Sarah Piotrowicz
This is what I
think an air train
is. --
Some of the settings in the book “Matched” by Ally Condie are…
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On an air train-
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The air train is one way of transportation in Cassia’s society. People in her soiciety use
this train to get to many places like where they work, to their match banquet and to
school.
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Cassia’s House-
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Some of the story takes place in Cassia’s house. Most of the time she is out doing things
but when she is at her house she is sleeping, getting ready for her recreation hours, or
eating her meals. In Cassia’s society they receive specific portions so the people in her
society rarely eat out.
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City Hall-
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Cassia’s match banquet takes place at city hall. Here on her birthday she gets matched
with the person who she will marry. Each person receives a silver box after they have
been matched. When Cassia is called up to get her match she is matched with her best
friend Xander.
This is a
photo of
the game
center. -
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Cassia’s Grandfather’s house-
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Cassia always visits her Grandfather. She has always looked up to him. Cassia’s
Grandfather’s 80th birthday was coming up. In Cassia’s society 80 is when you die.
Later in the book, after her Grandfather has died, she figures out the society
poisons the food that the 80 year olds eat so that they die at the right time.
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The Game Center-
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The game center is where Cassia, Xander and Em go during some of their free
recreation hours. The game center contains many games, some strategy and some
chance.
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The hill-
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For a summer leisure activity Cassia signs up for hiking. During hiking the kids hike
up a hill. On this hill Cassia figures out more about Ky and Ky teaches her how to
write. In return, Cassia tells him the poem that her grandfather gave to her.
Full Name-
Cassia Maria Reyes
MatchXander Carrow
CharacteristicsBrown hair, green eyes
Age-
16
Character TraitsTrustworthy, kind, smart, beautiful.
One Character is Cassia Reyes. Her match is Xander
Carrow who she has been friends with since how long she
can remember. Cassia is one in only a few people to know
her match. At her matching ceremony she chose to wear a
green dress. Cassia is a major, dynamic character and a
antagonist. She is an antagonist because throughout the
book she rebels against the society. One way she rebels is by
her allowing Ky to teach her to write. I think Cassia to have
green eyes and she is 16 years old. Some character traits to
describe her are trustworthy, kind, smart, beautiful.
Full NameXander Thomas Carrow
Match-
Cassia Rayes
CharacteristicsBlond Hair, blue eyes
Age17
Character Traits-
Handsome, kind, loveable
The next character is Xander Carrow. Xander’s
Match is Cassia and they are best friends. Xander
loves Cassia and Cassia loves him back. In the
story Xander and Cassia grow further apart as
Cassia starts to fall for Ky, even though Xander
and her are matched. I think of Xander to have
blonde hair, and blue eyes. He also is 17 years
old. He is a Major Character and is an antagonist.
He is an antagonist because he breaks the rules to
help his friends. Xander is a static character.
Some character traits for him are loveable,
handsome and kind.
Full NameKy (middle name unknown)
Match-
None
CharacteristicsBlack hair
Age17
Character Traits-
likeable, handsome, caring,
trustworthy and intelligent.
When Cassia looks at Xanders micro card Ky’s Face appears
on it. Ky is an Aberration which means he has to be single but
throughout the story Cassia becomes closer to Ky. He teaches
Cassia to write and tells her his life story through Pictures.
Teaching Cassia to write is against the law but Ky does it
anyway. Proving in a way to Cassia he loves her. During the
story and official warns Cassia and Ky that they can’t be
together and that she would have to take Ky away if they kept
being in love with each other. Ky is 17 years old. He is a I
think Ky to have black hair and he is an antagonist because
Cassia and him rebel against the society by Ky teaching her to
write. Some character traits of Ky are likeable, handsome,
caring, trustworthy and intelligent.
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Bram is Cassia’s little brother
who you here about a few times
in the story. Cassia and Bram care
for each other and help each
other when stuck with a problem.
At one point in the book Cassia
and Bram are going to get there
artifacts taken away, Cassia’s
compact and Bram’s Watch, but
they sit with each other and
comfort each other while they
look at their artifacts for the last
time. Bram is a minor character
and protagonist. I think Bram to
have bushy blonde hair. Bram is a
protagonist because he always
fallows the rules other than
occasionally being late for school.
In Matched the person who is
closest to Cassia is Grandfather.
Cassia always trusted her Grandfather
and visited him every chance she had.
He was the person she looked up to.
He was the person that told Cassia she
was strong enough not to take the
green tablet. Half way through the
book Cassia’s Grandfather turns 80. In
Cassia’s society this is the age
everyone dies. They have a farewell
ceremony and then he dies, but
Cassia remembers him and wishes he
could come back. Grandfather is a
minor character. I think his
appearance is grey hair and brown
eyes. Some traits to describe him are
trustworthy, wise, and kind.
This is what I think
Grandfather would
look like.
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Simile- “The meal seems like a dance, as though this is a ball as well as a banquet.” (p.10)
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Metaphor- “"Life is a journey, travel it well."
(United Airlines)
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Alliteration- “Cody’s slimy snakes swiftly crawled out of the house and into the grass.”
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Personification- “I picture the rain in the green space where I met with the Official, making the
fountain overflow and pounding the bench where I sat.” (p.131)
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“The wind shakes the trees, and causes the leaves to fall to the ground.” (p.229)
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Imagery-
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“Em shines so radiantly today in her drab brown plainclothes that I imagine she was impossible to
look away from last night in her yellow dress.” (p.165)
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“Xander looks at me with is sad, blue eyes…” (p.301)
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Onomatopoeia-
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“Warning, Warning.” (p.290)
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
“crack” (p.120)
Foreshadowing
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“The snap came from the trees.” (p. 120)
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“This is only for when you need it, okay?” (p.205)
For rising action, at the
beginning of the story Cassia sees
Ky’s face on a micro card that is
supposed to give her information
on her match, Xander. She soon
starts to fall in love with Ky
instead of Xander. Ky shows Cassia
he loves her by showing her how
to write and spending time with
her. Soon officials start to warn Ky
and Cassia that they can’t be
together because Ky isn’t her
Match. But they stay in love
anyway.
This is the micro
card that contains
all of Xander’s info.
In the middle of the story at the
climax, Cassia does a sorting job at Ky’s
workplace. Her job is to sort the people
into three groups, most efficient, in the
middle, and not efficient. She feels sick
because she knows Ky will be one of these
people. After Cassia is done with the sort
she checks to see where she put Ky, right
in the middle. To make it look like she
didn’t do that on purpose she switches Ky
to the group of people that aren’t going
to be relocated and given a new job. She
switches Ky’s number with another
persons number. After she tells the
official she is finished, the official lets
her know that the people who stay at this
vocation tend to live shorter, 20-30 years
shorter. After this Cassia reconsiders her
sort and places Ky in the people who will
get a new vocation.
This is something Cassia
may have had to sort.
The next morning, Cassia awakes to someone
screaming. When she runs outside she sees Mrs. Markham,
Ky’s mother, is the one screaming. Cassia knows it has
something to do with Ky. She runs over to the air train stop
and sees Ky in handcuffs. Ky’s father yells that the officials
are sending all of the aberrations to go fight in a war in
the outer provinces. Cassia doesn’t know what to do.
When the whole thing is over and Ky is taken away, an
official tells everyone to take out their red tablets. She goes in a
line and makes sure everyone. But Cassia doesn’t take it. She
places on the ground and crushes, then it evaporates into the air.
When the official comes to her she cups her hand to seem like
there is a pill. Then she swallows the fake pill and the official
moves on. The red pill was supposed to erase her memory of
everything that happened in the past 12 hours. Cassia still
remembered what happened and decided she must find Ky.
This is Cassia’s artifact. Cassia’s
artifact is a compact that she keeps
her tablets in. These tablets each do
something. The blue tablet helps you
in case of something that can’t be
prevented like weather, the green
tablet keeps her calm, and the red
tablet erases her memory of the past
12 hours.
Person vs. societyCassia has a conflict with the society because she has to
bend the rules to do what she feels is right.
Person vs. PersonCassia has a conflict with Xander because she starts to fall
for Ky and ditches Xander.
Man Vs. SelfCassia has a conflict with herself because she has to decide
between Xander and Ky and this troubles her.
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The theme of Matched by Ally Condie is importance of freedom. A
quote to prove it is the theme is “So in the middle of all of the noise, I
point to the sky. I hope he understands what I mean…and I will find
him.” (p.320)
The resolution in Matched is Cassia tells Xander that she is in love
with Ky and must go find him. She knows that it will break Xander’s
heart but she doesn’t want to live a lie. The quote “to a new
beginning,” (p.325) explains this well. That she wants to start over,
and forget everything that has happened.
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Slide 1
"Google Images." Google Images. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2012.
<http://www.google.com/imgres?q=matched>.
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Slide 15
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Slide 16
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 This
book is a trilogy and does not fully end
the story. Here are the others in the trilogy…