My dystopian novel is Matched by Ally Condie. This book is the perfect example for a dystopian society. The main character, Cassia Reyes, lives in a place called the Society. It may sound great, but its anything but that. In the Society everyone is the same. They live the same way and follow the same rules. The Society comes with many rules and regulations. The ones that are the worst make this a dystopian society. In this place everything you do is chosen for you the moment you are born. These decisions are made by a group of superiors they call The City Officials or just Officials. They chose who you marry, how many kids you have, what you can and can't do in public, what you learn, what your job will be, and most importantly; what age you die at. Nobody is an indivual in the Society. They tell you who to love and what to do your entire life. Nothing about this life is perfect. 
The satire of this novel is the process of marriage. In real life you're suppose to find someone you love and have a real wedding. All of this happens on your own decisions. In the Society, when you are old enough to make the decision you can choose to be single or matched. Then, when you're seventeen and older you're in the process to be matched. Then, when you are matched, a whole bunch of people are matched at the same time. In real life, you get married and have a whole wedding. In the Society multiple people get matched at the same time. The have this ceremony called a Match Banquet. Multiple girls get their matches at these. Also, you are usually married to someone you've known for a long time. Instead, the Officials match you with a person you have never met all the way across the country or even across the world. The minute you are matched with this person, they have decided that this is who you are going to love for the rest of your life.
An allusion in this book is in the beginning. It says, "White wings, blue sky, gold circles above their heads,..." (Condie 3). She is making a reference to angels. This allusion is a well known reference to the bible. In the bible there were people that could fly, watch over you. She said she once heard of people that could fly. That was before the Society came. She saw a picture of them. This is where her day dreaming came from. Cassia, on her way to her Match Banquet, is day dreaming. She is day dreaming that she learns to fly. Her wings and not like any other, they're made of green silk. Once she starts flying she doesn't know where to go. That doesn't scare her, she is calm about the fact that she is flying. She breaks out of her daydream and realizes how foolish she is. She knows the story isn't true, since a long time ago the Society had demolished any evidence of religion. Now all that citizens hear of it is a myth. There are multiple allegories in this story. One of them is the Match Banquet. This basiclly symbolizes a wedding. It's where you agree to love this person forever. Another, is being matched. This symbolizes being committed. When you meet someone you commit to them. When you get married it is a committment for life. Also, another allegory is the Society. The society is like the president of the United States. Except for this presidency is ran like a dictatorship.
Have you read Matched by Ally Condie? What did you think of it? If you haven't read it, did this blog make you want to?
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