The Giver Play
On Tuesday, March 28, 2006, our sixth grade group went to a play based on the award winning book The Giver. I’m about to tell you about what happened during this play and how the play was related to the book.
The play in many ways was similar to the book, but in many ways wasn’t. However I will start with the positives and how the play was similar to the book. The play followed the main story line fairly well and I would rate this part (1-10) about a 7.5. Also most of the characters were there like, Jonas, Fiona and Asher. BUT they left out one of the key players in Jonas’s finding out what a release was. They left out Larrisa who told Jonas of Roberto, the old man who was released in a glorious ceremony. But there was about only one other BIG problem I picked out and that was that the actors did not use bikes like the people did in the community. Insted they used scooters!
Overall the play was a fun experience, my favorite part was when the Giver was transmiting the memories to Jonas and they used a projecter to project the memories that he was receiving on a wall.
I would recommend this play to whoever loves a mystery type of story with suspense added.
April 4th, 2006 at 6:53 pm
Ryan, Awesome Job. I think you describe some of the positives of the play very nicely, however, as you said you would, you never listed any negatives. You probably just forgot too. Overall, you did a great job and I can’t wait for your next post.
June 6th, 2006 at 6:58 pm
Good Job Ryan! however just one thing, When you said that Jonas didn’t learn about a release I clearly remember (because I thought it was QUITE disturbing) that Jonas did learn about it from watching the movie of the release that his dad perfored with the ****** and the *****. Still You did an Awesome time consuming, effort taking, job!!