The Giver Book Vs Movie

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Jonas left the community to release the memories and show people things that were being covered up from there censored lives. In the book and the movie, Jonas left the village and crossed the border to release memories, showing the citizens what they were missing. On page 166-167, it said, "He knew he had the remaining hours of the night before they would be aware of his escape... Together the fugitives slept through the first dangerous day." By Lois Lowry using the word fugitive, it enforces the fact that Jonas broke a rule. In the movie by adding a chase, it emphasized he was being tracked down for his illegal activities. Jonas broke the rules in both the book and the movie, but it was better in the movie because the whole movement and actions …show more content…
Jonas did this because he thought it would bring them joy even though he could get punished. A similarity between the book and the movie is when Jonas gave Gabe a memory to calm him down. In the movie, he gave the memories of an elephant and a boat during a sunset. He knew Merryl Streep would get mad at him for showing Gabe "beyond". Just like how Jonas showed his sister to dance, and the Chief Elder showed up after and was frustrated at him. But he made his sister joyful just like he did with Gabe, and that made him feel fulfilled. In the book he just gave Gabe that one memory of the boat during sunset. On page 116, it says, "Still patting rhythmically, Jonas remembered the wonderful sail that the Giver gave him not long before: A bright, breezy day and clear turquoise lake, above him the white sail billowing as he moved along in the brisk wind." Because Jonas made the decision to give Gabe the memories and share dancing with Lily, he made them happy but not the Chief Elder. But he didn't care he just wanted them to be happy and calm. I think by the movie director adding in Jonas sharing more about his teachings with the Giver it emphasized he wanted to show people the happy things that they were missing even if they were small to give them joy. The movie gave more examples of Jonas trying to show people the small things that gave joy, so it gave more strength to the goal of what he was trying to

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