the 'syrup scene', I knew I'd finally found a way to communicate the sheer injustice that plagued Maycomb, and how the Finches responded to it. It was a temperamental scene of gentle themes and yet drenched with thematic weight. The kind of scene that I now see is best kept to paper. TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 The syrup scene is a scene that portrays the nuances of the film and novel at their finest, with Walter Cunningham and his family as the biggest examples of injustice in social hierarchy in my novel, and the strong, feminine and motherly influence Calpurnia brings upon the Finch household through her actions. TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 As Scout is reprimanded by Calpurnia for disturbing Walter's meal, Calpurnia is depicted as a motherly figure, subtly teaching the values of equality to Scout in the novel through her angry tone. This sense of motherly love and subtlety can only be sensed through carefully thought out words on a page, as opposed to in the film, where Calpurnia doesn't seem to be part of the Finch family at all, but rather a supporting character to the plot.
TERM 6
DEFINITION 6 Calpurnia is a vital character to the plot of my novel, being the educated, female African-American character, which brings me to my next point: the omission of the well-known church scene. TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 The church scene shows Scout, Jem and the readers the 'other side' of Maycomb County. That is to say, it is the window to the presence of prejudice in the plot. The children perceive a new part of the racism presented in the plot, the racism that the African-Americans inflict upon the whites. It communicates a key aspect of my novel, showing that prejudice applies to both parties, that is, the offenders and the offended. However, this crucial scene was omitted in the film, defeated the whole purpose of it. The depth of the prejudice portrayed in my novel, is thus, not clearly outlined in Mulligan's film. TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 The film, with its visually appealing settings and characters catches the eyes of its audience, but it fails to reflect the prejudices I was exposed to throughout the early stages of my life.