Essay On The Giver Book Vs Movie

I read the book “The Giver” and then watched the movie based on that book. In my opinion, I enjoyed the book much more than the movie. “The Giver” is about a dystopian community where there are no decisions or pain. A boy named Jonas learns about the emotions and pain and suffering that no one experiences, and then he decides to try and bring everything back to the community. I enjoyed the book version of “The Giver” more than the movie because in the movie Jonas is able to show his friends everything that he knows, there is a difference between the ages in the book versus the movie, and there is a lot more action involved in the movie.

To begin with, Fiona doesn’t know everything about anything in the book and neither does anyone else. Personally, I liked that Jonas had to do something special in order to make his friends understand anything. There was …show more content…
In the movie, there were much more technologically advanced devices, but in the book the technology was more timeless. People probably enjoyed seeing all of the advancements, but I personally find the technology in the book version better because it is more timeless. You could read the book in twenty years and the book would still have that dystopian quality, but the movie will later become outdated. It may also be argued that the movie was better because there was a specific antagonist, the Chief Elder. The Chief Elder was totally against the memories returning to the community and was trying to do everything in her power to stop that from happening. I do not agree with this because I like that the main antagonist in the book is the community’s ignorance not the Chief Elder. So even though people may say the movie was better because there is a main villain or because the community was more advanced in technology, but I think that the book was much