The Giver Book And Movie Analysis

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The book and movie come from similar concept, the idea of a boy who discovers the hidden secrets of his perfect community by receiving memories of the past and struggled with memories. The common ideas that both movie and book shares, is living in controlled perfect society where no war, hunger, love or any kind of real emotions. When the kids reach a certain age they make the ceremony and each obtain new items, or task, so Jonas was chosen for special job is to be the new Receiver of Memory, which he goes to train to inherent all the memories of the previous decades which the community don’t know like animals, colors, and death Etc. the colors in the movie give the viewer chill when Jonas was slowly introduced to colors, the glance of red, …show more content…

Despite the similarities of the book and movie, the producer or director missed some important values from the book and exaggerate the little parts, for example the romantic moments with Fiona and Jonas which did not happen in the book, just Jonas had a dream about her. The movie overdoes the book simplistic by adding a typical romance and action scenes, which disappointed for the giver readers. Some additional differences included, when the weather changed and the black and white slowly transferred to grayish then colors and the viewer can tell some of the book’s details had to be cut or changed to suit the movie format.
The movie the giver is a series of short scenes of the book and it is not necessarily cover the full book sequences, however it is expected by the readers to contain the same plot. Therefore, when Jonas received his task being “receiver of the memory” the elder skipped his number so she can announce it later and that moment showed both reader and viewer the importance of his character and the beginning of the next events, another similarity the elsewhere scene which how Jonas …show more content…

The text can teach these parents or society as a whole the importance of being individual because in the giver Jonas struggled as being 12 years old and go in an overwhelming journey into adulthood and decision making by himself. He is a child and receiving all that memories about war and pain; show it necessary to experience the negative portion of life to grow up. The memories play a vital role, the book and movie connected that in a way to show without memories there is no humanity, compassion, and without past knowledge preventing repeating mistakes will be impossible. When Jonas felt confused about making decisions, worry about his future, and he had no freedom to express his thoughts or has privacy, which it's kind of like me after graduating and sometimes society limited a person's action due to traditions or rules. In both the book and movie Jonas left his home with Gabriel, but almost every other aspect has different ending. In the book, Jonas took his time to plan his escape but, accelerate due Gabriel releasing. Otherwise, in the movie he left to save the baby from dying, he punches Asher and criminates Fiona. In the book he rides a bicycle away in the midnight not on stealing a motorcycle and it didn’t mention what happened back in the community, only Jonas perspective, and it's not clear if Jonas and Gabriel survive. However, the movie showed a lot of action,

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