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Matched Relates To Today's Teenagers

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The theme of Matched relates to today’s teenagers. For instance falling in love with two people can hurt everybody that you know. I had this friend that was dating one guy and talking to another guy.The guy she was dating ended up getting hurt. Cassia chose to fall in love with two guys and she ended up hurting one of them. It is easy to fall in love with two people but, in the end someone is going to get in trouble. Furthermore, falling in love with two people it can cause some issues with people. Furthermore falling in love with two people can cause issues with friends and the two people you love. Without a doubt, all teen can learn from the author’s valuable lesson of how falling in love with two people at the same time can get you in trouble
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