Scout describes the Courthouse as “The Maycomb County courthouse was faintly reminiscent of Arlington in one respect: the concrete pillars supporting its south roof were too heavy for their light burden. The pillars were all that remained standing when the original courthouse burned in 1856. Another courthouse was built around them. It is better to say, built in spite of them. But for the south porch, the Maycomb County courthouse was early Victorian, presenting an unoffensive vista when seen from the north. From the other side, however, Greek revival columns clashed with a big nineteenth-century clock tower housing a rusty unreliable instrument, a view indicating a people determined to preserve every physical scrap of the past.’’ The way Lee describes the courthouse, imagery appears and she makes it so that the reader can imagine what it would look like. Also during the trial of Tom Robinson Lee adds more about the courthouse such as “The colored balcony ran along three walls of the courtroom like a second story veranda.’’ When Lee adds this in, it gives the reader more of a chance to imagine what it would be like and it is a very effective scene of imagery. However in the movie Scout never describes the Courthouse so it does not let the reader get that sense of imagery that is provided in the book. When Lee adds scout telling the description of the Courthouse in the book it provides a sense of imagery to the reader and really does a good job portraying the courthouse. In this scene The imagery used by the book was very well written and provided the reader with a sense that they were actually there in the courtroom. The book’s imagery was more effective than the movies in this particular