His performance also won the Oscar for best actor. Characters can deliver their lines with facial expressions, hand gestures, and postures that Harper Lee may not have written about. For example, when Bob Ewell was being interrogated. Mayella Ewell's facial expression was never mentioned, but in the film you can see an expression of fear on her face. The movie gives the characters much more depth than the book can provide. While the film provides greater depth to the characters, it can also do the opposite. For example, the actress who plays Miss Maudie is thinner, much younger and more conventional than Scout describes in the book, which takes something away from the character. The book is still better than