Marie Lu Legend Quotes

Characterization -

In the book “Legend” by Marie Lu, I would like to have Day be my best friend out of all of the characters. Day has been nothing but caring throughout the whole book to Tess and other characters such as June and his little brother Eden, which is a characteristic that I really admire about Day. An illustration as to where Day was caring to Tess was when he met Tess for the first time. Day was on the streets by himself when he saw her in an alleyway. He called out to her and she ran away from him. Day could tell that Tess was really scared so him stayed put. He did not want to scare Tess, he only wanted to help her. ‘“Stop crying, I’m not going to hurt you.’ I knelt down beside her” (Lu 85). This quote shows Day trying to take
Along the way he meets June who turns him into the Republic. But then helps him escape and now they are criminals together. They both try and start a revolution against the Republic. This conflict is man vs. society since it is Day vs. the government. The conflict is not resolved in this book. Where the book leaves off is a couple of days after Day was supposed to be killed. But John stood in his place without the Republic knowing that it was John so he died instead. The Patriots rescued Day and June since June decided to join Day and leave the Republic after she realized how nasty the Republic was. So now the Republic is looking for both Day and June. “WANTED BY THE REPUBLIC” (Lu 1). This quote shows how Day is wanted by the republic. The Republic tries to find him in any way possible. They do not know what he looks like so they constantly make up a new look for a person but they have never actually guessed what Day looks like. Another time where is shows the Republic looking for Day and June is after Day escapes his death sentence and they are looking for the patriots since they have Tess with them. The patriots are a organization who are rebelling against the Republic. “Should be hard for any patrol to track us in this weather” (Lu 302). If the Republic was not looking for them, they would not have to worry about a patrol going out and searching for them. A song that connects to the conflict of the book “Legend” by Marie Lu is, “Edge of a Revolution” by Nickelback. The whole song is about people starting a revolution against the government, which is what Day has doing the whole book and June ever since she left her job as a soldier and joined Day. In the song, it sings, “What do we want? We want change. And how’re we gonna get there? Revolution” (Nickelback). This part of the song shows how they are not happy with what is going on and they want it to change.