Reading Skills: Matched

When Cassia sees the face of another boy on the screen of her port it surprised me. I predict though that this boy is suppose to be her match because there was such a long delay for her at the banquet, the government must have made a mistake. There are some questions i have about the book though. Like why does the government fell the need to control everything? Or what occurred in the first place that led to all the drastic changes in society? What if the government puts you in a job that you don't like? Why do they decide when you die? These are all questions that i hope get answered in the book soon. I found a text to world connection as Cassia is on her way to second school. "Weed trees, my mother says. Still, she harbors a particular affinity for them because of the seeds, which are small and brown but cloaked in beauty, in these thin white tendrils of cotton" (Condie 28). The excerpt reminds me of Dandelions because they are weeds too and the seeds are brown with little white puffs of fluff around them. All of the government control reminds me of the Hunger Games, because in both societies the government is the deciding factor for everything and it is hard to overthrow it. A text to self connection I have is with Cassia. When ever i get home from a big social event my little siblings and my parents always want to know; did you have fun? Were there lots of people you knew there? Meet any knew friends? Oh did you talk to so and so? basically Im am kind of annoyed and overwhelmed by questions like Cassia.