How Is The Giver Different

Jonas is the protagonist of the novel and a third-person narrator tells the entire story from Jonas perception of things. He is intelligent, curious, caring, and his thought process is very mature for being 11-13 years old. A good quote portraying both his matureness and his intellect is “If everything's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things”(97). This is also one of the first signs that he is displeased with the community. Another quote showing his courage and curiosity is "It hurt a lot," Jonas said, "but I'm glad you gave it to me. It was interesting. And now I understand better. What it meant, that there would be

In The Giver, everything and everyone within the community look the same, and everything revolves around sameness. At the ceremony of twelve, Jonas receives the assignment as the next Giver, which represents the most honored assignment in the community. Jonas learns the “ Rules” of the receiver and begins receiving memories of the past, such as weather and feelings. Jonas begins to experience pain and suffering, and learns that the last receiver, Rosemary, asked for a release. A new child comes to live with Jonas, and Jonas transmits memories to him so he can fall asleep. Jonas begins to see the color red, and The Giver transmits different colors. Jonas begins to see the color red, and The Giver transmits different colors. Jonas continues

Jonas is very mature at the beginning of the novel. For example, he volunteers at many places, plays games, goes to school every day, shares his dreams and feelings, and most importantly follows the rules.

The Giver is an amazing novel and so is the movie. There are some differences between the book and the movie such as a border around the community, Asher and Fiona got different jobs, and The Giver passed memories to Jonas in a different way. There are more differences, but these three are the main differences between the book and the movie.

Jonas starts out with a very low understanding of what it means to be mature. He has no knowledge of pain, love, or any other emotion. He proves this by acting like a normal child. He plays with his friends after volunteer hours. He attends school on a regular basis. Jonas is a stickler for the rules. He has been told that it is wrong to not follow rules and that there

The Giver is a dystopian book written by Lois Lowry, that has recently been adapted into a film. If you have read the book, and are a fan of it, like me, then you should definitely spend the money to go and watch the film.

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

The people who have bravery and curiosity have a very big chance of succeeding in life, and Jonas both has these characteristics, and these two things help him get through the part taking in his new title. Jonas from The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, is a very interesting and dynamic character, and he changes very much when he gets the job of The Giver, as a person and as a friend. He receives these memories that makes him wonder about the way they live, and why they live this way. No one is allowed to know about anything besides their community, but when Jonas receives these memories, he starts to see colors and learn more about other things than his community. To start off, one example of Jonas changing is on page 82, when Jonas tells the Giver, “I am brave, I really am” At the beginning, he was

Would you consider a society with no freedom, no choice-making, and no individuality ¨perfect¨; a society where everyone practices sameness. Lois Lowry has created this place. A community which may seem perfect at first, but as you keep reading further you will comprehend that the society is more of a dystopian society than a utopian society. Many things between modern day society and The Giver's society are very different such as the family units, their individuality, and their titles/jobs ; although there is also many similarities.

Jonas changed throughout the story significantly; with his thoughts, actions, and words. Jonas was self-absorbed at the beginning and now he is selfless and very helpful to his community. He used to always joke around and not really care so much about what he did. Jonas later in the story was more serious about him and his future. Before, he was nervous about what was ahead of him as the Receiver of Memory, but now he is confident about it and knows what he is doing. Furthermore, Jonas always had to be truthful and could never lie without a consequence. The Giver and the Receiver of Memory, Jonas, are allowed to lie whenever they want and his training is confidential. Finally, he used to be very cautious about what he did and what he said,

Lowry, herself even says “she didn't think of “The Giver” as futuristic or dystopian or science fiction or fantasy, it was just a story about a kid making sense of a complicated world” (Ulaby). In his own way, Jonas served as his own protagonist as his mind attacks him with questions and uncertainty. Community elders also pose as a sort of enemy, keeping people away from the truth. Moreover, Lowry also included other characters to contrast Jonas. Firstly, his friends, Asher and Fiona show up as foils. When Jonas learns the reality of release and war, he looks at his friend in horror. Even the Giver reinstates “Fiona is already being trained in the fine art of release” (153). Giver tries to comfort Jonas by saying “listen to me Jonas they can’t help it. they know nothing... it’s the life that was created form them, it’s the same life that you would have, if you had not been chosen as my successor” (153). This shows how Jonas remains set apart because he was selected as the successor. Rosemary, the previous “Receiver of Memory” shows up as another foil. Although Jonas never met her, everyone, even the elders, compare him to Rosemary. They hope they did the make the same mistake again and watch him closely. All of Lowry’s characters are created to support Jonas’ role in the

Have you ever wanted to watch a movie from a book you really liked? Well when the Movie “The Giver” came out there were many differences and similarities from the book, The Giver. Both the book and the movie are about the same story. Jonas doesn’t face war, pain, or fear. Although when Jonas turns twelve, he received special training from The Giver.

“We gained control over many things, but had to let go of others” (pg. 95 ) The Giver is a book about making a change and maturing written by Lois Lowry. The main character, Jonas, lives in a community where he is protected from poverty, war, color, music, and the past. This community went to sameness and is sort of like a Utopia. Jonas is shocked to realize that he has been given the job assignment of Receiver of Memories. Jonas and his mentor, The Giver, have all the memories that the other people in the community don’t have. The Giver has the memories and he transmitted them to Jonas. Jonas got many happy memories of snow, lakes, and sledding- but also memories of warfare. The Giver decides to send Jonas on a mission to save the Community.

The fact that in both the movie and the book Jonas feels different from the rest of the community is a clear example of a similarity. Undoubtedly, this is a similarity as shown by a quote on page 19 which reads, “I will take care of that, sir. I will take care of that, sir,’ Jonas mimicked in a cruel, sarcastic voice. ‘I will do whatever you like, sir. Old people? Small newborn people? I'd be happy to kill them, sir. Thank you for your instructions, sir. How may I help y—’” This certainly shows a similarity because, in both, he realizes that what the rest of the community is doing is wrong, and those around him are obliviously doing bad things. Although this scene isn't included in the movie, but instead the scene where kids are playing war, like in page 109 of the book, it still has the same idea where Jonas has different beliefs from the community.

The differences between the move of The Giver and the movie are tremendous. While the movie has some similarities the differences far outweigh them, you can clearly see that despite them both having similar ideas they are expressed almost completely differently.