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To Kill a Mockingbird scene?

posted 16 years ago by MacsLaw-2
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Anyone notice in this remarkable picture the similarity of the scene in which Honest Abe talks down the mob outside the jail to that scene in TKAM where a mob is out to lynch Tom Robinson in the county jail but Atticus has been waiting for them and, with the help of little Scout, gets the group to disband? I would not be surprised at all to learn that TKAM author Harper Lee (the scene's in the book also) was influenced by "Young Mr. Lincoln" in devising the scene for her book.

[–] jkpush-1 15 years ago

Most definitely! I saw the parallel immediately.

[–] Studman_Productions 15 years ago

yup, good call!

[–] The-Man-Machine 15 years ago

Last night, I came upon this very scene on YouTube, and I immediately thought the same thing. I just kept thinking, "this is very similar to that one scene in To Kill A Mockingbird, wow." Needless to say, I like both movies.

-The Pistolero

[–] Soujurn 11 years ago

Actually, Addicus doesn't talk down the mob in TKAM. If you will recall, it was Scout talking to Mr. Cunningham, and he decided to leave which triggered the mob to disband.

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."
-Dennis

[–] Captain_Augustus_McCrae 10 years ago

Yes, and Addicus spelled his name, "Atticus".

"It ain't dying I'm talking about, it's LIVING!"
Captain Augustus McCrae

[–] Soujurn 10 years ago

Actually, "Atticus" is a fictional character and couldn't spell at all.

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."
-Dennis

[–] Captain_Augustus_McCrae 10 years ago

Neither can you, evidently.

"It ain't dying I'm talking about, it's LIVING!"
Captain Augustus McCrae

[–] MycroftHolmes 9 years ago

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What we got here is... failure to communicate!

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