The Giver Movie And Book Comparison Essay

In the book, “The Giver,” it reads, “...now he saw the familiar wide river beside the path differently. He saw all of the light and color and history it contained and carried in its slow - moving water; and he knew that there was an Elsewhere from which it came, and an Elsewhere to which it was going” This quote reflects two elements of text, color, and landscape. The dialogue, landscape and colors play a big role in both stories, but are very different. The novel, "The Giver" and the movie adaptation, uses color, landscape, and dialogue, they use color because it can set the stage and create the tone. Dialogue is to add or even remove emotion from the people in the novel and movie, and landscape because it can also set the stage and act as boundaries or limits for the characters

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For example in chapter 16 pages 128 and 129, it shows, "The new child stirred slightly in his sleep. Jonas looked over at him. 'There could be love', Jonas whispered." This supports that the dialogue makes the reader think that Jonas telling Gabriel that love exists, means that Jonas loves Gabe. Also, the fact that Jonas is talking to Gabe like how he does in the book settles in their relationship, which is why it isn’t a surprise when Jonas takes Gade to save him from release. Also in the movie adaptation, when Jonas is under a tree, Fiona talks to him in a very robotic sounding voice. The audience might just see it as bed acting, but the reason for this is the director wanted the characters, except for Jonas and The Giver, to sound emotionless and cold. Lots of authors use dialogue to advance the text, and even relate characters attachments to other characters in the story. Both these examples help the reader or watcher understand what the characters are feeling, and what they think of other