Post 3: Book 1 Project

Cassia waited 17 years to find out her match.  Now, you can find out yours.  Who will YOU be Matched with? The smart, competitive and attractive, Xander Carrow? Or the cute, knowledge-seeking, Cassia Reyes? Find out yours at www.MyMatch.com.

 

The idea behind "creating" another electronic match-making website is how it connects to how you would be Matched with someone, just like in the book.  In Matched, Cassia Reyes is Matched with Xander Carrow (her best friend) and they, just like every other 17 year-old in the book are in the Matching Pool.  “‘The odds of a mistake being made…are virtually nonexistent,’” because through advanced psychological and statistical techniques, “the goal of Matching is twofold: to provide the healthiest possible future citizens for our Society and to provide the best chances for interested citizens to experience successful Family Life.”  60 seconds after you submit your personal questionnaire, www.MyMatch.com will automatically enters you into the Matching Pool, you have your perfect Match. You can “read all [their] stats and review all the courtship guidelines.”

 

I think this will work because as I was reading the book, I wondered who I’d be matched with if I lived in the Society.  I think that fans of the book will be thrilled to see that they can now extend their love for the book and find their perfect Match.  This would be a great way to gain attention for Matched because this website simulates the real Matching (except for the Match Banquet) and gives you stats about your Match, what he/she likes and doesn’t like as well as your likelihood of staying together.  The website would need constant updating.  Adding new characters as other books came out would be a great way for fans of the book to stay connected.

 

Sample Questions: What would you do in your leisure time?  What sport/game do you hate the most?  What’s your favorite time of year?

Post 2: What Is A Book?

Q: What is a book?

A: A book can be many things; to me, a book is a book – no matter the form it comes in.  There are, of course, certain traits that every book possesses like: words and a plot and a main character(s). These are what you’ll find in a book whether it’s a children’s book, an electronic copy or a paper copy from Barnes and Noble.  But most books also have a hopeful or light mood that’s generated through the author’s creative implementations of the elements of style. 

 

Q: What is a symbol or person that embodies those same traits?

A: A symbol that I see representing these traits would be a game.  In games, like books, the player (reader) is always hopeful of the end, no matter what the beginning or middle is like. I think that that’s why we read; we read for the hopeful ending that will make us either fall in love with everything preceding the ending or make us forget that we just read the worse book ever written.

Q: What’s important about books? Whose argument(s) do you agree with? Disagree with?

A: I couldn’t agree more with Joe Meno when he says that for him, “a book, in whatever form it takes…is actually a place, a place where we, as readers, still have the chance to engage in active imagining, translating word into image, connecting these images to memories, dreams and larger ideas.” On the other hand, I disagree with what Tom Piazza says about how tablets and any other way to access an electronic copy of a book takes away the perspective that the author was trying to craft.

 

Q: Is a book on a Kindle, iPad, or phone the same thing as a hardback book to you?

A: No, they’re not the same thing but they have the same purpose.  Most people prefer one over the other because they both have pros and cons.  For instance, electronic versions book are easier (more compact) to carry, but they are more likely to be taken. Books have a nice smell to them and people seem to enjoy the act of physically turning pages; however, book can be bulky and hard to travel with.