The Giver Movie And Book Comparison Essay

There are similarities, and differences between Jonas from the giver, when it comes to the screenplay, and the novel. It ranges from a lot of things like emotions, and attitude. Jonas is a better character from the screenplay, than from the novel. He has more emotions, and much more interesting ones, than the ones from the novel. Jonas’s Characteristic are more simple, and realistic in the movie. Someone who sees new things is curious, and in his community, being curious and wanting to express it is very understandable, but in the novel he doesn’t really express his curiosity, and instead is equivocal. The movie shows his curiosity, and him wanting everyone to “feel”. Reasons that Jonas is better in the movie than the book, are that he is more relatable, he takes bigger risks, and has a more audacious, and wild personality. Nevertheless, Jonas is still an amazing character in the book. Even when he does things that make it less realistic to what someone would really do in the given
Jonas, from both sides wanted Gabriel to live, and that's all they lived for towards the end. Both had the almost instant courage to leave their HOME. Along with this, they still had bravery to keep going, as they starved, and were thirsty over the long stretch of land, towards “the sled.” where the story ends. The similarities they had were mostly small, because that was how the story had it set, and changing those big details, like reaching the sled would change the whole story. They both are still friends with Asher and Fiona, and this was just a basic idea that had to be kept in the story. They did not make anything else major that would change the story, different. Overall the similarities between them was almost the same, And there were some changes, yet these were bigger ones. Once again, this shows how Movie Jonas is fairly as exceptional as the book Jonas, but some changes make the Jonas from the movie shine, like more of a