The Boy In The Striped Pajamas so far, from what I have read, is about a boy named Bruno. He has just moved away from his home town and all his friends. He used to live in a huge 5 story house and then he moves away from the house to a smaller, but still large, 3 story house. This novel takes place in Germany in the 19th century.
So far from what I have read I can predict that his is going to be about the Holocaust because I have heard that from book reviews I have seen. I can also predict that because this takes place around the time in history when the Holocaust was happening in Germany and other parts of Europe. Another prediction of why this took place during the Holocaust is because his father has a job that Bruno doesn't know what it is or what he does because he isn't allowed to know. His father also has his own office in the new house which Bruno is never allowed to go into for any reason. I think Bruno isn't allowed in because it could have stop secret information inside. A quote from the text is, "But when they asked Bruno what his father did eh opened his mouth to tell them, then reailzed that he didn't know himself."
Something I have struggled with in blogging was finding textual evidence from the text. I overcame this by always making sure I could find one quote from the text that relates to what I am stating from the text. A strength I had with blogging is analyzing the evidence when I have found a quote. Also, getting my point across easily. Also, by allways staying on task and getting my blogs done on time each day.
Analysis Blog-
http://nicolersreadblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/analysis-from-what-i-have-read-so-far-i.html
The Analysis blog is my strongest blog because it has strong textual evidence that shows how Cassia will end up with Xander by the end. In this blog I have supported the Inference I have made with textual evidence; that she will be with Xander and evidence that she will not be with Ky.
Next trimester I plan to read more often then I am not and read more then just one book. Also to find a book that I really enjoy so I can read it at a faster passe. I also want to create longer and stronger blogs have have more meaning to them. Improvements I am going to try to make for next trimester are to use better grammar in writing.
Matched by Ally Condie
Theme
The theme for the characters in the story is "falling in love with a person's story is the same as falling in love with person himself"(196). This could be a theme for the characters because the story line is that you don't get to choose who you love the government officials choose for you. But Cassia isn't in love with her Match, she is falling in love with another person; Ky, who is the person on Xander's micro card. Cassia ends up meeting Ky and starts to like him more then her Match who she thought at first she was extremely happy that Xander was her Match.
Matched by: Ally Condie
Recommendations:
I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys dystopian novels like The Hunger Games series or teen romance books. Also if you read and enjoyed matched, you could read the other books in the trilogy; Crossed and Reached.
I have also read The Giver by: lois Lowry. The Giver is similar to Matched in ways which it takes place in the future and the government plans out everyones life. Very similar to Matched.
Reviews:
"The hottest YA that's title to hit the bookstores since The Hunger Games." -Entertainment Weekly
"Impressive writing that's bound to captivate young minds." - Los Angeles Times
"If you like a ton of romance with your totalitarian government, this novel is for you!" - Family Circle
Matched Book Review Link
Matched by: Ally Condie
Reading Skills:
When I started reading Matched I predicted that Cassia will end up with Xander because they were original matches. I didn't think she would end up with Ky, but in the book Cassia starts to think she might be falling in love with Ky "I Read things I shouldn't read and learn things I'm not meant to know and I might be falling in love with someone else."(p. 195) this means that fiat could want her and Ky to be together; as she believes. Cassia is breaking rules because she is talking to someone who is not her match and is falling for someone who isn't her Match.
Matched by: Ally Condie
Characters: Cassia is the main character in Matched and the story is told in her point of view. At the beginning of the novel Cassia seems to have a shy and quiet personality. Also she seem lost and is trying to find her true self. Throughout the story Cassia begins to gain more confidence and starts to become more outgoing. Cassia is a dynamic character.
Xander is another important character. He is a boy who has known Cassia since as long as he can remember. Xander and Cassia end up being matches for each other at the match banquet. At the beginning of the story he seems confident and strong within himself. You can see that throughout the text. I have not read far enough to determine how the character changes throughout the text.
Ky is another character who is introduced further in the story. Ky is the boy who Cassia saw on Xander's micro card. Both of his parents passed away in his childhood. Ky was chosen to be a single, which is when you will have no match and you will live alone, never get married and never have kids. Later in the story Cassia starts to fall in love with Ky instead of Xander.
Matched by: Ally Condie
Summary:
In the Novel Matched When you turn 17 you have a match banquet to see who your match will be and see who you will marry and spend the rest of your life with. Cassia was matched with her friend Xander, which rarely happens; when you know the person who you are matched with, you normally don't know your match at all. When she was matched with him she receives a micro card of Xanders life information and childhood pictures, but when Cassia goes to look at the micro card it doesn't show Xander, it shows a boy named Ky. Ky was chosen to be a single; someone who will not have a Match and will live his life on his own because both his parents passed away when he was younger. This causes some difficulties, if Xander is really suppose to be her match or if Ky is going to be her new Match. Besides Cassia doesn't need to look at Xander's micro card because she already knows all their is to know about Xander since they have been friend for a long time. What you learn from this is that we should be happy we live in a place where you get to choose your own life, who you marry, what your job will be, when you will have kids. and not have the government or higher class people choose your life for you, like how life is in Matched.
Matched by: Ally Condie
Analysis:
In the Novel Matched, when you turn 17 you get matched. Cassia originaly gets matched with Xander who is her friend. But then she starts getting feelings for another boy named Ky. From what I have read so far I can predict that Cassia will end up with Xander by the end because they were first matched together at the Match banquet. A quote from the story is, "I might know my Match. He might be someone who goes to the same Second School that I do, someone I see everyday, someone- "Xander Thomas Carrow." This quote is from when she first finds out that she is matched with Xander and it explains how she should be matched with Xander because he was her original Match to begin with. In this community the person that is your Match you are to spend the rest of your life with even if you dont like them.
At first, she is happy with her match but then she starts to fall in love with Ky who is the person that she sees on Xander's microcard when she goes to look at it.
I can also predict that she will not be matched with Ky because when they first announced that Cassia and Xander are Matched something sparked between them and she knew that they were meant to be matched the minute the announcer said Xander's name. Then with Ky nothing happened or sparked until later in the story.
