2nd Quarter Reflection

 The school year is now officially half over. Over this school year I have done so much in this class.

So far in my forty book challenge j haven't read as much as I would have wanted to. After reading To Kill A Mockingbird in class I decided to read Malalas book. I had been wanting to read this book for a long while but hadn't had the time. Once I sat down and read it it turned out to be a great book and worth the wait. One of my biggest improvements this quarter I believe would be the ability to proof read and correct writing. I had previously been fairly good at this but since editing our TKAM thematic essays and writing our AOW's I have really grown in this skill. Something else I've improved is my ability to analyze text, from the word choice to the tone of the text. Something else that I feel has improved this quarter are my blogs. Since the second quarter started I've written about five blogs and I can tell that my organization skills and writing skills have improved a lot.

Something that was very challenging for me this quarter was not procrastinating. I am constantly putting work off until the last minute and have received two fouls for incompletion. Something that I could do to improve this is to physically write down the work that needs to be done and separate blocks of time for my work to be done. I believe that despite having flaws in my work ethic I have improved in my research skills. I believe that I have improved my research skills because I have gotten better and quicker in researching our root words and researching things mentioned in text. 

'To Kill A Mockingbird" Juxtaposition

Prompt: 1.  What do you think is the most important difference between the written and filmed version? Provide evidence with specific details.

How would you prove or disprove that one version of To Kill A Mockingbird is more affective in delivering its message than the other? Be sure to provide specific pieces of evidence to support your opinion.

For this blog I will be juxtaposing the most important difference between the novel and film adaption and the effectiveness of one version over the other.

I believe that the most important difference between the written version of 'To Kill A Mockingbird and the film version is the amount of detail expressed in Boo Radley. Within the novel there are many large parts written solely about the children's views and experiences with him. For example, within the novel one of the character known as Miss.Maudie, has her home burn down. While  this happens Scout is outside of the home in the snow  and Boo Radley quietly slips her a cover and walks away. On the other hand this never happens in the novel, and there is no mention of Scout even having an account with Boo Radley. This part was extremely important in the novel because it shows to Scout that Boo Radley isn't a bad man, that he is a caring man and is not what everyone thinks he is. When this doesn't happen in the film it never shows Scout growing as a person but instead just shows that she fears him based on rumours she's heard.

Another example of this is when Scout, Jem, and Dill try give a note to Boo to befriend him. In the novel the children hatch the idea to attach a note to a fishing rod to give to Boo Radley, with a message for him. The children try to befriend Boo until Atticus tells the children to stop bothering him. While in the film adaptation the children never even reach out to Boo Radley at all. The children simply live in fear of Boo Radley and the Radley home. In the text Boo Radley starts to leave gifts for the children, but only after they reach out to him. Boo does this to show them that feels as if they are friends. Since the children never try to befriend him in the film there is no reason for a Boo to leave gifts for the children. The children simply live in fear of Boo and his home. 

I also believe that the regular novel is more effective in delivering the message over the film adaptation. I believe this because within the novel you see so much more prejudice shown towards Boo. In the novel you see many characters call Boo insane, a killer, and just shown as a menace to society. While in the film adaptation you only hear talk of Boo once in the very beggining. In the novel you also see Scout show a lot of judgement towards Boo Radley, while in the film you do not. The main theme of the novel is empathy, so in the novel there is a larger message of empathy shown by Scout in the end scene where she sees from Boo's point of view and realizes how wrong she was, while in the movie she merely dictates what we can assume is empathy towards Boo Radley.

Due to all the textual evidence from the novel and details from the film I feel it is safe to say that in both of these categories the novel rules over the film adaptation in more than one way.