Science Fiction Literiture circle book-Matched By: Ally Condie

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Science Fiction Literiture circle book-Matched
By Ally Condie

• Sarah Piotrowicz

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Setting
This is what I think an air train is. --?
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• Some of the settings in the book Matched
  by Ally Condie are
• On an air train-
• The air train is one way of transportation in
  Cassias society. People in her soiciety use this
  train to get to many places like where they work,
  to their match banquet and to school.
• Cassias House-
• Some of the story takes place in Cassias 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 Cassias society they receive specific
  portions so the people in her society rarely eat
  out.
• City Hall-
• Cassias 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.

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Setting
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This is a photo of the game center. -?

• Cassias Grandfathers house-
• Cassia always visits her Grandfather. She has
  always looked up to him. Cassias Grandfathers
  80th birthday was coming up. In Cassias 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.
• The Game Center-
• 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.
• The hill-
• 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.

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Cassia Maria Reyes
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• Full Name-
• Cassia Maria Reyes
• Match-
• Xander Carrow
• Characteristics-
• Brown hair, green eyes
• Age-
• 16
• Character Traits-
• Trustworthy, kind, smart, beautiful.

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Characters- Cassia Reyes
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• 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.

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Xander Carrow
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• Full Name-
• Xander Thomas Carrow
• Match-
• Cassia Rayes
• Characteristics-
• Blond Hair, blue eyes
• Age-
• 17
• Character Traits-
• Handsome, kind, loveable

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Characters- Xander Carrow
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• The next character is Xander Carrow.
  Xanders 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.

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Ky Markham
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• Full Name-
• Ky (middle name unknown)
• Match-
• None
• Characteristics-
• Black hair
• Age-
• 17
• Character Traits-
• likeable, handsome, caring, trustworthy and
  intelligent.

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Characters- Ky Markham
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• When Cassia looks at Xanders micro card Kys
  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 cant
  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
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• Bram is Cassias 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, Cassias compact and Brams 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.

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Grandfather
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• 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 Cassias Grandfather turns 80. In Cassias
  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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Figurative Language

• Simile- The meal seems like a dance, as though
  this is a ball as well as a banquet. (p.10)
• Metaphor- "Life is a journey, travel it
  well."(United Airlines)
• Alliteration- Codys slimy snakes swiftly
  crawled out of the house and into the grass.
• 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)
• The wind shakes the trees, and causes the
  leaves to fall to the ground. (p.229)
• Imagery-
• 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)
• Xander looks at me with is sad, blue eyes
  (p.301)
• Onomatopoeia-
• Warning, Warning. (p.290)
• crack (p.120)
• Foreshadowing
• The snap came from the trees. (p. 120)
• This is only for when you need it, okay?
  (p.205)

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Rising action
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• For rising action, at the beginning of the
  story Cassia sees Kys 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 cant be together because Ky
  isnt her Match. But they stay in love anyway.

This is the micro card that contains all of
Xanders info.
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Climax
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• In the middle of the story at the climax,
  Cassia does a sorting job at Kys 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 didnt do that
  on purpose she switches Ky to the group of people
  that arent going to be relocated and given a new
  job. She switches Kys 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.
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Climax
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• The next morning, Cassia awakes to someone
  screaming. When she runs outside she sees Mrs.
  Markham, Kys 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. Kys father yells that the officials
  are sending all of the aberrations to go fight in
  a war in the outer provinces. Cassia doesnt know
  what to do.

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Falling action
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• 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 doesnt 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 Cassias artifact. Cassias 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 cant be prevented
like weather, the green tablet keeps her calm,
and the red tablet erases her memory of the past
12 hours.
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Conflict
C

• Person vs. society-
• Cassia has a conflict with the society because
  she has to bend the rules to do what she feels is
  right.
• Person vs. Person-
• Cassia has a conflict with Xander because she
  starts to fall for Ky and ditches Xander.
• Man Vs. Self-
• Cassia has a conflict with herself because she
  has to decide between Xander and Ky and this
  troubles her.

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Theme and Resolution
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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 meanand 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 Xanders heart but she doesnt 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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Warning

• This book is a trilogy and does not fully end the
  story. Here are the others in the trilogy