Matched- Ally Condie
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This book is about finding true love and fighting for your rights. The society is ruled by a fashist government. When a person turns 17, they become matched to what seems to be their ultimate love. Cassia, the main character in the book becomes matched to her best friend, Xander. First she is happy, but what happens when things spin out of control, she realizes he might not be the ultimate match for her. Will it be someone else? Someone close to her but yet a mystery. Will she turn sides against the Society or will she be who the officials want her to be?
It's a series of 3 books, so intriguing that you might want to think twice before laying it down. Isbn: 9780525423645 Year: 2010 The novel considers a lot of different speculative scenarios.
The reason this book is so powerful is because the novel lets you imagine a place with no books, no knowledge. The society is on the edge of burning houses with books in them. The fireman start fires instead of extinguishing them. The main character in the book is a fireman named Guy Montag. He questions whether his morals are good or bad. He doesn't like the society he lives in because people are outruled by poverty of intelligence. But there's no way to change the future or is there? Isbn: 9781451673319 Year: 1953 |