Age Differences In Lois Lowry's 'The Giver'

The Giver is written from the point of view of Jonas. At the beginning of the book Jonas is an eleven-year-old boy living in a futuristic society that got rid of all sorrow, pain, fear, hate and war. Everyone looks and acts almost the same. Everyone is polite and there is no competition. Also the community is not allowed any kind of choices from the moment they were born to the moment they are released. For example, at the age of nine you are given a bike and are not allowed to ride a bike before that age. Also at the age of

This essay is about comparing the Giver book and movie. The Giver is a story about a boy named Jonas who was chosen to be the community’s next Receiver of Memory. He lived in a community where everything was chosen for the citizens, and everything was perfect. During Jonas' training, he realized that the community was missing something and that there was more in the world. Jonas wanted the everybody to know that. The Giver book was then made into a movie. Though the two were based on the same story, there are three important differences that could've made them two separate stories. The three main differences between the book and the movie are Asher and Fiona's Assignments, the similarity all Receivers had and the Chief Elder's role.

Imagine a world with no feelings, no color, no choice; a world where individuality and freedom are exchanged for security and sameness. This type of world is a reality for Jonas, the protagonist in Lois Lowry’s The Giver. After being assigned the next Receiver of Memories in the community, where he has the capacity to see beyond. As he begins his works, he gains wisdom and through that wisdom, learned that protecting the community from the memories, their lives lacked understanding and feelings. Jonas goes on an archetypal hero’s journey and chooses to risk everything to restore memories and wisdom to everyone in the community. Throughout this novel, Jonas is represented as a hero considering he demonstrates integrity despite living in a

Jonas receives memories of color, something that is absent from his community. He realizes how absent his community really is. Jonas hurts inside to tell people in his community what they are missing. The only person that he can really open up to is The Giver. They grew really close, and it became like a grandfather, grandchild relationship.

Jonas’ has had a variety of interesting experiences throughout the book. The Giver by Lois Lowry is about Jonas and he goes through many changes in his life with some help from the Giver. Jonas’ experiences develop a theme over the course of The Giver by teaching the reader for every action there is a consequence. Although some readers may believe that there will not be a consequence, Jonas’ experiences show that there are good and bad consequences for everything you do.

The novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is an everlasting story that shows the importance of individuality. This novel is about a young boy named Jonas who was elected as the Receiver of Memories, a person who is given the memories from the world that existed before their current society, Sameness. In this society there is no individualism. People can not choose who to marry, or what they want to do for a living. Over time Jonas becomes more and more wise, and realizes that the supposedly perfect community actually has some very dark and negative aspects. The author, Lois Lowry is a 76-year-old writer who focuses her writing on helping struggling teenagers become individuals. Lowry had a very tragic childhood. After both of her parents were

Jonas, the main character of The Giver, becomes different by being an intellectual (pg. 127). He knows more than most and therefore feels

There are many differences between the book and movie version of The Giver. The movie changed many parts of the book, to make the movie more interesting and intense, so that people will be more interested in watching it. One difference is the way that Jonas received the memories from the Giver. Another difference is the relationship between Jonas and Fiona. The final difference is when Jonas flees his community when he wasn’t supposed to and succeeded without getting caught. This essay will describe the differences between the book and the movie version of the Giver.

Lois Lowry wrote a science fiction novel called The Giver which was turned into a movie directed by Phillip Noyce. The novel The Giver is about A twelve year old boy named Jonas who lives in a world that is utopia (everything is the same). Until Jonas is selected to be the new receiver of memory and gets memories like color,love,and pain that know one else can see or feel. Until one day when he wants to bring change to his utopian world. In the novel/movie The Giver by Lois Lowry takes away memories and things in characters like Jonas that make us human which in the way the movie portrays it is more remarkable in similar and different ways between movie/book.

There were many differences in the characters relationships with each other. For instance Heather and Melinda’s relationship was very different from book to film. In the book Melinda and Heather meet during a welcoming assembly at school, while in the film they meet on the school bus and the assembly scene is omitted completely. Also in the novel they spend a lot more time together, Melinda was always over at Heathers house, went with her to her modeling shoots, and let Heather take all the credit for The Martha’s. So when Heather essentially broke up with Melinda it hurt even more. Another example is how different the family dynamics work, in the book the family barely communicates except for notes left for each other, the parents fight more

In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry many changes happen with the main character, Jonas. In the book he is in a community where people don’t see color, get their jobs picked for them, and much much more. He gets picked to become the most honorable person, the Giver of Memories. While doing so, Jonas goes through many changes in the book. Some changes are on pages 34 and 98.

Through our society we are all raised up to be independent and unique individuals such as being ourselves and expressing who each of us are to the world. However, in the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, everyone is raised to count on one another and everyone must look and act the same. Our society differs from Jonas’s in many ways, such as the family units, birthdays, and the way we each learn about our past.

In class we have been reading The Giver, and learning how the book is related and different from the movie. The Giver movie is related to the book by how everything in the community was identical, from the houses, the bicycles, and the clothes. This is important because they needed to keep this the same so it would give the community its sense of sameness and no individuality. Also, the similarity of the Giver giving Rosemary the memory of loss, being the child taken from its family. This is important because it shows why Rosemary left her assignment to be released. This is significant because Jonas had a memory of death and war and wanted to leave and never come back. Finally, the similarity of Jonas seeing most of the same memories that he

The Giver Differences Between the Book and the Movie In the movie, Jonas attempts to try and show others what he is learning in training. For example, in the book Jonas does not show his little sister how to dance, and he doesn't not show fiona how to sled, like he did in the movie. Jonas also attempted to show Fiona colors, but that didn't work. Jonas was showing the people he cares about an important part of his life in the movie, but he did not in the book. Another difference between the movie and the book is, that The Giver transferred memories different.

Lastly, in the movie Jonas spends less time with the giver than he does in the books. These are both the same story, however they are different in many ways. In the movie the characters are aged so they can give a different experience. In the book Jonas is 12 and the jobs are given at the 12, however in the movie the jobs are given at 15.