The conflicts of Matched involve forbidden love. Cassia is matched by the government with her best friend Xander, but through a glitch, her true love, Ky Markham is revealed. However, Ky is an aberration, which means he needs to remain single because someone in his family or him, in Ky's case his father, committed a crime. Cassia gradually begins to like Ky when she spends more time with him. Ky teaches Cassia how to write and Cassia falls in love with Ky. Nevertheless, the government forbids Cassia to continue her relationship with Ky and informs her that if she remains lovers with him, she'll become and Aberration herself. Not considering the warning, Cassia remains with Ky and Ky gave her a stanza of a Dylan Thomas poem, and Cassia kisses Ky. All in all Cassia is conflicted because the she trusts the governments' decisions but, she can't help her feelings for Ky. In the end, Cassia is moved to the station where Ky is believed to be working with and she hopes she can rekindle her relationship with Ky, no matter what the government says.
-NicoleK10
Matched by Allyson Braithwaite Condie
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I also noticed these conflicts in the book. Aside from these, I was able to pick up on the conflict of Cassia's father deciding whether to follow the government rules or go against the rules and help his family. It seemed as though Cassia's father would go above and beyond to protect his family. One example was when he destroyed the tissue sample because he wanted to follow his father's orders. All of this comes back to the government trying to convey a perfect society by creating set rules and regulations that keep the society from having free minds of their own. All-in-all, this conflict did not have a major effect on the novel, but it did start mischief within Cassia's household which led to greater issues later in the novel.
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