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The Giver Movie And Book Differences

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The Giver is a story about choices that started as a book by Lois Lowry. In twenty-fourteen, a movie adaption was made of the beloved story. While maintaining the same theme, the movie differs from the book. Today, we are here to talk about the differences in the movie and the book, as well as the similarities. What will the movie have that the book doesn’t? Read on and discover what is the same and what is different regarding, The Giver.

Let’s start off with the similarities between the movie and novel. A significant similarity is that both the movie and novel have the ceremony of 12’s, along with the event of every newborn receiving a comfort object. Going on,,Gabe, (the child that never really grew to the standards of the community) is scheduled for release in the movie and novel. Last but not least,, when Jonas and Gabe are nearing the end of their long trek to Elsewhere, Jonas experiences an odd feeling (joy) that leaves the story on a cliffhanger. All in all, many similarities can be found within the book and movie, leaving us left with the general idea of the plot. …show more content…

First off, an African-American woman is shown in the movie, while in the book it is claimed that differing skin colors were removed when the world was converted to sameness. Second, in the movie, Fiona has pale eyes, but Jonas has brown eyes, the complete opposite of the book. (Pale eyes signify you can see beyond). Counter to the book, the movie shows that Asher is assigned to drone pilot, whereas in the book he is assigned to be the recreation director. Also, in the movie families get injections when they go out of the house, when in the book the families get pills. Overall, the movie and book may have differences, but they both mostly stay true to the original

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