The Giver Movie And Book Comparison Essay

In a book and a movie of the same criteria, there are normally a lot of similarities and differences. In The Giver by Lois Lowry there are several similarities to the movie although there are also multiple of differences as well. Some similarities would be, there is no color whatsoever, there is only color for Jonas and the Giver which makes it very interesting to watch. There is a speaker in both of them, that reminds people who are not following the rules. Furthermore The Giver’s place is just filled to it’s maximum capacity with books. Every character that was in the book was in the movie and Jonas’s family unit still took in Gabriel like he was their own. On page 148 in the book they talk about the ceremony of release for the new born

At the bottom of page 50 in the book it told about their numbers that they were assigned at birth, in the book it told that Jonas’s birth number was nineteen and in the movie it gives him as number 53. In the book Fiona and Asher were given assignments, in the book it stated that Fiona was a helper at the House of Old and Asher was the Assistant Director of Recreation, were as in the movie it told that Fiona’s assignment was a nurturer and Asher a drone pilot. In the movie showed them getting injections every morning instead of having to take a daily pill for the stirrings. Once Jonas was at the Giver’s place he immediately started to get memories, but not the way it was stated in the book on page 80 Jonas is told to lay down and the Giver touches his back, were as in the movie it shows the Giver grabbing Jonas’s wrists. One Final difference was that Fiona and the Giver were both about to be released in the movie because of their helping Jonas were as in the book the Giver stayed behind to help the community with all the memories and chaos that would be caused by Jonas leaving the