Comparing Divergent And The Giver

Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you. – John C. Maxwell. In the novel The Giver, Lois Lowry shows the reader how choices in life are important, and should be made by us, not for us. Lowry uses characters such as Jonas and the giver to illustrate how choices should be made by us. She uses other characters such as Jonas's father to reflect how people are often blinded by the standards of society and do not realize they can actually make their own choices. With these characters, The Giver illustrates how choices are often made for us by figures of authority.

Throughout the novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, Jonas made choices that led to a positive and negative aftermath. The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a boy and his family unit in a community where everything is about sameness and perfection. Jonas’ experiences develop a theme over the course of The Giver by teaching the reader that choices can lead to a positive and negative aftermath. Although some readers may believe that choices do not affect your future, Jonas’ experiences show that some choices can lead to an unfortunate consequence. Occasionally people create choices that can be poor by choice, since they do things without thinking.

Could you imagine your world in which everything was predetermined for you, and you didn’t have a choice? This is the reality in The Giver by Lois Lowry, the main character Jonas faces these problems and many others as he completes his adventure. Although some may think this to be devastating, this is normal in his society. In the dystopian society conveyed in the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, there are many similarities and differences to our modern day societies.

The novel ‘The Giver’, authored by Lois Lowry, and the film ‘Pleasantville’, directed by Gary Ross, share numerous similarities. Many of the themes and messages conveyed throughout both the novel and film are very alike. Some of the various similarities between the themes explored include the concept of colour, denial of true emotions as well as the main character being a harbinger for change.

What draws a contrast between the two are the regulations instructing the limitations that must be put into put in order for the community to function. In The Giver, the point of the severe authority is to safeguard the community. The Elders made restrictions to attain a perfect society, bare of all antagonism. Memories are kept from the civilian as a defensive control so none of them has to undergo any sort anguish and hardship. As Jonas

“We don't dare to let people to make choices of their own.”In The Giver they decided things like their jobs,spouses,and children, whereas in our society we decided these things on own.The society in The Giver has many differences and few similarities with modern day society.

In the novel “The Giver,” written by Lois Lowry, Jonas is a boy who follows the rules, spends time with friends and family, goes to school, and at the Twelves Ceremony is given the job as the Receiver of Memory. At the end of the novel, Jonas learns information that makes him leave the community to save the people he loves. As Jonas becomes older, he acknowledges that he is different from his family and the people surrounded by him. Once Jonas got his assignment as the Receiver of Memory, his maturity became inconsistent throughout the novel.

What is The Giver you may ask? The Giver is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel by Lois Lowry. The Giver takes place in an advanced society which seems to be a utopian but ends up being a dystopian as the story ends. There's a 12-year-old boy named Jonas. Their communities eliminated pain and strife by converting everyone to become so called “equal", they also removed emotional feelings like love. Jonas is selected to become the Receiver of Memory which is the person who stores all the past memories of the time before everyone was equal. There may be times where one must receive the wisdom gained from history to help the community's decision making. Jonas has trouble with concepts of all the new emotions and things introduced to him:

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.

Many differences exist when you compare our world to the world of The Giver. In the book age is celebrated up until the Ceremony of Twelve. In our world there are many milestones throughout our lifetime. We celebrate with presents and parties. Nobody in The Giver has a birthday party for just themselves. Instead they all share a yearly celebration together.

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.

The Giver by Lois Lowry follows Jonas in a world that has left emotions, colors and love. Instead the community stays safe with routine and control. That is until Jonas learns about love, feelings and most importantly what the community has left behind. Jonas must now decide how to save his and his little brother's life before it is too late.

Books can be different and similar in many different ways. Comparing and contrasting characters from two different stories can be hard sometimes. Billie Jo and Jonas are two characters from different stories and setting, but you can find similarities between them two.

The Giver written by Lois Lowry is set in a so called perfect world free from fear and harm but also from emotions, choices and memories. Jonas is seen to become the new receiver of memory within the community, changing his views and feelings on the community and caused him to run away and escape with Gabe. Themes such as the importance of memory, the relationship between pain and pleasure and no feelings or emotions can be identified throughout the novel. Divergent directed by Neil Burger is set in a dystopian city damaged by a great war. Beatris (Tris) finds that she is a divergent within her community, and starts to become hunted by the leaders to destroy their existence causing her and others to run away to safety from the factions. Fear, identity, values and family can all be identified as major themes within the text. Through these settings, characters, storylines and themes countless differences and similarities can be found between both The Giver and Divergent.

You are about to experience a brief compare and contrast paper between reality and a fantasy. In which our world is no long a mass chaos but everyone is equal to each other. I am going to compare the book to the movie. Many things are different and most are the same, but i'm going to point of the differences today between the movie and the book.