A Perfect Pairing: A Comparative Assessment of Ally Condie's Matched With Lois Lowry's The Giver4513032

As I read Ally Condie's new dystopian tale Matched, I couldn't assist but attract comparisons to the initial dystopian YA novel I read through, The Giver by Lois Lowry. Both books are coming of age tales of teenagers, who with the drive of an more mature mentor, start to see that the "perfect" worlds in which they stay are anything but. Although Lowry's Jonas is a young male protagonist, Matched's seventeen-year-outdated Cassia Reyes follows considerably the identical progression of doubting, questioning, and ultimately rebelling towards people in cost.

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Condie's style, like Lowry's, is usually abundant with description, enough to make grownup viewers sigh with satisfaction, but not also much to prevent its youthful grownup viewers from making the most of the psychological journey of the primary character. And that journey is what drives the plot. Though I read Matched in a marathon reading through session, I wouldn't say its rate is especially quick. Neither was that of The Giver. What retains the reader turning webpages in these guides is the emotional, mental, and philosophical development of the principal character. That may not sound virtually as fascinating as saying these books are about hormonal teens lashing out from an oppressive society, but, at least as considerably as e-book one in every of these series goes, it really is the truth. Equally publications are significantly more focused on the character's decision of no matter whether or not to rebel, no matter whether it's appropriate to rebel, than on the true riot, which in each books will take place only at the extremely end. Nevertheless Condie and Lowry equally manage to make that decision-producing gripping ample to propel audience to the ultimate chapters (and beyond, because both textbooks belong to collection).