*:(Matched):* ALLY CONDIE

   In Mrs. Hayes English class we have been learning much about Allegory, Allusion, Dystopian Society, and Satire. Allegories are stories that symbolize something else. Allusions are references to a well known person, place, or thing, or another work of literature. A Dystopian Society is an imaginary place where everything is bad as can be. Satire is the use of irony sarcasm, ridicule to expose something else in a work of literature. To understand this we read a novel called Fahrenheit 451, this novel is FULL of dystopia. Our class also saw the movie Shrek in order to understand satire.
    As an individual assignment we all had to read a dystopian novel. I picked Matched by Ally Condie as my novel to blog about for this assignment. The main character in this book is Cassia Maria Reyes, who is just turning seventeen years old. In her society everything is controlled starting from what you eat, where, work as and marry.
    In this society people don't eat for taste but for health. Everything is so common and limited. There is only one hundred poems, and songs that the society decided to keep. How can we appreciate anything fully when overwhelmed with too much? (PG. 29 CONDIE). They asked no questions, all of these things seemed perfect for the people, because it was for the best.
    In this perfect world Cassia lives in you can be called for your Match Bonquet any time after you turn seventeen. You are suppose to be matched with a person and you get a card filled with information of your match and you are suppose to learn, in reality memorize everything about them since you will be having the Marriage Contract with them. Although a very unsual thing happens to Cassia, she gets matched with her best friend who she already knows everything about, and he already knows everything about her.
    This story full of passion mixes up even more when Cassia gets involved with Ky. She should follow the rules of her society and marry Xander who she has a marriage contract with, and who is handsome or just follow her heart and go with Ky. If she does the second choice they will be the first to do such a thing and not follow the rules of her society.
   
 -Definitions from Mrs. Hayes Dystopian Young Adult Novel Assignment prompt