Symbols In The Giver And The Truman Show

The Giver and Truman Show

Imagine being pulled into a life with zero privacy. And then you find out that your friends aren’t really your friends. They’re just acting like they are your friends. And then see someone you love and care about taken away. Or to see one of your parents taken by death. Or never get to meet them. In The Giver and in The Truman Show the main character’s have to deal with these type of problems. The main character for the Giver is Jonas. In the Truman show the main character is Truman. They both find out the truth about their communities. There are symbols in both of these books and things about the setting and things about the main characters. To begin with, many symbols in The Truman Show and The Giver that compare and contrast. In the giver the color red is a symbol. It means love or war. In The Truman Show the girl that Truman loves wears a red sweater. In The Giver Jonas learns what war is. In the giver water symbolizes death. In The Giver a little boy dies in a river. In The Truman Show Truman's Dad dies in water. This shows how the symbols compare and contrast …show more content…
In the giver they watch everyone. In the Truman show people watch him also. In the giver the community is very controlled. In the Truman show his community is also controlled by the people who watch him. In the giver the community isn’t allowed to have cars. But in the Truman show people are allowed to have cars. In the giver they watch everyone. But in the Truman show they only watch Truman. This shows how the settings compare and contrast.

Then, the main characters are also alike and different from each other. In both of these Truman and Jonas want to leave their community. Jonas and Truman are always watched by people. This causes them both to start and see the world as it is. In the giver Jonas is a 12 year old boy. But Truman is an adult. This shows how they both compare and