The Giver Comparison

The Giver, a novel by Lois Lowry, describes a utopian society where everything is perfect and the society rules. There is no war, no arguments, and everyone gets treated equally. By doing this, the society had to take away a few important aspects of life, such as color and emotion. Jonas, the main character, starts to discover that his utopian society, where everything is perfect, was practically a dystopian society, where everything is as unpleasant as possible. The novel was published in 1993, and was later made into a movie in 2014. Jonas’ character in the movie and the novel have many differences and similarities. In the beginning of the novel, Jonas feels apprehensive because The Ceremony of the Twelve is coming up. The Ceremony of the Twelve is a ceremony which all the

In the movie, when Jonas flees from the community he has help. Fiona, his quiet, caring female friend was assigned to be a nurturer. Therefore she worked in the Nurturing Center. When Jonas goes on the lamb, he needs help. He immediately goes straight to Fiona to ask her for aid, and to save Gabriel from being murdered. She helps him out. In the novel this never happens. Jonas and The Giver come up with a plan for Jonas to flee the community and to release his memories to them all. Another example is that in the movie, Jonas is assigned number 57 and he is turning to an 18. In the novel, Jonas is number 19, and he is becoming a 12. Also, in the movie, The Giver, everything is futuristic. There are bikes with motors, no cars, holograms, new technology, and machines. Furthermore, in the movie people can see that Jonas has a closer relationship with Fiona. During the rising action, Jonas convinces Fiona to stop taking her daily injections and report back to him in their secret hiding place. When she reports back Jonas sneaks in a kiss. In the novel, this never happens. The closest Jonas gets is having a dream about her in the House of the