Differences Between The Giver Book And Movie

Gabriel Adams

Ms. Nazareth

English, Grade 7

22 March 2023

“He felt, surprisingly, no fear, nor any regret about leaving the community behind. But he felt a very deep sadness that he had left his closest friend behind. He knew that in the danger of his escape he must be absolutely silent; but with his heart and mind, he called back and hoped that with his capacity for hearing-beyond, The Giver would know that Jonas had said goodbye.” (The Giver Lowry pg.205)

The quote above shows how The Giver book is more powerful than The Giver movie. The plot in the written story, The Giver by Lois Lowry, is about a boy named Jonas who goes through many obstacles in his utopia. When he turns 12 he gets a job. That job makes him realize what’s going on

The written story, The Giver by Lois Lowry, was better than the movie, The Giver by Philip Noyce, because the book has better imagery than the set in the movie, and the book has better detail than special effects in the

In the book, Jonas gets his first Memory. The giver places his hand on his back and he gets in this dream-like state. It’s cold. He can see his breath in the air. He can also see white stuff, or snow, fall from the sky. he notices that he is on a sled on top of a steep hill. Then the sled moves down the hill with a ton of speed. at the end of the hill snow slows the ride and the Memory comes to an end. However, in the movie Jonas places his wrist face side up and the giver holds his wrist and gets put into a memory. He sees snow fall onto his black gloves and realizes hes on a sled on a hill and holds the ropes. then the sled moves down the hill in a calm like state. then the memory comes to an end. This makes the written story better because it had a lot more imagery! It describes how steep the hill is and says that he goes down the hill fast. It describes what he feels, cold, and what he sees. They also ad some more imagery at the end saying that the snow slows the ride. The movie shoes that he had gear on. like a coat and gloves, which was never in the book. He doesn't even go down the hill that fast. Also, the book says the giver puts his hand on his back, BUT in the movie he does it on the