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Intensity is the exceptionally great concentration of power or force. Stories are what they are when they have well detailed character descriptions, variety of plots, and symbols. All of these things help make a story interesting and intense to the reader/viewer. 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is a 1960 academy award winning novel written by Harper Lee. 'A Time to Kill' is a 1993 movie directed by Joel Schumacher. 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is more intense than the movie 'A Time to Kill' because it has a broader plot. It is also detailed in terms of characters by providing various perspectives on ideas, and events. It has important symbols that help build the characters and plot, which ultimately makes it intense. Therefore, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is more intense than the movie 'A Time to Kill'
Intensity in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is attained because it has a broader plot than 'A Time to Kill' where more than one conflict/problem exists. The first plot event that exists is between Boo Radley. Scout, Jem, and Dill become fascinated with their mysterious neighbour Boo Radley and have an escalating series of encounters with him. One encounter with Boo was when Scout and Jem were standing near the Radley house while Miss Maudie's house was burning down. As Atticus explains 'Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn't know it when he put the blanket around you', (Lee 72) 'To Kill a Mockingbird' has the school plot as well. One school related incident is when Scout goes to school for a play. As Scout explains
'So the Maycomb ladies said things would be different this year. The high-school auditorium would be open, there would be a pageant for the grown-ups; apple-bobbing, taffy-pulling, pinning the tail on the donkey for the children. Three would also be a prize of twenty-five cents for the best Halloween costume, created by the wearer.' (Lee 252)
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