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In "The Giver", a few similarities I saw were the characters, the setting, and the plot. Additional similarities that stuck out were when Jonas ran away with Gabe, when Jonas transferred memories to Gabe, Jonas seeing beyond, and when Jonas's father killed one of the twins. A few differences I saw between the book and the movie were the ages of Jonas, Fiona, Lily, And Asher in the book Jonas, Fiona, and Asher are 12 but in the movie they are 18, in the book Lily is 8 but in the movie she is 9. Another difference I saw between the book and the movie was with the Chief Elder in the book, you don't really hear much from the Chief Elder but the when you watch the movie 30 or 40% of the time you get recognition of the Chief
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