Showing posts with label Ally Condie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ally Condie. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

   The book I am reading is Crossed by Ally Condie, this is the next book in the Matched trilogy. This book is about a Cassia being sent into the outer Providences and determined to find the one she loves, Ky. Even though she loves Xander too, her match, she wants to be with Ky more. Cassia secretly goes on an airship with a roommate and is sent closer to Ky, but she's not sure about that, yet. When she finally reunites with Ky, it's not the same as before. There's a secret that about Xander that will change her life forever.

    When the village was attacked by the Enemy unexpectedly, is similar to when both the North and South World Trade Centers were hit by airplanes. It was a normal day for both of them, then the village was burned down to the ground and so were the Twin Towers. To add on to this, when Ky used the explosives to make the stream bigger, he ended up flooding two houses with all the water. This is like the floods that are happening in the South-East lately and people have no homes to go to anymore.

      I wonder why Ky doesn't want anything to do with the Rising? I think it's because his father was in the Rising and he died having a meeting with all the people that believed he was the pilot. That means he might have been the leader of it all and the Rising are the people that are against the society. On the other hand I really liked Cassia finally found Ky down in the plains while she was up in he canyon. She pointed up into the sky just to make sure it was him and it was. I was surprised to see that the society kept all the DNA samples of all the people that are living there except for Aberrations and Anomalies. Then Hunter, a friend, smashed all of them because that's what he thought was right and everyone agreed with it.

Monday, August 29, 2016

     The book I am reading is Matched by Ally Condie, this is a story about a girl named Cassia and about her life in this Society that she grew up in. The Society decides everything for her, who to love, what to eat, what to wear, and many more. Then, something goes wrong when she's being matched to the person she's going to marry. Xander pops up on the screen, as expected, and then out of the blue this guy named Ky, his fame goes on instead of Xander's. As the story goes on, she starts to wonder of Ky's face was an accident or a sign.

      When Cassia has a choice to pick Xander or Ky, it would be betrayal to other person if she picked the other. This part of the book is similar to a scene in The Land of Stories A Grimm Warning by
Chris Colfer because Rook has to choose between helping his father and the other villagers or harming Alex's emotional state, it would defiantly be betrayal to the other. Cassia is like Alex because they both love someone and care deeply about them. The only difference would be that Cassia loves both Xander and Ky, so it's double the challenge.

        In conclusion, I can't believe how the society sees every single thing that Cassia does especially when the official saw her not taking the red tablet when she was suppose to. I was surprised that the Society didn't see her practicing cursive with Ky when they went hiking. I always wondered why the people completely wiped out writing. Cassia didn't even know how to write before Ky taught her how with the stick in the woods.