The Giver: Comparing The Book To The Movie

So which is better, the book or the movie? People have been analyzing this since the beginning of book-to-film adaptations. But let us see for ourselves which is better, by using The Giver as an example. The Giver is the story of a boy named Jonas. He lives in a community where everything is controlled and there is no such thing as real emotion. Jonas is then chosen by the Community to do a special job and that’s how a series of events start to unfold as Jonas realises the truth about his world.There are many differences between the movie The Giver and the book. Moreover, there are still many similarities between the book and the movie. For example, Jonas is still a boy from a system where everything is controlled. Likewise, there are no colors or music allowed in the Community. And in the both the book and the movie, the plot thickens as Jonas receives the memories and starts to feel emotions. So, although there are similarities between the book and the movie, there still leaves the question; does the movie give the book justice?

Let’s analyze the leniency that The Giver made to the movie. Rather than make jonas 12 years old like Lois Lowry did in the book, the producers made Jonas an 18 year old graduating high school. Besides that, the movie made Fiona a Nurturer instead of a Caretaker of the Old and Asher a Pilot instead of becoming Assistant Director of Recreation. Also in the movie Jonas gets a shot every morning to keep away the Stirrings while in the book he takes a pill every morning. Infact, one of the biggest changes in the movie is that Fiona becomes Jonas’s girlfriend. Furthermore, I believe there was a volume of changes made to the movie and now we shall see if that is good or