The Giver Comparison

The most recognizable similarity is that Tom Robinson from To Kill A Mockingbird, and Janie from Their Eyes Were Watching God, went through a trial.They were both African Americans with the jury being "twelve white men [who] had stopped whatever they were doing to listen..." (Hurston 185). They were also both charged for a crime they did not commit. However, this is where the contrasts come into play. In Tom's case, he was accused for raping and beating Mayella, when in reality he did not. In Janie's case, she shot Tea Cake to defend herself, but was accused of first degree murder. The biggest dissimilarity in this is that Tom's verdict was guilty and Janie's was innocent, whcih was rare for that time because "when it was a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins" (Lee 220).

The last similarity between both main characters is that the two both have family and friends that they love, and would sacrifice their lives for. Katniss risked her life for Prim when she volunteered in place of her for the Hunger Games (Collins 22-23). Katniss has feelings for Peeta and cares for him when he is injured. Jonas learns to love, and loves Gabe, and protects him from being released. What is also interesting to note is that both characters have a younger sister, and parents they cannot be truly loved by. Both characters care deeply for and want to protect people they are

Not only do both writers have similarities in their life styles they both led similar lives .

The plot of the book and movie follows a similar story line although there are many minor differences. In both the book and movie the protagonist, Jonas, is about to go through some major changes. The Elders of the community are selecting job positions for his class. At the selection ceremony the elders announce each kid’s job positon individually. The elders skip Jonas and move on to the next child. This part of the story is very similar in the book and the movie, Jonas is selected to be “The Receiver of Memories”, his job is to receive all the memories of the past and gain wisdom to help the elders of the community. Some other main plot points that stay the same are Jonas’ training. The Giver transmits memories of things such as color and war and emotions, things that no longer exist in the community. The final major event is very different between the book and the movie. In the book, after learning about much of the past, Jonas’ decides that he needs to leave the community to “Elsewhere” to release the memories back to the community. In the movie, however, Jonas decided to leave the community on a spur of the moment decision with little planning or thought. This is very different from the book where Jonas’ escape was carefully planned out. One thing that is the same about Jonas’ escape is that he takes Gabriel, a baby that is about to be released (Euthanized). The ending of both the book and movie are the same, Jonas leaves the community and finds a house in “Elsewhere”. Neither works give much closure as to what happens, the movie and book leave the reader to decide how the story ends.

The Help and To Kill a Mockingbird share many themes between characters and their problems, while also telling to diverse stories. A good example would be Celia Foote and Boo Radley, who desire friendship because they’re seen differently, but go about getting friends in different ways. Celia Foote from The Help and Boo Radley from To Kill a Mockingbird share the ostracization from their peers and wrongful accusations. Although they have many similarities, Celia is more open and willing to become friends and part of the group and has a husband, while Boo stays rather shy and has no one but his harsh brother.

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:

Sometimes in literature, two different forms of writing tell two different stories with lots of similarities through characters. The book The Catcher and The Rye by J.D Salinger and the movie The Dead Poets Society directed by Peter Weir is a perfect example of two different literary works that share similarities through characters. The Dead Poet Society follows half a school year of 5 main characters at Welton Academy each with a different connection to Holden Caulfield the main character from The Catcher in the Rye. These 6 main characters are Neil Perry, the smart one, Richard Cameron, the sycophant, Todd Anderson, who is exceeding shy, Knox Overstreet, the romantic, and Charlie Dalton,

For example, they are the same by being courageous enough to go to a place they both may not have wanted to go. Cole went to the island and Jeffrey went intoFinsterwaldd's backyard. As well as they are both courageous by being friends with characters they may not like, Peter was a hard friend for Cole while Jeffrey had a hard time with Mars Bar. But Cole and Jeffrey are different in many ways as well because Cole is also courageous in the way that he let Peter kick and punch him, but he still was courageous and did not fight back. Therefore, Jeffrey could not have what Cole did Jeffrey is courageous in his own way too by facing a bully "John McNab was a giant. He stood five feet eight and was said to weigh over a hundred and seventy pounds" this proves that he was big and strong and it takes lots of courageous for

“You’d be surprised how much you can have in common with someone completely different than you.” -Anonymous. This statement is true in S.E Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, two characters are very different, but have multiple similarities. Dally Winston and Johnny Cade are similar because they both have abusive parents and they both care about one another. On the other hand, they have opposite personalities and have different opinions on the law. Therefore, Dally Winston and Johnny Cade are very similar yet completely different.

Some of the similarities are in conflict. They both of similar conflicts, especially person vs. person. In the book Touching spirit Bear Cole has to go to an island because he physically hurt someone, he had hurt

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.

The Giver, a book by Lois Lowry, and The Giver, the movie version, have more differences than similarities. The movie changes some details to fit into the new themes and expectations of the film. There are some similarities between the two, such as the general idea of a community based off of Sameness and order. However, there are many differences in things like the themes, the plot, the symbols, and the characters that just cannot be neglected. The movie is more different to the book than similar because it removes important details, such as Jonas’ pale eyes, limiting exposure to themes like government surveillance, and changing the ending of the movie to being more literal.

First off, many comparisons and contrasts can be made about the characters. Jamison and the Giver are a good example. Both are mentors and leaders, but Jamison proves that he has a villainous side by nearly killing Kira’s father. On the other hand, the Giver shows he is caring by giving Jonas calm memories every day to make sure he doesn’t go crazy. Jamison is also aloof, not paying attention to others and harming others.

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared. (Lowry, Goodreads). In other words it’s saying the pain Jonas is feeling is mental and emotional but not physical. The giver is making Jonas feel these memories and they're coming back to his head. And by sharing memories it lets you get help or makes you feel good because people can help you. My Thesis is comparing and contrasting modern day to the Giver.

When the same person features in the literature of two different stories written by the same author, they often show differences between behavior and description.