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 that are in the book are not in the movie. Many of these things you don't need, but they are crucial to the plot of the book. Movies and books have differences and similarities, but many things in 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 audiences meet Dill in the book and film. In the book we meet Dill relatively late and in the film we meet him almost immediately after the film begins. Dill is a key character and we don't get to see him as much as I would have liked. Some examples of this are his abilities to perform plays and tell great stories. In the film, we don't see how he plays these plays. This is one of the things that disappointed me while watching the film. To further Dill's incredible idea about comedy and games, the film did not include the game of strip poker. This gave an excellent lesson and moral to the readers of the book. “Games are dangerous, but cards are deadly…” This quote was very significant and made people think about its true meaning. The games can hurt people, but in playing poker the stakes are high and could involve people's money and lives if things go wrong. This scene would have been great for the film and would have given a more dramatic and meaningful feel to the film. This was an example of one of the things that was a key part after reading the book and seeing the movie that was left out. I thought Jem smacking the Radley house was very important in the book. This part of the book showed us…half of the paper… What really shocked me about a part that was left out in the movie was when Jem was punished to go help and understand Mrs. Dubose as a punishment. After Mrs. Dubose molested Jem and Scout, he got fed up and took his anger out on his most precious possession, his garden. I thought this was very important to the book and would be essential to the film as well. This was one of the scenes that showed us that Jem was truly “growing up”. It also introduced us to Dubose's addiction to morphine and his attempt to stop and be brave, as Atticus said. Actually, 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 important than others. The story is still clear without many scenes from the book, but the movie would have thought about it more.