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By:Sophie , Sydney, Michaela, Isabella, and Renee. SETTING. S.
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S • “Matched” is taken place in the future for many reasons. One reason is that they get all their meals through a special machine that gives them all the same amount of portions. Also, when they are Matched, they get a micro card that you plug into a “port” to learn about your Match. In Society, they are very tech savvy which tells us that it is in the future because we don’t use technology for meals in the present like they do in Society. • Cassia Reyes and her family live in Mapletree Borough, in the Oria Province, along with Xander’s family and Ky’s. Cassia, Ky, and Xander also spend a lot of their time at the pool and in the game room as leisure activities. During hiking, Ky and Cassia spend all their time at The Hill where she learns a bunch of things from Ky. • We think this is what Society looks like because they use air trains which look like the bridges in the sky of this picture
Cassia C • Cassia lives in the Mapletree borough. She is happy, loving, brave, and sometimes confused. She has long brown hair and hazel eyes. She shows a lot of love towards her Grandfather during his last few days. Cassia is a major character, in fact the main character and a protagonist. She has a best friend named Xander and at the Matching ceremony, they were Matched together. Although, later she found out she was Matched with another boy, too. Cassia seems to be a dynamic character because she changes from time to time. • We think this looks like Cassia because she has brown hair and hazel eyes like described in the book
Xander C • Xander also lives in the Mapletree borough. He is handsome, with blond hair, and bright blue eyes. He is very caring towards everyone, especially Cassia. He has been best friends with Cassia forever and seems like a perfect match. He is a major character and Cassia’s love interest. He seems to be a protagonist because he is the perfect match for Cassia. Xander is the same throughout the story, so he is a static character. • We think this looks like Xander because he has blond hair and is handsome like Cassia describes him
Ky C • Ky lives in the Mapletree Borough along with Cassia and Xander. Ky is hard-working, loyal, and handsome. He has brown hair and his eye color tends to change depending on what he is wearing. Ky is an aberration which means he cannot be Matched. Aberrations are not dangerous, but very rare. He is a major character but an antagonist because he’s not the one Cassia should fall for. Ky is also a dynamic character because he is different from the time Cassia met him to the end of the story. • We think this looks like Ky because he has brown hair and his eyes are brown because of the color of his jacket
Grandfather C • Grandfather is a younger-looking man. He is kind, loving and very influential towards his family. Grandfather is a minor character and a protagonist, although in the beginning he gave Cassia a lot of help, he sadly died because he turned eighty years old. He is also a static character because he doesn’t change, he’s always in his apartment and always kind and caring towards his family. We think this looks like grandfather because he looks younger and he has silver strands of hair like the book describes him.
Bram C • Bram is Cassia’s younger brother. He is “skinny, brown-eyed, straight-backed, and small.” Bram is also brave, caring, and determined. He resembles Grandfather which is what he wanted. He cares a lot about his family and his family’s history. Bram is a protagonist and a static character, he doesn’t change at all throughout the book. Her little brother is a minor character all though he is included in important parts of the story We think this is what Bram looks like because he is skinny, brown eyed, and straight-backed like the book says.
Rising Action P • At the Matching ceremony, Cassia gets Matched with her best friend, Xander. • Even though Cassia already knows everything about Xander, she still wants to look at the microcard of information about him. Xander’s face is supposed to come up, but it doesn’t • Ky Markham’s face comes up and quickly disappears, leaving Cassia confused • The Matching Official finds out about this and tells Cassia it was some kind of prank and not to worry. Xander is her only Match. • Cassia signs up for hiking for her leisure activity and she starts spending time with Ky on the hiking trips • Xander and Cassia went on their first Match date but the whole time Cassia thought about Ky. • Ky draws his life story on napkins for Cassia which makes her think about him even more. • Cassia lets her friend, Em, borrow her artifact for her own Matched banquet • After the banquet, Em gave the artifact to Ky to give back to Cassia and she gets worried she won’t get it back. • At hiking the next day, Ky gives back her Grandfather’s artifact along with his own too. • Society decides that they are going to search the houses in Mapletree borough and take everyone’s artifacts • Cassia gets worried about her own artifact and Ky’s as well so Xander tells her that he will take her artifact and hide it. • Instead of Cassia giving Xander her own artifact, she gives him Ky’s artifact.
Climax P • Cassia is getting tested for her job placement and is to sort people based on skill, including Ky, she puts him in the higher class not knowing what will happen. • Cassia hears screaming in the middle of the night and realizes it is Aida Markham, Ky’s aunt. • She knew it was about Ky so she ran after him but wasn’t allowed to get close. • She runs over and realizes that Ky is getting sent away to fight against the Enemy, along with the rest of the higher class and it is all her fault. • The Officials also don’t want anyone in Mapletree Borough to remember this night so they make everyone take a red tablet, wiping their memories. • As they come around to check, Cassia pretends to put the tablet in her mouth but drops it on the ground and steps on it. Cassia wants to remember this night. • The Officials tell Cassia that everything between her and Ky was planned as an experiment so they could gather data, then write an article about it. • Cassia has believed all this time that she was in love with Ky and Ky was with her, but she gets mad at the Officials for ruining her life and many others, including her family.
Falling Action P • After the incident in Mapletree Borough the past night, Molly Reyes gets a private call on the port. • The Officials tell the mom that she and her family are getting Relocated to the Farmlands of Keya Province. • On their last day, Cassia goes to the museum to figure out more information about where Ky used to live in the Outer Provinces and where the war might be. • She sees that the war against the Enemy is near the Sisyphus river • Xander find out that the Reyes are moving, and comes to say goodbye to Cassia. • He tells her that even though he took the red tablet, they don’t work on him and he remembers the whole night. • Xander gives her blue tablets, which helps you survive if you don’t get enough food, and Ky’s compass • She realizes he knows that she is going to find Ky in the Outer Provinces.
Character Vs. Society C • In Matched, The society wanted Cassia to love Xander. Although, they also made her love Ky. Ky wasn’t suppose to love anyone until, he falls in love with Cassia and Cassia falls in love with him. Cassia tries to go against the society but, the society back fires on her. Cassia’s not sure what to do because she was matched with two boys.
Character Vs. Itself C • Cassia isn’t sure if or when she should tell Xander how she feels about Ky. She doesn’t know how he will take it because after all, he is her match. She loves Ky, but she still has some feelings for Xander. She doesn’t want to ruin her and Xander’s friendship but she can’t stop thinking about Ky.
Character Vs. Character C • When Cassia finds out the Officials put Ky into the matching pool on purpose, she is very upset. She doesn’t understand why Society would want to ruin someone’s life just to write an article. The Officials are too busy to monitor the situation so they won’t change anything. They didn’t even seem to feel bad for what they did to Cassia, which made her most upset.
T R Theme Resolution The resolution in Matched is when she goes to the Farmlands. Then, they send her on a 3 month work detail because she rebelled against Society. Cassia gets sent to a Western Province and she is going to look for Ky. Her family and Xander are going to try to help her find him. • We think the theme is “Don’t give up for what you believe in.” In the story, Cassia won’t quit when she believes that she loves Ky. Although, she's not supposed to but, that won’t stop her from trying to be with Ky.
M • In the beginning of Matched it was cheerful because Cassia got matched with Xander and everything seemed perfect. • By the end of the story, the mood had changed to stressful and depressing. This is because she loves Ky more then Xander when she isn’t supposed to. Which creates controversy with everyone she loves. • “’Congratulations, Cassia,’ my father whispers to me, his expression relieved. My mother says nothing but she beams with delight and embraces me tightly.” (p.16).
Sources • http://matchedfandom.net/2012/04/30/dream-cast/ - Cassia, Xander, and Ky pictures • http://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/biff-names-honorary-chair/article_395b2422-533f-11e1-8d4b-001871e3ce6c.html- Bram picture • http://www.nashvilletv.info/cast/lamar-wyatt/ - Grandfather picture • http://natsuki-h.deviantart.com/art/future-city-89409179 - picture on setting page of future • http://www.traveljournals.net/pictures/221218.html - picture of the hill • https://sites.google.com/site/samanthagraham12/418_social_studies - picture of compass • http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/05/overheard-on-cnn-com-the-cost-of-recent-wars-too-much/ - picture of war
