The Giver Compare/Contrast

The scene in the book about Jonas escaping and the scene in the movie where Jonas escapes is very different from other. In the book, Jonas just takes his dad's bicycle and Gabriel with food and water and escape easily without anyone noticing until the next day. "First, he had left the dwelling at night...   Second, he had robbed the community of food.. Third, he had stolen his father's bicycle... And he had taken Gabriel, too.  This quote shows how easily Jonas had stolen from the community since he was able to do this before everyone noticed until the next day. However in the movie, it doesn't go like this. In the movie, Jonas had a difficult time trying to escape from the community since he faced many obstacles. Jonas had to knock out Asher in order for him not to tell security that Jonas is escaping, He had to get Gabriel out of the nurturing center, and Jonas had to escape/lose security with  a motorcycle while the security force had planes  as well as motorcycles. This is far different from the book since the movie is way more difficult for Jonas to escape while in the book, No one even noticed Jonas escaping the community until the next day.

In the film, the director made The Giver community way different from what readers had expected from the book. In the movie, the community is far advanced to the point to where they live on floating islands and their technology as well is advanced. I think the director did this action to accelerate the flow of the plot since the movie did start off with Jonas being at the 12s ceremony very early. It changes the story since the plot events are different from the book. Doing this might've confused people since they might've read the book and noticed many changes. I think it was a good idea to do these changes since movies have limited film time due to funding/budgets.

Out of either the book or movie that gave me the most impacting understand is the book. The novel "The Giver" gave me better understanding of the story since it gives more details unlike the movie. One major difference from the movie is that the novel gives a better understanding of the characters. The director (Phillip Noyce) made the movie so that those who haven't read the book would have a better understanding. The book however gives a backstory to most of the characters and what they  do. This is why the book gives me a better understanding of the story rather than the movie.