Reading Log

Book: Matched

Author: Amy Condie

Pages: 148-251

Days:
Saturday: 15 min

Sunday: 15 min

Monday: 15 min

Tuesday: 15 min

Wednesday: 15 min

Thursday: 15 min

Entries:

1) Xander still thinks there is hope.

"I came up on the screen, too, Cassia," he says quietly. "But he was the one you chose to see." And then as quick as a player making his last move, he turns away and pushes through the doors. Leaving me behind.

Cassia has just told Xander, her match, that she believes that she is falling in love with an Aberration named Ky Markram. Both Xander and Ky are in love with Cassia, but Xander did not know about Cassia and Ky's little affair. Ky's Aberration status means that he cannot be married. But, the Society made a 'mistake' and Ky's face popped up on her microcard. So, Cassia is falling for Ky and just broke the news to Xander. But, Xander believes that he can still win Cassia over if he tries hard enough.

2) The Society made Ky's face pop up on Cassia's microcard on purpose.

"We decided to put Ky in the matching pool," she says. "Now and then we do that with Aberrations, simply to gather additional data and watch for variation. The general public doesn't know about it; there's no reason they should. What's important for you to know that we were in control of the experiment all along."

The Society conducted an experiment using Ky and Cassia, for they knew that they were compatable. They told Ky that if he was in the matching pool, he would be with Cassia. They then allowed Cassia to ponder the fact that the match progrm could be wrong by making his face pop up on her microcard. Once they both knew that there was a possibility the Society put them in the same hiking group and made them hiking partners so that they could see the pairs reaction. Ky and Cassia both fell in love and were not allowed to, because of Ky's Aberration status. The Society put Ky's face on Cassia's microcars because they wanted to see the reactions of the two that were in love but not allowed to be, to see how far that they would go for love.