What's the Difference between The Giver the Book and The Giver the Movie?
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
Jonas
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Jonas
Portrayed by: Brenton Thwaites
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Rosemary
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Rosemary
Portrayed by: Taylor Swift
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Fiona
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Fiona
Portrayed by: Odeya Rush
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The Giver
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The Giver
Portrayed by: Jeff Bridges
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Chief Elder
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Chief Elder
Portrayed by: Meryl Streep
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Jonas's mum
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Jonas's mum
Portrayed by: Katie Holmes
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Asher
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Asher
Portrayed by: Cameron Monaghan
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Jonas's dad
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Jonas's dad
Portrayed by: Alexander Skarsgård
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Lily
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Lily
Portrayed by: Emma Tremblay
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Gaberial
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Gaberial
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Johnny
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Johnny
Portrayed by: Kory Catoe
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BJ Hannah
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BJ Hannah
Portrayed by: Providence Hildreth
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| In the Book |
In the Movie |
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Jonas is 12 years old. |
He is 16 and played by a 25 year old actor. |
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Jonas feels stirrings inside for his classmate Fiona, but nothing more. |
There is a full love story between the two.
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After Jonas is selected as The Receiver he is mostly left alone by the Chief Elder. |
She is constantly meddling with Jonas and The Giver and always suspicious. |
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Asher, Jonas' best friend is given the job of recreation director. |
He becomes a pilot.
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Fiona's job is to take care of the elderly. |
She takes care of newborns. |
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Jonas takes Gabriel who is being cared for by his father and leaves with the baby on his bike. |
Jonas has to infiltrate the nurturing center and convince Fiona that the baby must be saved.
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Jonas takes Gabriel on a bike. |
He rides a futuristic motorcycle. |
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Jonas is not pursued when he takes Gabriel. |
A fleet of security agents chase him and Asher targets him from the air.
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Jonas has pale eyes |
Jonas has dark eyes |
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The Receivers have pale eyes |
The Receivers has a birthmark on their wrist
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Jonas' first pain was a sunburn |
His first pain was a bee sting |
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The Giver's house is in town |
The Giver's house is outside the main town
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The community is surrounded by a river a their boundary |
The community is on top of a mountain |
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They have visited other cities as a child in school |
They have never been outside the city
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Jonas is 12 years old |
Jonas is actually 18 years old |
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Jonas' sister Lily turns 8 and receives the jacket with pockets |
Jonas' sister Lily turns 9 and receives her bicycle.
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Jonas's number is 19 |
Jonas's number is 51 |
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To transfer memories The Giver has to put his hand on Jonas back while Jonas is lying down. |
The Giver has to hold his wrist to transfer the memoriesm
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The Giver and Jonas planned to leave the community at the night that the Ceremony begins. |
Jonas told The Giver he must leave suddenly one night. |
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Fiona know nothing about Jonas's escape. |
Fiona was caught by some security agents after letting Jonas took Gabriel away and escaped. She almost took the lethal injection too.
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Jonas slowly loses his memories. |
Jonas loses his memories all at once when he crosses the triangle rocks. |
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Daily injection was a pill |
Daily injection was a small contraption mounted on the wall where they would place their wrist and they will have received their Daily Injection
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It is unclear if Jonas and Gabriel are safe after sliding down the mountain at the end of the story. |
They are shown walking towards the house after sliding down so it is clear they survived and are safe. |