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Monday, June 8, 2009

Truman vs Jonas

There are many books and movies that could compare with each other, they all have differences and similarities. In this essay i would compare and contrast the book "Giver" with a movie "The Truman Show". I would talk about the characters, and the setting.

The Truman show is a movie in which Truman, the main character of a TV show, is raised on a set, believing that it is reality. The show goes on twenty-four/seven for all of Truman's life. The Giver is a book in which life is safe, orderly, and predictable.Every aspect of a person's life is carefully planned. People rarely make choices on their own. Everything is decided for them by the community. There is no snow or sunshine, no colors or music, no animals or nature.

The characters in the Giver and in the Truman show are very similar. Both Truman and Jonas are true to themselves and both have the feeling to explore the rest of the world.They feel anger, need to share, confusion when they realize the truth. However, there also have many differences such as: Truman was born with feelings,and he could be himself with the whole world. While, Jonas wasn't born with feelings,and he could only be himself with the Giver.

The setting in the Giver is that the story takes place in a small village, and the main character, Jonas, must learn to interact with his environment. In The Truman Show, the story takes place in a small city which is controlled by the "directors". The "directors" control everything that Truman does. They change the city when Truman almost finds out what they are doing. Each setting is important to the whole story, but they affect the characters differently.

Both Truman and Jonas have their own similarities and differences in the plot and chracters. In general the Giver and The Truman Show were very interesting, but i didnt really like the endings of those two stories because it felt like the stories are incomplete and are in need of a proper endings.