Cassia Reyes’ grandfather is almost 80 years old and it’s
time for him to die. While the family visits him on his dying day to comfort
him and wish him well, he gives Cassia an old paper with old lettering. He puts
it inside of the compact so it is hidden. Cassia thinks to herself, Why would
this need to be hidden? What is written on this paper?? But she kept her thoughts
to herself and decided she would read it later.
Grandfather passed minutes later with his loving family at
his side…A few days later, Cassia goes on a hiking trip with a few other students. The Officials give them no help or guidance on how they should hike up to the top, so they do it on their own. Cassia is very athletic, so she assumed she would make it to the top first. She decided now would be a good time to to open the compact and read the old papers. It's a poem! A poem from decades before; the society only picks a hundred poems people can access, and the rest they burn. This poem was supposed to be burned because it tells you to fight. The poem spoke to her and she understood it fully, even though it wasn't up-to-date with the language they have now.
I predict that the officials will soon find the poem and possibly arrest Cassia and her family for having it. "Quickly, I fold up the paper and put it away. I have lingered too long....." "It isn't until I'm almost at the top of the hill that realization hits me: There's a reason they didn't keep this poem. This poem tells you to fight." (pg. 97,98)
Will Cassia get in trouble, or will her secrets be kept? Or will one of her friends betray her by telling her secrets?
I can connect to this book, because if I had something like an old poem that isn't supposed to exist that meant a lot to me, I would be very protective of it even though it would put me at a higher risk for getting in trouble.
Matched is similar to The Hunger Games and The Twilight Saga. It is similar to The Hunger Games because both their governments are very restrictive and strict with the rules they have. In The Hunger Games, there are different districts and in Matched there are different Provinces. The government in The Hunger Games makes each resident from when you're a child to a teenager to take part in the Hunger Games where you have to try to survive on you're own..Matched is not as intense but they still are very strict with the way you eat, communicate, and basically live! Matched
A connection I can make with the world, is the government. They can invade our privacy by listening in on our phone conversations! Plus, they even restrict some internet sites because it gives information they don't want us to know; but nothing compared to the day and age of Cassia's society.
I can connect to this book, because if I had something like an old poem that isn't supposed to exist that meant a lot to me, I would be very protective of it even though it would put me at a higher risk for getting in trouble.
Matched is similar to The Hunger Games and The Twilight Saga. It is similar to The Hunger Games because both their governments are very restrictive and strict with the rules they have. In The Hunger Games, there are different districts and in Matched there are different Provinces. The government in The Hunger Games makes each resident from when you're a child to a teenager to take part in the Hunger Games where you have to try to survive on you're own..Matched is not as intense but they still are very strict with the way you eat, communicate, and basically live! Matched
A connection I can make with the world, is the government. They can invade our privacy by listening in on our phone conversations! Plus, they even restrict some internet sites because it gives information they don't want us to know; but nothing compared to the day and age of Cassia's society.
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