Jonas Feelings In The Giver By Lois Lowry

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 is written from Jonas’s confusion, excitement, glory, and discoveries. Jonas is a twelve-year-old boy living in a futuristic civilization that has eliminated all pain, fear, love, and free will. There is no chauvinism, since everyone looks and acts basically the same, and there are no “important” choices to be made, also, everyone is consistently polite. The “perfect” society Jonas lives in has also abolished choice: At age twelve every member of the community is assigned a job based on his or her abilities and interests. Citizens can apply for compatible spouses, who are assigned to them based on interests and jobs and each couple is allowed to receive exactly two children each. (Notice that I said receive, not give birth to.) In addition to that, spouses don’t show any signs of love or affection, just the word love, even when pointed at their children, makes them burst in laughter and explanations! Citizens who break rules or fail to adapt properly to the society’s codes of behavior are “released”. Everything is planned and organized so that life is as convenient and pleasant as possible, or so they think.

There are numerous contrasts between The Giver book and film. Some of them are significant changes that had made a difference in parts of the story. Others are minor changes that did not really effect the story. In spite of the fact that the two have slight contrasts they have a similar significance and pass on a similar message.

The book's storyline is much better, and takes much longer to read than an hour and a half. So, if you're looking for a much better story for a long drive or trip, take the book. On the other hand, the movie provides for a family approach to The Giver. A movie allows for many people to watch at the same time, whereas with a book, you must read aloud, which hurts your voice. And, if you would like a family-watchable film and romantic drama, buy the movie. Personally, I prefer the book over the movie, but that is my opinion, not yours, so don't let this paragraph change your opinion. So, in conclusion, the book and movie have many similarities and many differences, but in the end, the book has

    The quotation that I will be saying if I agree or disagree will be "Character is what you are in the dark."-Dwight Lyman Moody. The literature I will be comparing it to is The Giver by Lois Lowry. My interpretation of this quotation is you're the real you when nobody is watching. The position I am is that I agree with the quotation. The quotation also applies with the piece of literature I chose.

is intrigued about the things he has experienced. The things that he didn’t know about interest him. Jonas goes to The Giver’s house again and asks him about the different things that have changed when he saw them. The Giver tells him to remember the sled from yesterday. When he does the sled is red. The giver explains that he is beginning to see the color red. He explains that the sled was just red instead of changing to red is because the memory is when red still existed.

The Giver, a book written by Lois Lowry. It is about a young boy named Jonas in a community without war, fear, and pain. He is selected to be the new receiver of memory when he turns twelve years old, which is the most honorable job in the community. To be the receiver of memory requires intelligence, integrity, and courage. This job makes his life changes throughout the novel. To begin with, in the beginning of the story, Jonas is committed, obedient, and eager. During the middle of the story, he is brave, curious, and imaginative. Finally, at the end of the story, He is courageous, rebellious and, strong.

Jonas had always been different, but he never knew how so. He was selected to be the new Receiver of Memory, the person who takes all the pain and memories of the past that the society has eliminated from everyone else. In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, people can learn without memories knowledge is useless, those who do not feel sorrow cannot know joy, and those who never take risks never grow. Without memories, knowledge is useless. For example, when Jonas and The Giver were talking about the memory of colors, The Giver said, “Because it’s from a time when color was” (Lowry 120).

People can reject society in many different ways, but the protagonist of the book The Giver, which is Jonas, only realizes this once he gains the memories from the Giver. In the beginning of the book Jonas respected the rules of the community and he always listened to them, but when he got his job as the receiver of memory he received some rules that he is skeptical about. Throughout the middle of the book Jonas has received more memories and they are changing him in different ways and it is causing him to be more isolated. Jonas and the Giver are the only ones in their community that can choose and really make their own decisions, but Jonas is upset that no one else can do that, so he ends up making some bad decisions.In the book The Giver

You cannot live without love and emotions, but when you have sameness, everything is the same and your emotions are stolen from you. Jonas, the Receiver of Memory, is the only one who has those memories. But everything changes when he gains certain knowledge. The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, has proven that knowledge does have the power to change a person's opinions and likes, but not your fears. In most cases, knowledge has the power to change most people's opinions of people in Jonas' community.

What if no one in the world had feelings? How would individuals act around each other if everyone was the exact same? Exposing Jonas to choices and feelings, Lowry teaches readers about risk taking and real feelings. In The Giver, there are many themes that Lois Lowry explores, like ‘Those Who Take Risks Never Grow’, and ‘Those Who Do Not Feel Sorrow Cannot Know Joy’. Before Jonas was the new receiver he was a normal kid, but he learned a lesson that changed him: ‘Those who never take risks never grow’.

There are similarities and differences in the book and movie The Giver. In the book and the movie, the word LOVE was inappropriate because it was like describing something a lot because-because with love you can suffer and the elder don’t want that to happen. Also, Jonas felt pain and one of the memories they were fighting and killing each other and Jonas didn’t want that to happen because he didn’t think that was right. So then in both the story and movie, Jonas got away to Seeing Beyond. When Jonas got there “Seeing Beyond” in both he saw the light in the houses and also he heard the music and the families having a great time together.

In The Giver, Jonas was a young man who was different from his others classmates as he had been selected to be the new Receiver of Memory. This task was very challenging for Jonas at first because it required plenty of hard work, dedication, and courage as well. Definitely, distant from being an honor, it was a punishment for Jonas for being selected as the new Receiver. At the beginning of his training with the Giver, he had problems adapting to his new lifestyle for three reasons. Jonas renounced to his old activities, his responsibilities increased, and he couldn’t talk to anyone about his conversations with the Giver.

Jonas’s attributes will assist him in his new assignment as the Receiver of Memory because they all play a role in his training, duties, and when he must train the next receiver. The first attribute that is needed to become the Receiver that will also help him is intelligence. In the book it supports that Jonas is intelligent when the Chief Elder says “We are all aware that Jonas has been a top student throughout his school days,” (pg.78). Having smartness will help Jonas learn how to master the ways of a Receiver. The second attribute that will help Jonas is integrity. The Chief Elder supports that Jonas has courage with saying how Jonas has always presented himself promptly for chastisement. Jonas’s integrity will help him learn easily from

Sometime people seem to be one thing on the outside, but be different on the inside. In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry Jonas’s father is one of those people. On the outside he is good and happy, but on the inside he is mean, cruel. Through out the book, Jonas’s father makes decisions that changes the readers perception of him.