How would it feel to be part of a dystopian world where everything is controlled by the governments trying to make it utopian? Just imagine yourself being controlled like robots and living in a place where independent thoughts and freethinking are not allowed. “The Giver” by Lois Lowry is set in a dystopian society. The giver has two adaptations, a movie, and a book. Both the movie adaptation and book adaptation share many similarities and some differences. There are many and some of them are the minor changes in the depth and story and they do share the same main characters.
Firstly, the of the book is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a “perfect” world. No hatred, war or anything wrong. Jonas then finds out that there is something wrong and he is a receiver of memory and he tries to save the world. The book and movie were published on different dates that are far apart. The book was published in 1993 and the movie was released in 2014, so that makes the movie adaptation and the book adaptation 21 years apart. There are many categories in the book and the movie, and some are character depth, plot development, emotional depth, and intensity. The book shows more of these. For example, the plot in the book is highly developed. As you are trying to figure out how Jonas's world works, he is actually also figuring out himself. It is difficult to predict what …show more content…
In the book, the most characters it focuses on is Jonas and the giver and also how it focuses on their development as characters.It has a lot less focus on the other characters. The book adaptation is very well at showing how the characters that live in this community are not allowed to have much character depth. It is giving a character dimension and depth, but without giving it more complex thoughts and feelings. The movies adaptation did not do that better than the book. The movie is more dramatic than the book since they wanted to attracts all ages to come and watch the
Firstly, the of the book is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a “perfect” world. No hatred, war or anything wrong. Jonas then finds out that there is something wrong and he is a receiver of memory and he tries to save the world. The book and movie were published on different dates that are far apart. The book was published in 1993 and the movie was released in 2014, so that makes the movie adaptation and the book adaptation 21 years apart. There are many categories in the book and the movie, and some are character depth, plot development, emotional depth, and intensity. The book shows more of these. For example, the plot in the book is highly developed. As you are trying to figure out how Jonas's world works, he is actually also figuring out himself. It is difficult to predict what …show more content…
In the book, the most characters it focuses on is Jonas and the giver and also how it focuses on their development as characters.It has a lot less focus on the other characters. The book adaptation is very well at showing how the characters that live in this community are not allowed to have much character depth. It is giving a character dimension and depth, but without giving it more complex thoughts and feelings. The movies adaptation did not do that better than the book. The movie is more dramatic than the book since they wanted to attracts all ages to come and watch the