The Giver Movie And Book Comparison Essay

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What is a world without color, emotions, animals, and music? In the science fiction story of The Giver written by Lois Lowry, everyone and everything is the same. They have genetically modified people and climate control, so every day has the same weather. The readers enjoyed the book so much that it was made into a movie, directed by Phillip Noyce. Even though the book and movie are based on the same general topic, they are vastly different as evidenced by changes in characters, their relationships, and added or deleted scenes. First, while the characters in the book and the movie have some similarities, there are many differences in how they are portrayed. For instance, their occupations of the characters are not the same. As illustrated by, in the book Asher is the Assistant Director of Recreation, but in the movie he is a drone pilot. In the book this job did not even exist. Also, in the book, Fiona was a caretaker of the old loved taking care of …show more content…

For example, in the book, Jonas receives his rules just from a paper, and in the movie he receives it from a triangle that speaks from a speaker. Also, in the book, while Jonas leaves the community he rides his bike for miles and miles while he can’t even feel his legs. But in the movie, he steals a motorcycle and rides that until it runs out of gas, then he walks the rest of the way. Likewise in the ending of the book, Gabe points out search jets to Jonas, “Plane! Plane!” “sometimes even before Jonas had heard the terrifying noise” (212). However, in the movie, instead of jets there are couple of drones, flown by Asher, and they stop coming when they think Jonas is dead. In addition, in the movie there is a scene when Jonas kisses Fiona behind a bush, and in the book this scene does not exist. In addition, in the movie, Jonas and Fiona sled down a gigantic arch in the town square. But in the book this scene is nowhere to be

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