In the film The Giver there seemed to be a low value placed on human life because of sameness. Everyone was doing the same thing everyday. They were never allowed to express themselves or how they feel because all emotions and individuality we taken and stolen from them. They had no choice but to follow the rules,to accept sameness, and to contribute to the community or they had to be killed.
In Fahrenheit 451, Faber said, “I don’t …show more content…
Faber has much in common with the Giver in the sense that they are both wise old men who help with the development of the main character. Although they are alike, Faber was shown as a more sensitive and feeble man than the Giver. The Chief Elder was like Beatty because both of them go against the main character and were portrayed as evil people in the eyes of the main character. Jonas’s mother was similar to Mildred in that they were both compliant and acceptive of the sameness in their community. Also, they were both in charge of alarming the authorities about the main character’s rebellious actions. Jonas’s mother and Mildred had some resemblance, but Mildred was much more rude compared to Jonas’s mother who is polite and neat. The similarities in Fahrenheit 451 and The Giver outweighed the differences.
The characters in Fahrenheit 451 and The Giver are stereotypes that can also be found in other films and novels. Some of the stereotyped characters are Jonas and Montag as the rebels like Beatrice from Divergent or Katniss from The Hunger Games. The Chief Elder and Beatty would also be stereotypes of the antagonist like Snow from the Hunger Games or Jeanine from Divergent. The authors use these stereotypes to make the story relatable to other stories and to make it easier to follow and