It’s also understood that, despite any reasoning behind it, to take away the good parts of being human to get rid of the bad, leads to empty lives.
It’s understood that the structure of the community was a collective choice made by humanity because of the ruin that came before. In the novel, there is no set scapegoat for the conflicting feelings of the reader toward Jonas’s community. And stir in a spectacular performance of a villain by some award-winning actress. Not to the point where Asher can act based upon them and let Jonas escape the chase untouched.ģ. At this point in the movie, there is no faith yet because there are no emotions. No matter how good of friends he and Asher might have been in their childhood, it does not make sense for Asher to let Jonas go on faith.įaith is based on trust which comes from emotion. Are you kidding? The whole point of Jonas’s journey is to save Gabe and bring emotions to his people. At most, the reader only knows about Jonas’s feelings toward Fiona because they are in his head.Īsher confronts Jonas before the chase beginsīut in the movie, you also get Asher, a very minor character in the book, chasing after Jonas, catching him, and then letting him go because he trusts him. Jonas definitely hints at feelings for his friend Fiona, but it isn’t anything like the whirlwind of love going on in the movie. In the novel, it’s not so much that there isn’t ANY romance, it’s just not a priority given that Jonas is 12. A dash of romance for the cinematic audience. The problem is that the changes that were made took an incredibly unique novel and made it fit the mold of every other Hollywood hit.ġ. Most of the changes weren’t awful, and for the most part, the general message of the book remained clear. Like Gathering Blue, The Giver was certainly interesting, but the message is what carries the reader throughout the novel, not the plot (Thought over plot strikes again!)īut OBVIOUSLY the movie just hadto be plot-based because, hey, that’s what the people want right? An adaptation made to fit the industry rather than the book.
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