Christy+Character+Connection+2

====I choose a British movie "Cry Freedom" directed by Richard Attenborough in 1987 to show a text to text connection with the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird". The movie is a real-life event centering around a black activist Steve Biko and his friends Donald Woods. Woods is a journalist who wants to seek more information about a new story depicting the demolition of a slum in East London, South Africa. He ventures off to meet Biko who is officially banned by the South African government. Biko invites Woods to visit a black township to see the impoverished conditions and to witness the effect of the government imposing restrictions which make up the apartheid system. Woods agrees with Biko's desire for a South Africa where blacks have the same opportunities and freedom as those enjoyed by the white population. Unfortunately, Biko is beaten to death because he gathers an illegal political speech outside his banning area.====

====Both Biko and Atticus share the same aim. They show their viewpoint towards a controversial issue with the power of language - speech. In one of Biko's speech, he said, "We are going to change South Africa. What we've got to decide is the best way to do that. And as angry as we have the right to be, let us remember that we are in the struggle to kill the idea that one kind of man is superior to another kind of man." This shows that both of them hope for a change to unlock the unwritten code between the white and the black, destroying the unfair world and building a harmonious one.====