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I did actually learn a lesson from this book. I learned that I'm lucky to live in a world in which we have freedom. We can marry whom ever we want, we can listen to what ever we want, and we die at what ever age is right, not at age 80. We can also share our food or choose what our job is. Everyone controls their own life.

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I enjoyed this book also. It was well written and very descriptive. There were some parts that were predictable. An example was when all of them had to take the red pill that no one knew the power of. I easily predicted that it was memory lost because only an official could tell you to take it. And also because they had to take it when someone saw something the officials didn't want anyone to see.

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I agree with Jordie Selby when she said the ending wasn't so great. It seemed rushed and  completely underdeveloped. There defiantly should have been more between Cassia and Ky before they sent him away to the Outer Provinces to fight in the war against the Enemy. Also, how did Cassia's father all of a sudden know that she was in love with Ky and then supported and encouraged her search for him? There should have been more explanation there. Overall, the entire ending should have been more developed.

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One of the main themes in the book is love. The theme ties the story together and creates the main conflict in the story. Cassia wants to break free from the society because they control everything. She falls in love with someone that isn't her match according to society and wants to break free but she feels trapped. The theme of love creates the conflict and ties the whole story together.

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I thought that the story was a good book because the topic was unique. Cassia is trying to find out who she is and who she wants to spend her life with. This is a very relatable topic, especially for teenagers which made the book very easy to get through. Being able to relate to a book makes it easier and more fun to read.

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I enjoyed reading Matched by Ally Condie, because the story was told from a girl who is around my age who lives in a society that is completely different than the one that live in. I liked how I was able to learn about the society through Cassia's point of view. As she go through different events, I was able to learn more about Cassia's thoughts and feelings. Overall, I really liked the story and I would recommend it to any teenage girls who likes love story.

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The plot of this story is what draws people in to read the book. People living in a society with many rules and restrictions. People are matched to others when they are seventeen and they will marry that person that they were matched with whether they like then or not. The society decides what you eat and what you do, they even decided that you will die when you turn eighty. Since the readers aren't familiar with the society that Cassia is living in, we learn about the society with her.

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The relationship between Cassia and her grandfather is very strong. She is able to tell her grandfather anything that she can't tell anyone else because he listens, understands and gives her advice. Cassia's grandfather played a major role to open her eyes to realize what the society that they were living in was like through old poems that he tole her about. We can see how much she loved his grandfather who she trusted, if he wasn't in this novel, the story won't be as exciting.

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In Matched, Cassia does learn to write, but I thought that it would come in handy when she is caught in a difficult situation, but in reality it doesn't. Instead she uses it to write I love you to Ky. I did not like how she ended up using the words she learned. I did enjoy though how Ky uses the words/letters to write Cassia his story. I did enjoy those parts. Overall I did not like the romantic parts, and since in the next book Cassia is most likely going to look for Ky so they can be together, I don't think I will continue in the trioligy.

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The theme about not going gentle, and fighting for what you want was a big theme. The poem showed up many times but Cassia did not really fight or rage against the dying of the light until the end when Ky leaves. I thought that she would protest or find a way to let the people of the society have their freedom, but nothing like that happened. I can relate Matched to another book- Farenheit 451. In that book, the main character actually fights to stop the burning of the books and goes against the society, while in Matched Cassia does not fight to save her artifact, the mapletrees, her grandfather, or her love for Ky. She does say that she will fight and that she will not go gentle. This indicates that she might truly fight through her words, or in other ways. But I still think that the book would've gone well if she remembered the poem and actually fought when they took away the things close to her.

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I enjoyed the book but I thought that the pace of the story at some parts of the book slowed down. Some parts were not as interesting as the other parts, such as the parts when Cassia starts to think about her feelings for Ky. I did not enjoy that part of the book. I enjoyed seeing how different  Cassia's world is different from pur world. Matched made me be more grateful for the freedom I have today, such as being able to marry who I want to marry, eating what I want to eat, and also being able to pick the job or career I would like to pursue. The book was definitely interesting, but got boring at some parts.

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Overall, I thought Matched was a good book and I would recommend it to other students. There were parts of the book were that were a little slow, but besides that, I thought the plot flow was accomplished fairly early in the book making it easier to understand.

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Overall, I think Matched was a good book. There were times where it got boring and repetitive, like when Cassia and Ky went hiking everyday. But towards the end, it got a little more interesting and made me want to see what happened next. I also got confused on what was happening in some parts because it was poorly explained. Other than that I enjoyed reading most of it and I would recommend this book to someone my age.

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After reading Matched, I would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in reading it, especially someone of my own age. Condie's writing style kept the book interesting and hard to put down. The plot was well thought out and after reading this book I am anxious to read the other books in the series. The conflict that Cassia faced between Xander and Ky made the book exciting and was well written. I am glad that I chose to read this book.

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I found Cassia's connection to words interesting. When she first saw Ky writing, she was so amazed and eager to learn and I found it unrealistic because in our current day, writing is viewed as a hassle rather than a gift. Cassia viewed words as her own creation; something she was able to produce on her own without the help of society. She thought they looked beautiful written in cursive, but it also made her feel different as she wrote. Cassia was curious about what happens outside of society, about what happened before society, but few people knew the truth and she wasn't expecting them to tell her. I think that writing gave Cassia a sense of connection with the past, and it's her secret to keep from society that she has the ability to be an individual instead of blending in with the majority.

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One of the occurring themes in this book was do not go gentle. It was a mantra that Cassia used to encourage her confidence and it helped her learn more about her society. By not going gentle, Cassia was able to perform acts she would not have usually done, but benefited her in the end. Although she was told not to, Cassia became close with Ky which led to her learning that her society was the reason for the deaths of Ky's parents. She learned how although the society claims that everyone is equal, they really aren't. Those who work in the Nutrition Disposal Unit have shorter life expectancies and are the ones who poison the food for the elderly who die "at the perfect age", which is eighty years old. Cassia discovered the hidden truths to her society and began to question what life would be like had the citizens been able to make their own choices, been able to live their own lives, and because she did this, she did not go gentle.

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I would definitely recommend this book because it had a very good plot that was interesting and also had lots of unexpected twists that kept the reader wanting to know more. The whole idea of the love triangle in the book made it very interesting. This left the reader wondering who she would choose, the boy she got matched with by society, Xander or the one she hardly knew but knows in her heart that he is the guy for her, Ky. It could get the reader involved letting the make their own guesses, however in the end we find out that Cassia chooses Ky. I would recommend this book to people my age, and especially girls my age because the whole theme of love would probably be appealing to this group of people.

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I did not enjoy the last half of the story as much as I did the first half. I felt like nothing really interesting happened in the second half up until the end when Ky is being taken away. Most of the second half was just Cassia talking about how much she likes ky and a great deal of the second half took place on the hill. It was very unevenful and dragged on.

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I would recommend this book because I thought it had an interesting and unique plot. I believe teens would really enjoy it because even though most things are more exaggerated, for example society's influence on people, it was very relatable. Cassia is a teenage girl caught in  a love triangle between her best friend, Xander and a boy she has little by little gotten to know and like, Ky. While society matches Cassia to be with Xander she knows in her heart the guy she wants is Ky. In the end, Cassia knows what is right for herself and chooses Ky. I really enjoyed this book and would suggest girls my age to read it.

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I agree with Riley about the story having a week ending. I felt like the author go lazy and just left the story hanging. Some may argue that this is to lead on to the next book but I thought the author could of added of little more

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I agree with  Molly Briguglio because I believe every teenager struggles with pressure from society and wanting to do what they want to do and break the rules sometimes. Cassia is also my favorite character because i think she did a good job of becoming her own person. I think people should be together because of fate not because society chooses their "best" match because only we know ourselves well enough to know what we want. I agree that this was very relatable to teens especially with the themes of love and importance in freedom in society. 

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I liked the book Matched because it was interesting and different than other books iv read. Its a bout a society that decides everything you do in your life from who you marry to when you die. The story gets interesting when the main character Cassia is matched with her close friend which is very unlikely sense most people don't get matched with other people in their neighborhood. Another face pops up on the screen as well and Cassia begins to wonder how perfect society really is. She tries to find out the truth behind this strange happening.

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I dont like the type of book that Matched was. Everyone was being treated as robots and it stinks that everyone has to die at 80 years old. This book was kind of creepy, I usually like romantic or comedies but this book wasn't either.

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Overall, I did not enjoy the book. The love triangle situation is overused and I found it did not suit the   story. In addition, I didn't approve of the society that Cassia lived in. The laws surpassed large legnths and I found it was a little too much. In conclusion, I thought the style of writing by Allie Condie was plain and lacked a spark to intrigue me to read the following books.

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I agree with Chloe when she explains how the society that Cassia lives in is very plain and too controlled. Citizens are prohibited from making decisions for themselves, thinking creatively and developing into the type of citizens that they aspire to be. I would not want to live in a society such as this either because I would be extremely frustrated. Life is uninteresting when everything is planned for you. I would much rather dictate my own life, and to strip a human of that is unjust.

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In the book matched society controls everything from who you marry to when you die. The main character Cassia struggles with whether to follow societies rules or branch out and become her own person. I like the book because I though the constant struggle of Cassia knowing what was right and what society told her was right was very interesting. I did not like the ending because i thought it left the reader wondering to much.

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In the book Matched, one evident theme is love. Although the citizens are matched by personal characteristics and are forbidden the opportunity to choose their own partner, Cassia feels extremely happy to find out that she is matched with her best friend Xander. However, when she wants to find out more about her match, Xander is not the boy who shows up on the card, Ky is. Although the situation is cleared up with the officials, and there is no possible way for her to be matched with Ky due to his past, Cassia still begins to wonder more about him. She cannot help but find herself thinking about him and seeing him wherever she goes. Cassia knows that their love is forbidden, and that her mind should be filled with thoughts of Xander, but as time goes on she cannot restrict her feelings. She worries that Xander is not the only potential match for her. Therefore, love is an extremely important theme in the novel Matched

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Overall, I did not enjoy the novel.  I found it very dull and lacking in excitement, especially in the first half of the book.  I did not think that the writing style was clear and I often had to go back and reread a passage to understand its full meaning.  In addition, there was a distinct lack of humor which made it even more difficult to get through each page. 

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One of the predominant themes in Matched was love.  As the story began, Cassia was "matched" with her long time best friend, Xander.  In the dystopian society in which she lives, your match is the predetermined partner with whom you will spend the rest of your life.  However, conflict arises when Cassia is shown to have two matches, the second being Ky.  She is torn between her love for the two boys.  To further complicate the matters, Ky is an Aberration, meaning their love is forbidden due to his lack of acceptance by society.

The theme of the novel Matched focuses on the importance of freedom in society. In Cassia's society, there isn't much if not any freedom. People follow specific rules, they know when they die, who they love and what their destiny is supposed to be. Cassia believes that the rules are important and should be followed but then starts to later doubt her previous thoughts later in the book. She loves someone other then who she was destined to be with which puts up a huge red flag in her brain because everything she ever thought to believe is now being questioned. I think another important theme shown in this book is the idea of a perfect society. This world that Cassia lives in seems like a "perfect" society, a utopia, but if you look hard enough, you are able to see cracks in the perfection. This utopia then begins to seem like a dystopia, where the government takes away basic human rights like who a person is to fall in love with and the time of their death. No society can ever be truly perfect and taking away a person's rights will not change that.

I really enjoyed this novel. I thought that the plot was very well developed as were the characters. My favorite character in this book is Cassia. She starts out as a girl who fully trusts all the rules of society and believes that they are completely right all the time but as the book goes on she starts to break out from all of societies rules and begins thinking for herself. At her matching ceremony, Xander's face appears on-screen  and Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate until  Ky Markham's face quickly flashes  for an instant before the screen fades to black. Society claims it's a glitch and Cassia goes along with it and continues on with her life until she starts to fall in love, but not with Xander. This is when she questions the rules and whether they truly act upon what is best for each person. This book is very relatable especially for teenagers because many young adults are pressured by society's standards like Cassia but she choses to go her own way and live her own life instead of listening to people telling her what she should do instead of what she wants for herself.

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I agree with Kristen B when she explains the theme of forbidden love. Cassia and Ky fell in love because of a mistake in the matching system which turned out to be an experiment, and would never be able to be together. However, I also think that this forbidden love has caused them to be the driven and persistent people that they became. Therefore I would say the main theme of this novel is forbidden love leads to determination.

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I usually don't enjoy reading romance novels, but I genuinely liked the novel Matched by Ally Condie. What intrigued me the most was the idea of this government creating a "perfect" society. However the government's idea of perfection based on statistics isn't the same idea of perfection that others have in mind. For example, Cassia's perfect match was Xander, but since they were childhood friends Cassia found their love to be sweet and simply not as real as the love she had for Ky, an aberration who wasn't allowed to be matched. Cassia fell for Ky even when the "perfect" matching system couldn't have sincerely matched them together considering Ky  is an aberration, implying that the love Cassia has for Ky isn't statically perfect like the government is trying to make it seem to be.

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In the novel there is the overused cliche of a love triangle where the girl has to decide between characters A and B. It was highly unnecessary and the book could have done without it. There was so much potential that the author had with at least the matched ceremony and how Cassia dealt with it, maybe being matched with Ky to start and then realizing how their government needed to change, maybe with the government killing their attempts.

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I, personally, found Matched by Ally Condie boring. The entire novel just took concepts from other dystopian worlds and made it so that they can not write, but the can read and use computers. Overall, it wasn't poorly written but the subject matter could have been expanded on more.

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I enjoyed reading the book, Matched by Allie Condie very much.  My favorite part was the Matched Ball.  I liked how Allie Condie explained everything in details.  Although I already know who was matched with Cassia.  It was probably a surprise for Cassia to be matched with someone she knew than someone who is a stranger.  It was probably the most special day of her life.

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I dont like the type of society that Cassia's lives in because everything is exactly the same. In my opinion I like things to be different like how your house looks and what you wear. Everything is very plain and boring. I think Cassia is tired of her society and she wants to be able to do whatever she wants like Ky.

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Cassia lives in a strict society where the society chooses what the people wear or what they eat each day.  It's basically controlling the people.  Also, the society decides if the people should be single or be married.  And if they should have kids or not.  In society today, the government decides what is right and wrong according to the law.  Cassia always followed the society, thinking that the society makes the right choice for them.  But since the Matched Ball, she started to question things.

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   In the end, as Cassia's final test for her future job placement she is asked to rate workers, and among them is Ky. She finds his work is okay, yet she give him a good score hoping to get him a good job. Instead at the end, Ky is taken by officials into the providences.  Cassia has to deal with the guilt of thinking she may have contributed to his going away.  This inevitably leads to Xander knowing that he does not have Cassia's heart.

   Over the course of the story after seeing the glitch of Ky's face on her microcard about her match, she becomes inticed to know more about Ky.  Even though society says her match is Xander, her heart chooses Ky.  When they come to take KY away they make everyone take their red pill.  The red pill makes a person forget what happened in the last 24 hours. Cassia fakes taking the pill, and the pill doesn't work on Xander.  Since they are the only two who remember what happens, Xander agrees to help Cassia go find Ky.  I wonder how Xander is taking all of this? What would you do in his situation? Do you think he actually loves Cassia?

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I personally did enjoy the book, Matched by Allie Condie very much and found the plot interesting and unique. From the beginning there was a kind of mystery of not knowing who Cassia would be matched with and the author used strong writing skills to make you feel like you were actually there with the characters at the ceremony. I also enjoyed the plot twist in the beginning and think it made the book interesting right away, which is good for readers like myself who have to be very interested by the book to be able to keep reading it. Fortunately,Condie did a very good job on this book and it wasn't that hard for me to try and stay focused while reading.

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The overall theme in Matched by Allie Conde is going against the norm of the town. The type of society Cassia lives in is strict. They have town-wide curfews and a type of arranged marriges. When the teenagers of her town reach the age to go to the Matched Banquet, they are paired by a committee with someone that they will marry. Cassia encountrered a problem when she was matched and started to wonder if being paired by the committee was what she really wanted. Cassia seeked out her Grandfather's wise words and abided by them which let her fall in love with Ky, a boy she was not paired with at the Matched Banquet. Cassia went against her society's teachings and became her own person without the strict laws of the town. This decision will not be easy for Cassia. She will have to prove herself to the society that being an individual is okay, or she will have to abide by the arranged life they have planned for her.

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If I had to recommend this book I wouldn't, I didn't really enjoy it. I found the main characters to be very annoying. I didn't like how Cassia was all lovey dovey with Ky, even though she knew she couldn't be with him. It's Cassia own fault that she ended up at the farm in the end of the book. Also the storyline was so predicable  too. It's was a love triangle and of course she falls in love with the guy she knew is like the trouble maker. Instead of the guy she grew up her whole life with. It's kinda reminds me of twilight. I also I just wasn't a fan of the land they live in. How everything was so strict and how they can only do certain things. They can only read a certain books and only can join certain activities. Also I didn't like how there an age limit for how long you live. I felt so bad for the grandpa that they had to put him done since he was too old. Cassia really loved him and had a great relationship with him. They could have built even better one but instead he had to be put down. Not a fan of this book, thought it was going to be so much better. -Alyssa Ruiz

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I have mixed feelings about the way people die in the society.  Cassia talks about her grandfather and his going banquet. I think it is lovely that you get a banquet when you die, and that you know when you will die.  This takes away the worry or dying.  Cassia also says how elders wont feel depressed and useless or get really sikc.  This is also nice and thoughtful of the society to do for a person.  But it is sad that everyperson must die at eighty no mater what.  They wll live their last couple of days mourning about the fact that they will soon be gone.  The elderly also hav the potential to do great things, which is why it is sad that the must die no matter what.  I'm not sure if the way dying is handled in the society is a good thing or a bad thing.

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Overall I thought that Matched by Ally Condie was a good book, when I first read the book summary I wasn't sure weather I would like the book but as I continued reading I realized that I was actually enjoying the book.  Though I wished that the author explained the matching banquet and the events leading up to the banquet a bit more the general storyline was well executed.  I also felt that the author did a good job of making the reader want to continue reading by ending each chapter on a suspenseful note.  All in all I thought that Matched was a good book and I would definitely consider reading the two books that follow Matched.   

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Though there were several themes present in the novel Matched, by Ally Condie the theme of forbidden love is the most prevalent throughout the novel.  After being matched with her long term friend Xander, Cassia finds herself falling in love with another one of her friends, Ky, as a result of a mistake made in the matching system.  Though their love is forbidden Cassia can't help the feelings she has for Ky and finds herself breaking the rules of society to stand up for herself as an individual.  Though their being together puts everyone and everything they love in jeopardy both Cassia and Ky are willing to do anything they can to be together even if it means suffering the harsh consequences of their society.

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In this novel, Cassia, a member of The Society is told what to do and when to do it. Her life  is already pre determined by the people who run the world she lives in. This novel, by Ally Condie, looks into self-determination through presenting a situation in which the reader can feel connected to the main character by allowing us to see into her struggles and thoughts. I enjoyed this novel, because I like reading about the people of a society who will step out of their comfort zones and not do what they are told. I believe this story had an intriguing plot of forbidden romance and enticing danger. I love the story of Cassia and her struggle of self determination in which she must decide to conform to her society, or break out against it and open her eyes to discover what she truly wants and feels.

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The theme of the novel, Matched, has to do with challenging what is considered to be generally accepted in order to reach self discovery. In this novel, Cassia lives in what seems like a perfect world where she is confined to strict rules that she must follow. When she reaches the age to be matched with her life partner, a problem occurs in the system and she begins to wonder whether the Society is as perfect as she and everyone else thinks. By taking her grandfather’s words and actions into consideration, she begins to question her life and begins to understand what he is talking about when she falls in love with Ky, someone out of Society’s approval. In this novel, she must decide that her individuality is more important than conforming to the whole. Cassia must either conform to the Society and live her life how she is told to, or fight for the freedom to marry the boy she loves and live her own life.

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Overall, I enjoyed the novel Matched, by Ally Condie. At first I did not think I was going to like it. When I started reading I kept getting distracted because I was not very into the book. After a few chapters I started to enjoy it more and did not want to put the book down!  I enjoyed reading this book because it was different and I have never read anything like it before. Also, it had a lot of details which helped me understand the novel. Most of the time I enjoy reading unrealistic themed books, so I am glad that I chose this novel to read for my summer reading. In conclusion, I enjoyed reading Matched and would definitely recommend it to others and I will consider reading the next two books. 

     Overall, I really enjoyed Matched by Allie Condie. I never would have chosen to read such a book so I kind of began reading with a negative expectations in mind. However, two or so chapters into it, I found myself not wanting to put the book down! I do not prefer dystopian themes because most are too unrealistic for my liking. Although the whole idea of the Society in the book seemed so strange, it wasn't so unrealistic. I can see the possibility similar things happening in the future. I was so intrigued by the thought of that. I am planning on reading the remaining two books of this wonderful trilogy!

     In the novel Matched by Allie Condie, Society controls everything. Decisions such as a person's occupation and their spouse is not chosen by the individual, but by the Society. A teenager named Cassia has grown up in this Society and has always been so grateful for such a perfect life. However, Cassia realizes that the Society isn't perfect when there is a mistake appears after her Match Banquet. At these Banquets, boys and girls discover who their perfect match to marry is. A day that Cassia has been looking forward to for so long, took a surprising twist. While the people around her are being matched with beautifully mysterious strangers from other Provinces, Cassia is matched with her childhood best friend, Xander. As odd as the case may be, the two are so happy to know that they are going to spend the rest of their lives with someone already so special to them.
     A few days after finding out about her future with Xander, Cassia decides to see what she can learn about him through the card she was given the night of her banquet. Xander's face appears on the screen and then disappears shortly after, leaving Cassia anxious to see what is coming next. Instead of more about Xander, a different boy's face appears. Cassia immediately knows who it is; it is a friend of hers, Ky. Although Cassia is concerned, she pushes the thoughts about Ky out of her head after her official confirms that it is a silly mistake and nothing to worry about. Her match is still Xander. But as time goes on, Cassia can't help but wonder about Ky.
     Cassia has to decide whether she should go with her head and what the society knows is right, or follow her heart and go against the Society.   

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The novel Matched is about a teenage girl named Cassia going against the Society to try to be with someone she truly loves. When Cassia went to her Match Banquet, she was matched with her best friend Xander. Their match was considered very rare since they lived in the same province and already knew each other very well. When she got home, she looked at Xander's card to see if there was any information on it that she didn't already know. When she put the card in, Xander's face popped onto the screen then disappeared suddenly. The screen went black until another face popped onto the screen. It was Ky Markham. Seeing Ky's face on the screen made her very curious. Even though her official told her there was nothing to worry about, she kept thinking maybe Ky was supposed to be her match, not Xander. Cassia and Ky both decided they were going to do hiking over the summer, and every day they were hiking together, Cassia would fall deeper in love with Ky. When Ky was taken away at the end of the novel, Cassia was willing to do anything to find him.

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After Cassia goes to read the Courtship Guidelines on her microcard, the screen restarts and presents her with her match, except this time the picture is not of her lifelong best friend, Xander, whom she’d been matched with the night before. The picture shown is of another boy from her province named Ky. It was far out of the ordinary that Cassia was matched with someone she already knew; therefore it was inconceivable that the new face on the screen was also someone she knew. When the Society Official pulls Cassia aside to fix the problem, she assures her that her match is Xander, and that someone must have messed with the card. The official also made it clear that it was impossible for Ky to be her match, because he was an Aberration, and could not be matched. However, it was because of something his father did, therefore his being of an Aberration is not of his fault. Accordingly, I have the same wondering thought that Cassia does, in all of this bewilderment .Was it a mistake? Or was Ky simply supposed to be her match? The Society Officials almost never make a mistake, especially when it comes to matches. As Cassia describes how she liked Ky from day one for trying to save Xander, I feel he could actually be her match; there was no mistake made and the only thing keeping the apart is his father's mistake.

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While reading Matched, I noticed a big difference between Cassia's relationship with Xander and Cassia's relationship with Ky. When it comes to Xander, he is always supportive and kind to Cassia. They have been best friends for the longest time, so what else can you expect. Even though he is considered Cassia's "perfect match" and the couple shared a kiss, their relationship isn't much in comparison to Cassia and Ky. Ky is unpredictable and full of surprises. He is an Abberation, which automatically makes him different from the rest of Society. Ky gives not only his love to Cassia, but also his knowledge. He teaches her how to write. Also, he is a very sweet and gentle person despite his harsh and dangerous past. He shares the darkest parts of his past with Cassia, which makes them closer. I think it is for the best that Cassia would rather be with Ky than Xander. Xander is her best friend, but Cassia's relationship with Ky is something new and real, not formed by the Society. Had Cassia never been matched with Xander, they wouldn't have been anything more than best friends.

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 In the novel Matched by Ally Condie, Cassia is a young women living in a world where the government runs your life. Cassia is perfectly fine with this concept until they make a mistake during her banquet. At the banquet at which Cassia was to discover her "match", she was surprised to see her best friends face appear on the screen. Xander has known Cassia since they were young and he has secretly loved her for as long as he can remember. The two friends were comfortable together and were happy with the match. Cassia looks at Xander's card of his life and notices a different face. It wasn't Xander that was on the card, It was Ky's face, another friend of hers. Without anyone knowing Cassia must discover who her actual match is Xander or Ky.

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Matched was a dystopian themed book and I normally like those kinds of books the most. It wasn't a book that I could connect with the main character personally, but I could understand her emotions and why she felt this dual love. I did think there were some parts that dragged on way too much. Cassia was matched with her friend Xander at her match banquet. One day there was a glitch in the computers and a face of another boy showed up. His name was Ky and he was an Aberration which means he doesn't get matched with anyone. They start talking and she starts to fall in love with him. She loves both Xander and Ky, but in different ways meaning she loves Xander, but in more of a friend/brother way (in my mind). And she loves Ky in relationship terms. I didn't really like the ending, because it felt rushed. I also didn't really like how the author didn't explain Cassia's and Xander's relationship enough. I had trouble connecting with the character because of that. It was almost as if the book dragged along in the wrong areas and was rushed in the more interesting, important parts. I thought this book was better than I thought it was going to be, but it wasn't my favorite book. I do want to read the second of the series because I want to see how her journey to search for Ky goes.

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I felt that Matched was an overall good book, and the topic was unique. Cassia is basically trying to find herself and who she's supposed to spend the rest of her life with. She doesn't want her soulmate to be chosen for her, she wants to make a difference in her own life and not just roll with the punches.

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   In the novel, Cassia ultimately chooses Ky over her society match Xander. It proves that no matter how much  two people have in common or look good on paper.  Two people have to pick who they choose to marry. Only them can decide if they feel love strong enough towards another to marry someone.
   This is an example of the theme rebellion. Since Cassia loves Ky, it goes against society's rules of already choosing who she is matched up with.  Another example of rebellion is when she keeps Ky's compass even though government officials search everyone's houses and collect every artifact for museums. Instead Cassia buries the compact in Ky's flower bed under the dirt.  She goes against what society tells her to do.  Even from the beginning of the book, Cassia questions her behavior of breaking the rules when she almost thinks about hiding the last piece of cake for her brother.

   Not only is Cassia showing forms of Rebellion towards the society but also her father. After Cassia's grandfather dies at the society chosen age of eighty, officials go to their house looking for his  skin cells they took before he died. The skin cells are the only way to bring him back if in the future they figure it out. Cassia's father reported them missing, when really he went against rules and got rid of them. He got rid of them because it was Cassia's grandfather's last wish.  He went against society to give his father, the death he wanted. On his own terms.

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   During the beginning of the book, "Matched" by Ally Condle, Cassia describes what happens at the Match Banquet.  She explains how the society decides a perfect match for each boy or girl at the age of seventeen.  It reminded me of previous books that I have read, such as "The Giver" by Lois Lowry and "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins.  In all books the role of a Government or Society, play a major role in how "their people" coexist.  Whether they decide who is rich or poor, what jobs each individual will have, or even who they will marry.  All people within these books are trapped in a propaganda and censored world.  Some have only heard stories or myths of the outside. If you were in a society similar to Cassia's, would you choose to defy it to explore the world outside or be kept in the confines the Society holds you in?

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In this book, society is so technologically advanced that they read and write on computers. They have banned learning to write letters. Casia is thrilled when Ky teaches her to write letters in the dirt and is hungry to learn more. Her society does not want citizens learning to write or expressing their thoughts in writing with others. In a way, it is a form of keeping control over citizens. They are not allowed to write poetry, author books or any form of writing. Society has accepted 100 poems from the past, 100 books from the past, 100 songs and 100 works of art. There is no opportunity for anything more. I think society believes that this will stop citizens from thinking and being creative, and ultimately make them submissive.

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Casia's parents struggle with following the rules imposed upon them by their society. In the book, we see her father get in trouble for misplacing her grandfather's cell tissue. Later we find out that he deliberately failed to follow rules and instead honored his father's request to dispose of them. He understood his father's wish to die with dignity and not to give the society the ability to bring him back against his will. Her mother also has a hard time following the rules relating to her job and struggles with giving a true report of what she has found on her trip. Both of her parents seem terrified of society and the consequences of not following the rules but are willing to break them for their families.

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In the book "Matched", Casia tells us all about her world and the society she lives in. She struggles with her desires to go against the rules imposed upon the citizens and her dreams which are contrary to the rules she must follow. The entire story is told from her perspective. She lives in a world where everything is taken care of for her, there are no personal decisions  to be made, not about what she eats, who she marries, where she lives, what job she does, how many children she has, or how long she will live. Society takes care of everything. Despite all of this, she suffers from stress and inner turmoil.

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One of the main ideas in Matched is to stand up for what you think is right. In the novel, society rules everything. What you eat, who you love, where you work and when you die. No one within society knows anything other than this, this is the way they have always lived so no one thinks anything is remotely wrong with it. They wouldn't think to question society. The tides begin to turn at the end of the novel when Cassia starts to get to know Ky. She realizes that what she wants for herself is not what society wants. But none the less, Cassia fights for what she thinks is right for herself. She kisses Ky after her official told her not to, and fought for him to stay when he was being taken away. Although she is not successful the first time, at the end of the novel, readers know that Cassia will continue to fight for Ky and herself even though that is forbidden in the society. Cassia standing up for what she thought was right was the cause for main conflicts in the novel like Ky being sent away.

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Overall I felt Matched was a good book. I would have never picked this book up on my own. But what I took away from this novel was more then the lovey-dovey "oh I found my true love" underlying theme. What I really liked was the theme that society really does control more then we think. Yes, this novel took it to the extreme but society does have an influence on how we act. When Cassia figures this out she begins to fight it and break free and become her own person.

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Over all I didn't like the book it was way to confusing and did not have a point to it. all that happened was that Cassia had to figure out who should be her really match when it was all a joke to begin with. the Society had the whole thing planed out that Ky would just happen to be there on the Micro card, and Cassia would fall in love with someone she can't have. I think it was very predictable that she would want someone she can't have. It also had a bad ending. I didn't know what happened after she walked of to find Ky. I would not read this book again.

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Matched was a good book but a little confusing. maybe because I couldn't relate to Cassia and how she was feeling. She had to chose one of the two people she loved in different ways. The world they also live in is way different then ours. They have set meals and their is life is all set for them by the Society.

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One of the main themes for matched is love. This themes ties the whole story together. The book even starts out with Cassia getting ready to see who she is matched with to marry. But when she sees Kai's face her entire idea of love is rearranged and she enters a world of forbidden love. The main theme corresponds and creates the conflict within the story.

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Although this is a love story, in my opinion it is also a story of rebellion. Condie does a great good of creating they life triangle between Cassia, Xander and Ky. Condie emphasizes that whoever Cassia chose to be with, she would have completely different ways a life with either of them. 

This is also a story of rebellion. For example in the story, each citizen is given a container with 3 pills. You are only supposed to consume a certain intake of pills a day, if needed. In many instances people would give away their pills to someone else or secretly not take them. I think Ky had the greatest impact on the start of the rebellion because he has always known things the citizens of the Society didn’t. He also taught Cassia things that weren’t allowed, like writing. After Cassia discovers her fathers’ rebellion, she starts to have doubts about the Society as well.