Allies

Matched by Ally Condie is the story of a girl named Cassia Reyes. In her province, Oria, whenever one turns 17 years old, you get matched with the person that you will spend the rest of your life with. Cassia is surprised and delighted to hear that her match is her best friend, Xander. This is very unusual. When one gets matched, it is usually a person from one of the outer provinces. She received a microcard from her ceremony to learn more about her match, who she already knows most everything…

WWII was a worldwide conflict involving every major power in the world. The two sides were generally known as the Allies and the Axis. The Allied Powers consisted of U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, and Yugoslavia while the Axis Powers was composed of Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. The Second World War was a war fought from 1939 to 1945 in Europe and, during…

Ally or Enemy of music Music is an art which influences everybody distinctly. A visit by the goon squad by Jenifer Egan and the film Almost famous by Cameron Crowe analyse the impacts of music in a society which is constantly changing. Through Bennie Salazar and Scotty, Egan illustrates the counter effect music has on the inevitable change, time brings. However, in the film music is a phenomena which helps to reconcile conflict between various characters. Collectively, both the artists conclude…

Love, Allies, and The Devil As a younger sister, which I get no choice in the matter, I have realized that I am only one thing to my older sisters, that is a servant. While life proceeds on, I am crushed by the fact that not one of my sister cares when I suddenly realize, moms pregnant. I will no longer be blamed for stealing cookies or cutting all the barbies hair off. I shall seek revenge. As a seventeen year old with three sisters, I have learned to work around certain personalities of each…

Operation HUSKY, the Allied invasion of Sicily launched in July of 1943 was one of the largest joint operations of the Second World War. By mid-August, the Allies captured Messina, the campaign’s key strategic objective. A literal as well as a developmental stepping-stone between the Allies’ victory in North Africa and the invasion of Hitler’s Fortress Europe, HUSKY was an important Allied victory. However, it was an imperfect victory, diminished by the escape of over 100,000 Axis soldiers.…

Thomas Jefferson once said, “I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.” Matched by Ally Condie is a novel about a girl named Cassia who learns that their society is faulted and she decides she has to leave or fix it. The Society gives their citizens just enough freedom that they will drop what they are doing and obey their every order. Cassia Reyes discovers her match is Xander Carrow and is positive he is the one until Ky Markham’s face flashes across the screen. Cassia has to face the…

Eye opening! These are the two words that I would use to describe the Ally Training. It was really nothing like what I expected. I have only a few friends that identify as gay and outside of them I do not know much about the LGBT community nor do I know many people involved in this community. I never realized the importance of having these types of trainings on campus and creating a safe space for members of the LGBT community. These safe spaces are important because it allows for students and…

August 19, 1942 and the Allied forces were faced with a situation that was harsh. Germany had taken over most of Europe by this time and had pushed the Allies back to Britain which in turn, weakened their forces. The weakened Allied forces could not go on with their invasion of Western Europe so they pronounced a raid on the Germans through the seaside town of Dieppe, France. Was the battle at Dieppe a strategic effort or was it an act of senseless slaughter? The Dieppe Raid was an operation…

Matched by Ally Condie is a science-fiction dystopian book which is about a girl named Cassia who lives in a futuristic world which is strictly controlled by the society, the government of the world. The government decides where people live, where they work, who they get married to, and even when they die, and in return the citizens "live longer and better than any other citizens in the history of the world." At the age of seventeen, citizens undergo the process of getting “Matched”, which is…

A Journey testing your Courage Courage does not mean one lives without fear, it means they use bravery to stand up to it. Ally Condie shows the development of courage against the fear of power in her novel, Matched. To begin, major characters display a growth of their courageous and rebellious manners. Additionally, the setting aids the development of those characters; while conflicts allow the progress of bravery to overpower society. In which all is supported through literary elements of…