Matched By Allys Condie Analysis

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Tough Questions: In this excerpt belonging to “Matched” by Ally Condie, Ky gives Cassia a napkin with written drawings and words in it (the people are forbidden to write or ‘express’ themselves in that way). This gives the reader unknown insight in Ky’s perspective, an outsider who is trying to fit in. They live in a society where everything and everyone is known and documented: The future is known, there’s an exact death date, certain pills needed to swallow, officials look at their every move, jobs and occupations are assigned to them, and etc. To Cassia, this is all she ever knows, however, Ky has lived outside and moved into this society. Being an outsider, he does what he can to fit in. But he knows that there is a world outside of that