Book Vs Movie The Giver

The Giver

Have you ever seen a novel with a movie that is exactly the same? Well, The Giver does not fall into that category. The movie and novel of The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, have some things in common, but the differences greatly outweigh the similarities. Some of the differences in the movie were better than the actual occurrence in the book, but others were not. These similarities and differences affect which one the audience may choose to see or read. The decision of whether to watch The Giver movie or read The Giver book can be concluded by examining the similarities and differences in the point of view, plot, and exposition of each.

First, the point of view is a similarity shared by both the novel and movie of The Giver. In

The most important difference in the plot is that the memories that Jonas received were different. For example, in the movie, the first memory of pain that Jonas received was a bee sting. However, in the book, the first memory of pain was a sunburn. Another big difference is that the Chief Elder was portrayed as the main antagonist in the movie. She took many steps to keep the memories contained while in the book, the Chief Elder was rarely mentioned in the search for Jonas. It was said that planed searched for Jonas and Gabe. After some time, The Community gave up on the search. The last major differences were the roles of Fiona and Asher. They played a much larger role in the movie. In the movie, Jonas and Fiona kissed while in the book, both Jonas and Fiona did not show any major emotions to each other. Also, Fiona helped Jonas rescue Gabe in the movie as opposed to Jonas rescuing Gabe by himself, as was said in the book. Asher reported Jonas trying to leave The Community to the Chief Elder in the movie. In the book, Asher did not play a large role in the escape of Jonas. He also saved Jonas when he found him in Elsewhere. This did not occur in the

The movie started a day or two before Jonas' graduation. The characters were somewhat introduced, but the movie did not give a full background of each person. However, at the beginning of the book, one of Jonas' memories was told. The exposition also showed him going to school and talking to his parents about his nervousness for the graduation. These events helped show what kind of a person Jonas is. Another difference in the exposition was that at the first appearance of Fiona and Asher, there was a description for each of