How would one feel if all their decisions were made for them? In the novel Matched by Ally Condie, the Protagonist Cassia tries to change the way that Society operates. Throughout the novel the protagonist struggles to find her courage and strength. Furthermore, Cassia’s ability to stand up for what she believes in is developed through the setting of the novel. Lastly, the protagonist is involved in a love triangle and struggles to maintain an equal relationship between Ky and Xander. One should always follow their heart despite the consequences.
In the world Cassia is living in, the Society determines her future. But the little decisions she makes can change her life forever. Cassia, like her grandfather, does not want to live her life being
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At the age of 17 the Society picks every person’s life long partner. Cassia struggles to accept the fact that she has to choose between two people. When she asks her grandfather for his opinion she feels that “it was [not] a mistake by the Society” (Condie 60) but it was a sign for her to make a choice without the Officials getting involved. All through the novel Cassia constantly compares experiences between Ky and Xander. Cassia has difficulty choosing who she wants to be her partner because “both things feel like standing in the light. Different types of light, but neither feel dark” (Condie 181). Ky represents romance, desire and danger. Xander represents friendship, care and comfort. Xander and Ky show commitment risking punishment to gain Cassia’s love and affection. Cassia finds herself stuck in the middle. She feels like she is “a piece of metal and they are two magnets and there’s a pull from either side” (Condie 228). Cassia finds herself in a love triangle between Xander and Ky. Cassia is matched with Xander, which means that there is a deep connection. But Cassia also finds herself drawn to Ky, even though a relationship with him will only end in
In Matched, at the age of 17, teenagers are matched to the person they will spend the rest of their lives with and at her Match Banquet, Cassia is Matched to her best friend, Xander. When she get her microcard with all the information about her Match, instead of seeing Xander’s face on it, she sees Ky Markham’s, an Aberration, a low status person. She becomes increasingly intrigued about knowing better her accidental Match and eventually, spending more time together, they un-coincidentally get matched into being partners in their hiking hours. They eventually fall in love but it is obviously forbidden by The Society, so the
Have you read Wonder or Summer ball? They are both amazing books. In the story Wonder, by R.J. Palacio, Julian is a big bully and in the story Summer ball, by Mike Lupica, Lamar is also a big bully. Both Lamar and Julian are big bullies because they bully the main character, and not only the main character but also other characters. The first reason I think they are both bullies is because they both bully the main character in the book they are in.
Don’t be afraid to start over. When you mess up you can always start over to make it better. Don’t be afraid to move to a different state to have a new life. Esperanza Ortega, from Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan is no different. She was not scared to start over and make a new living. Her challenges were Mama getting sick and having to work in the fields.
Have you ever had to move very for from home like Esperanza had too? Esperanza Ortega from Esperanza rising by pam Munoz Ryan is no different,Esperanza and her family had to leave their home in mexico because her papa died and her house burned to ashes. They have to go to The U.S, Although Esperanza faced many challenges as an immigrant but her hardest ones were: she had to work in the fields/sheds to make more money to live and pay for mamas hospital bills. They also faced discrimination in the u.s because of her skin color.
The fight for justice is not always unequivocal or favorable, sometimes justice is given by means that do not seem fair at all. William Styron says in a novel that life “is a search for justice.” It is blatant that throughout Khaled Hosseini's novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, female characters are continuously battered with injustices. Hosseini hones into the oppression of women and the fight for women empowerment through the life of one of his main characters, Mariam. Her journey is shown throughout the novel where she struggles to search for and understand justice.
The society in which Cassia lives attempts compete control over its citizens. She knows that the Society she lives in makes the rules and plans her life. It is domineering, suppressive and omnipotent and uses new complicated technology to
Imagine being lost from your true love. You are separated, forced to escape and meet up in secret without the society knowing. This is the reality that Cassia and Ky had to face in the novel titled Crossed by Ally Condie. This companion book dives into the complex relationships between characters that show how hard it is to be in love. These relationships are captivating to the reader because Cassia is forced to choose who she really loves. Next you will discover what curiosity can really do to a person, it could be life or death. Also, the symbols of fish and rain come up through the story, connecting to the overall theme of the novel. To add on to, Ky will say goodbye to many people in his life. He will discover the heartbreak of death and separation. Finally, you will find a fan fiction piece that highlights a certain scene and its significance. Decide for yourself- would you really want to be separated from the one you really love?
Delia decides to defend herself from her husband’s cruelty, this happens not once but twice. The first time is when Sykes steps on Delia’s white laundry that she needs to finish for her work. Moreover Sykes threatens to beat her, but Delia’s usual “meekness” started to slip away at that moment, she was finally done with his antics. She grabbed an iron skillet ready for a fight and challenged “Naw you won’t […] You aint paid for nothin' on this place, and Ah'm gointer stay right heah till Ah'm toted out foot foremost.”(Hurston 2). The second time was when Sykes told her he was keeping the snake. She maintained her composure, stood her ground and spoke her mind, “Ah hates you, Sykes” (Hurston 6). In addition to stating her hatred toward him
“Something’s changing. Something’s happening.” This quote tells me that there is going to be a shift in society. It could be for the worse, or it could be for the better. We aren’t quite sure yet. “Grandfather is the one who finally made me stop sitting at the edge of the pool.” At this point, grandfather is the reason that Cassia is as confident as she is and will provide her confidence to defy the society in the future. “This is the difference between us. I live to sort; he knows how to create. He can write words whenever he wants. He can swirl them in the grass, write them in the sand, carve them in a tree.” This quote foreshadows that Cassia and Ky might have some complications with their relationship in the
The Society is quick to catch the mistake and tells Cassia that it was just a glitch in the system, but an unnerving feeling still haunts her. How is she suppose to trust a supposedly infallible system if she has witnessed a mistake? Cassia goes to her great-grandfather for advise but his advise only increases her uncertainty. He gives her illegal poems, stashed away for years, and tells her not to trust the Society. With the Society breathing down her neck, threatening both her and her family, Cassia still can't manage to seize her interests in Ky. It seems as if the more in love with Ky she becomes, the more threats the Society holds against her. With one girl threatening the whole system, the Society finally sends Ky out to a secret work camp where he is meant to be killed and Cassia to a labor intensive work site away from the Society. Raging against the Society, Cassia plans to fight. She plans to do whatever it takes to get to Ky.
In the book Select by Marit Weisenberg, the main character Julia struggles with where she belongs and what her values are. Imagine choosing between your family and the person you love, then imagine that your family is technically a different species of superhumans, and if you leave them, you’re leaving the security of secrecy. This book has challenged my thinking and has shown me the theme that people who truly care about you won’t care who or what you are, they’ll just be there for you.
Yes she can imagine the life the Society planned for her and Xander, but Cassia heart longs for something more than an easy “Happily Ever After.” Cassia spent months at a work camp, living on the outer edge of the society, but longed to be in the outer province. Cassia finds a way to get on an airship to a new “village” on the outer province. Once there Cassia and her new friend Indie made their way out to the wild, Indie to look for the rebel group called the Rising, and Cassia is looking for Ky. Once reunited, Cassia is on a one way track to the rising, taking Ky unwilling with
Cassia doesn’t realize bending the rules is necessary until she meets her true love, Ky. This supports the theme because as soon as she realized what her father did, it became for love easier for her to break the rules. Since the rules were very strict, not many people were prone to break them. But, as soon as Cassia fell in love, it seems as though she became known to breaking the rules. However, her love for her family limited her diving headfirst into rebellion.
Being a black female in the south during the early 1900’s, at a time when white and blacks were socially segregated and women were absolutely inferior to men, was one of the many challenges Celie would be faced with in her lifetime. Born in 1895, Celie was raised on a farm in a small town in Georgia where formal education took a back seat to physical labor and household maintenance, and the Church was the main focal point of socialization among local town members.
Sometimes, choices may have a greater effect than one might have initially thought it would. In Insurgent, by Veronica Roth, the main character, Tris, is forced to make many tough decisions that could potentially decide the fate of her entire city. She has to decide which of her boyfriend, Tobias’s, parents to support. Tris' final decision of who to support and how it impacts the city illustrates two of Roth's themes—how small choices can have a large-scale effect and division of community—and how they relate to the central conflict.