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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Matched by Allyson Braithwaite Condie
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I agree with you how this novel reminds me of those other novels, they do have some similarities with the society.
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