The Giver: The Play Vs. The Book

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The play and the book, The Giver, were different but yet the same. The book went into greater detail, meaning they did major and minor parts, and the play was simply played out. The scenery wasn’t as vivid in the play as it was in the book. Also, when I was watching the play I got more feeling from it than I did from reading the book.
The play was definitely shorter, meaning that only major parts of the story were acted out, whereas in the book everything was included. On the stage, this was shown because major parts, like when Jonas saw the color red, or when Jonas was receiving memories, or when Jonas transmitted memories to Gabriel, were all acted out. The book gave details about minor details like when Jonas saw Gabe’s eyes and the release

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