1. The giver is written in third person limited, in which the narrator takes no place in the story but tells the story in the point of view of the protagonist, which is Jonas. In the book, Jonas is a twelve year old boy, in the movie however Jonas is eighteen years old. The age difference between the book and the movie is one of the major differences between the two; the maturation of the characters in the movie adds more romance and unnecessary drama. In both the movie and the book Jonas was chosen to be the receiver of memory, and he eventually leaves his community to bring back the memories to the people. In the movie, technology is much more advanced than the book. The movie has drones, 3D objects and many other advanced devices, also he
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The setting of The Giver is in a community in a utopian society, the time is not specified. This utopian society is based on sameness, where no colors, no emotions, no music, no animals, no weather exists. Both the book and the movie straight away give a breakdown of the society's rules and cultures, we are also introduced to Jonas, his family, and his friends. The conflict was the same in the book and the movie. As Jonas begins receiving the memories from the giver, he starts to feel new emotions, see new colors, and experience new things. Over time Jonas got frustrated with the limitation and the sameness of the community so he decides to rebel against the community. The rising action is similar as well, the memories he received changed the way he thinks about the community and started to see things differently. In the book, he tried to explain the memories to his friends and family but it didn't work. In the movie however Jonas succeeded in making Fiona feel emotions. The climax of the story takes place when Jonas realizes that when his father "releases" children he actually kills them. At that point his anger towards his community reaches to its peak and he is determined to change things. In the book the plan of running away to elsewhere was similar but slightly different in the movie. In the book Jonas and the giver wanted to plan everything in two weeks, but they did not have that much time because Gabe was unexpectedly going to be released. So Jonas took whatever leftovers of food available and ran away with Gabe during the ceremony, where no one will notice his absence for a while. In the movie however, Jonas knew it was time to execute the plan when his dad told him about the release of Gabe. As soon as he got the news he rushed to the hospital after punching Asher as he tried to stop him, took Gabriel out of the hospital with the help of Fiona, then jumped off the edge of the community. The falling action differs between the book and the movie as
The setting of The Giver is in a community in a utopian society, the time is not specified. This utopian society is based on sameness, where no colors, no emotions, no music, no animals, no weather exists. Both the book and the movie straight away give a breakdown of the society's rules and cultures, we are also introduced to Jonas, his family, and his friends. The conflict was the same in the book and the movie. As Jonas begins receiving the memories from the giver, he starts to feel new emotions, see new colors, and experience new things. Over time Jonas got frustrated with the limitation and the sameness of the community so he decides to rebel against the community. The rising action is similar as well, the memories he received changed the way he thinks about the community and started to see things differently. In the book, he tried to explain the memories to his friends and family but it didn't work. In the movie however Jonas succeeded in making Fiona feel emotions. The climax of the story takes place when Jonas realizes that when his father "releases" children he actually kills them. At that point his anger towards his community reaches to its peak and he is determined to change things. In the book the plan of running away to elsewhere was similar but slightly different in the movie. In the book Jonas and the giver wanted to plan everything in two weeks, but they did not have that much time because Gabe was unexpectedly going to be released. So Jonas took whatever leftovers of food available and ran away with Gabe during the ceremony, where no one will notice his absence for a while. In the movie however, Jonas knew it was time to execute the plan when his dad told him about the release of Gabe. As soon as he got the news he rushed to the hospital after punching Asher as he tried to stop him, took Gabriel out of the hospital with the help of Fiona, then jumped off the edge of the community. The falling action differs between the book and the movie as