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.
Matched by Allyson Braithwaite Condie
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