FHSTheFlash The Flash Volume 54, Issue 1 October 2013 | Seite 12

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Entertainment
Miley Cyrus’s Wrecking Ball
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Josephine Morenski
Flash Assistant Editor

Miley Cyrus is surely
shedding her squeaky-clean
Disney image with her new
music. Off of her album,
“Bangerz” Cyrus released her
second hit single, “Wrecking
Ball” in August 2013.
Controversy already began`
when the former Disney
star released her first single,
“We Can’t Stop”, with the
interesting video as well as
the lyrics.
“Wrecking Ball” is a great
way to show Cyrus’ true
vocal performance, though

the song and video seem as
if it was tossed together last
minute. It seems as if the
song was meant to have a
meaning to it but it simply
was not reached. Wrecking
Ball takes a different
approach from Miley’s new
image, but resembles some
of her previous albums.
With the music video just
released on September 9th,
fans are not surprised of
Cyrus’ attention-grabbing
image and is creating more
controversy than ever,
with her interesting way of
showing the emotion of a
relationship.
The video is thought to be

very plain and boring, with
just one setting the entire
video. But, also shows the
emotion of the song, and
what it really means. Overall,
the song and the video are a
great way express Cyrus’ new
image as an adult. With her
latest album hitting shelves
soon, fans will see that she is
no longer Hannah Montana.
“Bangerz” should not
disappoint fans of Miley
Cyrus from moving away
from her Disney-teen pop
image, the album is set to
drop October 8th.
“Bangerz” album cover.
Photo credit: MileyCyrus.com

Book Review: Matched

Laurel Kraus

Flash Staff Reporter

Ally Condie wanted to
be an author since a very
young age. After retiring
from her English teaching
job to stay at home with her
first child, she decided to
finally become serious about
pursuing her dream.
She published her
first book, Yearbook, in
September of 2006. It was
soon followed by two more,
First Day and Reunion,
which completed the
Yearbook Trilogy.
She wrote a few more
books in-between, but her
career really took off when
she published Matched.
Set in the future, Matched
takes place in a time
where the government
has complete control of
everything in order to

maintain optimum
happiness for its people.
They have created
equations to solve every
problem and eliminate
all stress and negative
feelings.
The government uses
these equations to
determine where people
will live, what their
career will be, and even
who they will marry.
Cassia Reyes is a
normal teenager growing
up in these times and
trusting her society the
same as everyone else.
In the evening on
Cassia’s 17th birthday,
she heads off to her very
own Match Banquet to
find out who she will be
spending the rest of her
life with.
When her name is

Matched
Photo Credit: Laurel Kraus

called, Cassia is
overjoyed to see
her best friend,
Xander’s face
appear on the
screen before
her. That is until
Xander suddenly
fades out, for a split
second showing the
handsome features
of another boy
before the screen
goes black.
Suddenly Cassia’s
life is turned upside
down as she is
forced to make
decisions between
love and loyalty and
as she pounders the
thought that maybe,
the government is
not as perfect as it
seems.
Overall, Matched

is a love story, but also
contains a major element
of self-empowerment and
discovery.
It earned a spot as one of
YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten
in 2011 and has even been
optioned for film rights by
Disney. Condie’s work on
this piece is brilliant and
deserves every bit of the
fame it is receiving.
Most of the time when
someone reads, they find
themselves lost inside the
story, practically becoming
a part of it. Matched is no
different, but every so often
you should step back and
simply look at the words
so you can discover the
majestic way Condie writes. I
found myself blown away by
the unique poetic style she
uses to add deeper meaning
to the overall picture.