Similarities Between The Giver And The Truman Show

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The symbols in the giver and in the Truman show has similarities but more differences than they do similarities. In the giver some of the symbols are the apple which means knowledge and they also have the sled which means freedom in the giver. Although some things in the Truman show that are different symbols than in how giver that are the plane or the light that fell meaning where he was was fake. In both the giver and the Truman show red meant love and feeling while water meant death and those are some of the similarities and differences in the symbols .

The setting in the giver and in the Truman show have both differences and similarities, but they have their own way of doing things which makes them different from each other. In the

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