In the book, much is made about characters' ages.
2) On screen, Jonas is a (hunky) young man Granted, because films are limited by time, they have to be more fast-moving than books, which can take a few pages or even chapters to hint at one minor plot point. Characters are developed very quickly, and, as a result, the film loses some of the uneasy ambiguity of the book. In the film, almost an entire third of Lowry's book happens on-screen within the first few scenes. But one of the things I appreciate about Lowry's writing is that the mystery of Jonas's world is very slow to unfold. It's a bit unfair to start with this one because film, by virtue of its medium, cannot be as subtle as literature (for the most part). W hile the story is very similar to the one Lois Lowry wrote in her award-winning novel, the differences between the two versions are noticeable. Screen adaptations of books never stick to the source material completely, and the big screen version of The Giver is no exception.
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