The Giver Book Comparison
In today's society, the majority of popular teen books have a storyline that has a basic hero and villain plot, with some internal conflict added in for the hero. Most of the time the hero will stick out or be different for everyone else or the regulations. In “The Giver” by Lois Lowry we see this often used storyline. But the film adaption had decided to go along with more of a romance with a little of action placed into it. While yes there were some differences between the book and the movie, Philip Noyce did an amazing job at adapting the storyline and creating a picture to go along with the words. There are plenty of similarities that are between the movie and the actual book itself. In the story, the biggest similarity is obviously
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The first one we see is Jonas is not obviously twelve as he is in the book. In the movie, the numbers such as 12 refer to grade level. This detail is there to add more maturity to the movie. This component changes the theme. This added a romance to the story and made a fionas character more developed and important to the story. Due to the romance, Jonas is able to share some of his training with her. That is one detail that adds more action to the story as in terms of heroism.The next difference is that asher’s assignment changes. Asher was a comical character and seen as a fun guy. So his assignment as assistant director of recreation makes plenty of sense when it was given to him in the book it went along with the character. But what didn't make sense was the assignment changing, from (book to movie), to drone pilot. It was odd, Giving someone who is careless and forgetful a task that requires attention and precision. But one can see that later as his character grows that becoming a drone pilot helped him find Jonas.becoming a drone pilot changed his character and made him more focused, and this later puts his friendship in jeopardy with Jonas. The final major difference is the chief elder. As a reader one can tell that the only main inportant people in the story is jonas, gabe and the giver. But when the film adaption comes into play it is a little different. The chief elder plays a much more importtant
The first one we see is Jonas is not obviously twelve as he is in the book. In the movie, the numbers such as 12 refer to grade level. This detail is there to add more maturity to the movie. This component changes the theme. This added a romance to the story and made a fionas character more developed and important to the story. Due to the romance, Jonas is able to share some of his training with her. That is one detail that adds more action to the story as in terms of heroism.The next difference is that asher’s assignment changes. Asher was a comical character and seen as a fun guy. So his assignment as assistant director of recreation makes plenty of sense when it was given to him in the book it went along with the character. But what didn't make sense was the assignment changing, from (book to movie), to drone pilot. It was odd, Giving someone who is careless and forgetful a task that requires attention and precision. But one can see that later as his character grows that becoming a drone pilot helped him find Jonas.becoming a drone pilot changed his character and made him more focused, and this later puts his friendship in jeopardy with Jonas. The final major difference is the chief elder. As a reader one can tell that the only main inportant people in the story is jonas, gabe and the giver. But when the film adaption comes into play it is a little different. The chief elder plays a much more importtant