The novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ was written by American author Harper Lee in 1960, and was the young author’s debut. The book features a number of characters which are based on, and sometimes named after, people close to Lee herself, the most notable examples are Atticus Finch, who is based on and named after her mother Frances Cunningham Finch Lee. Who the character of Arnie Cunningham is also named after. The character of Dill is also based on Lee’s childhood friend Truman Capote, and given that as a child Lee was a tomboy, and a precocious reader it is highly probable that the character of Scout is based on the author herself. [click to continue…]
Gregory Peck
Here I will analyse the relationship between J. Lee Thompson’s 1961 film ‘Cape Fear’ and Martin Scorsese’s 1991 re-make of the same name. In analysing the relationship between these two films, we must first understand the great social differences between American society in 1961 and American society in 1991, mainly with regard to the structure of, and relationships within, the American family. Although both Thompson’s and Scorsese’s interpretations of the story, remove the two Bowden boys, in order to focus the story around the threat that Max Cady poses, specifically to Sam Bowden’s daughter Nancy , in the 1961 version and in a more modern portrayal as Danielle, in the 1991 film. [click to continue…]
