History Trivia / TheGiver

* NamesTheSame: Kids growing up in the 2000s who were [[Main/SchoolStudyMedia required to read this novel]] couldn't help but think of [[Music/TheJonasBrothers a certain band of brothers]] when they read the main character's name.

* DawsonCasting: The film has 24-year-old Brenton Thwaites as [[AgeLift 18]]-year-old Jonas. Meanwhile, 18-year-old Rosemary is played by the then 25-year-old Music/TaylorSwift.

* DawsonCasting: The film has 24-year-old Brenton Thwaites as [[AgeLift 18]]-year-old Jonas.
* DyeingForYourArt: Music/TaylorSwift dyed her famous blonde tresses dark for her role as Rosemary.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When Jeff Bridges first bought the film rights to the book (shortly after its publication in the early 90s), he did so with the intention that his father, veteran actor Creator/LloydBridges, would play the Giver. But the film remained stuck in DevelopmentHell for over a decade and the elder Bridges died before those plans could ever come to fruition.

* When Jeff Bridges first bought the film rights to the book (shortly after its publication in the early 90s), he did so with the intention that his father, veteran actor Creator/LloydBridges, would play the Giver. But the film remained stuck in DevelopmentHell for over a decade and the elder Bridges died before those plans could ever come to fruition.

* When Jeff Bridges first bought the film rights to the book (shortly after its publication in the early 90s), he did so with the intention that his father, veteran actor Creator/LloydBridges, would play the Giver. But the film remained stuck in DevelopmentHell for over a decade and the elder Bridges died before those plans could come to fruition.

** Not too much of a stretch considering he's mentioned in the Sequel ''Literature/GatheringBlue'' and plays a key character in the 3rd book, ''Messenger''.

* FollowTheLeader: The film is one of the many film adaptations of YoungAdult books with dystopian settings, spawned from the success of ''Film/TheHungerGames''.

** Not too much of a stretch considering he's mentioned in the Sequel ''Literature/GatheringBlue'' and plays a key character in the 3rd book, ''Messenger Messenger''.

** Not too much of a stretch considering he's mentioned in the Sequel {{Gathering Blue}} and plays a key character in the 3rd book, ''Messenger Messenger''.

* DawsonCasting: The film has 24-year-old Brenton Thwaites as [[AgeLift 16]]-year-old Jonas.

** Not too much of a stretch considering he's mentioned in the Sequel {{Gathering Blue}} and plays a key character in the 3rd book, ''Literature/MessengerMessenger''.

** Not too much of a stretch considering he's mentioned in the Sequel {{Gathering Blue}} and plays a key character in the 3rd book, ''[[Literature/MessengerMessenger]]''.

** Not too much of a stretch considering he's mentioned in the Sequel {{Gathering Blue}} and plays a key character in the 3rd book, [[Literature/Messenger Messenger]].

-->Not too much of a stretch considering he's mentioned in the Sequel {{Gathering Blue}} and plays a key character in the 3rd book, {{Messenger}}.

!!! The Book

!!! The Film

* DyeingForYourArt: Music/TaylorSwift dyed her famous blonde tresses dark for her role as Rosemary.

* CreatorBreakdown: When originally envisioning the plot of ''Son'', Lois Lowry's original plans [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was to focus on Gabe's search for his mother.]] This changed however when the more she wrote, the more she began to empathize with Gabe's mother, due to her own feelings of missing her deceased son. Gabe's mother Claire ended up becoming the primary view point character.

* AgeLift: The film makes Jonas and his friends sixteen when they were 11 going on 12 in the book.

* AgeLift: The film makes Jonas sixteen. In the book Jonas was 11 going on 12.

* CreatorBreakdown: When originally evisioning the plot of ''Son'', Lois Lowry's original plans [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was to focus on Gabe's search for his mother.]] This change however when the more she wrote, the more she began to emulate with Gabe's mother due to her own feelings of missing her deceased son. Gabe's mother Clare ended up becoming the primary view point character.

* DawsonCasting: The film has 24-year-old Brenton Thwaites as [[AgeLift 16]]-year-old Jonas.

* DawsonCasting: Eleven-year-old Jonas will be played in the movie by 24-year-old Brenton Thwaites.

CreatorBreakdown: When originally evisioning the plot of ''Son'', Lois Lowry's original plans [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was to focus on Gabe's search for his mother.]] This change however when the more she wrote, the more she began to emulate with Gabe's mother due to her own feelings of missing her deceased son. Gabe's mother Clare ended up becoming the primary view point character.

DawsonCasting: Eleven-year-old Jonas will be played in the movie by 24-year-old Brenton Thwaites.

CreatorBreakdown: When originally evisioning the plot of ''Son'', Lois Lowry's original plans [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was to focus on Gabe's search for his mother.]] This change however when the more she wrote, the more she began to emulate with Gabe's mother due to her own feelings of missing her deceased son. Gabe's mother Clare ended up becoming the primary view point character.