The Giver, Movie vs Book

            In the book The Giver when jonas meets Gabe its when they brought him to Jonas’s home to take care of him and Gabe was also mentioned by dad earlier in the book. In the movie Jonas was introduced to Gabe at the start of the book inside the annex room.  In the book Jonas meets gabe at home, “Oh, look!,’ Lily squealed in delight. ‘Isn’t he cute? Look how tiny he is! And he has funny eyes like yours, Jonas!’ Jonas glared at her. He didn't like it that she mentioned his eyes. He waited for his father to chastise Lily.” And in the book Jonas came up to Gabe because he was crying most of the time and wanted to see why. Fiona layed her hand on Gabe and Gabe stopped crying. One thing that struck Jonas was, “Lily followed behind, but she glanced back over her shoulder at Jonas and teased, ‘ Maybe he had the same Birth Mother as you,”(20).This made Jonas wonder if Gabe was actually his brother. In the movie when Jonas met Gabe he was very dumbfounded when his dad said Gabe was going to be set for release. Both of these stories behind the book and the movie were so different. I expected the movie to have some similar moments but it was way different from what I thought. Gabe was a important character in this story. He was the main reason why Jonas went on his journey to elsewhere.

            In the movie The Giver it was so different from the book. One main thing was Jonas he looke like he was 18 in the movie but in the book it says he's  about to turn 12. In the movie Jonas is way older than described in the book. And he is kind of crushing on Fiona more in the movie. And in the book “ Lily looked up her eyes wide. ‘The ceremony of twelve’, she whispered in a awed voice."(9). This shows that Jonas was going to turn twelve and how important it was in the book and the topic were talking abou. There is only once in a while you would see Jonas doing something with Fiona in the book, which made a way different ending then in the movie. But In the movie the romantic moments with Fiona gave Jonas more courage and love to go to elsewhere and release all the memories he had.

              The book was way different then what I thought the movie was going to be like. Fiona did not have that same impact like she did in the movie. So this all means that the change in the character was necessary because it gave a better detailed story. At first the movie was not good compared to the book. But at the ending of the movie was better because it displayed more love and a explanation for the end.