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Summary Of The Legend By Marie Lu

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The Strength of One’s Love for Their Family

Legend, by Marie Lu is about two teenagers, June and Day. Both of their motives to fight harder, love longer, and remember more deeply, are driven from the paramount love they have for their families. June is determined to seek justice for her murdered brother, Metias, and Day is focused on giving his family a better life than his own. The major themes and personalities of the book are best portrayed in chapter 4 In this chapter, June’s relentless desire to get revenge for her brother’s murder is introduced through Metias’ death. Throughout the book June talks about how Metias didn’t deserve to die because he was such a good person and leader. Metias’ outstanding leadership is shown in the following excerpt, ”Metias had been the one to recommend Thomas to be assigned to the prestigious city patrols, despite his humble backgrounds.” (page 40, Lu). June loved her brother deeply even though she was rebellious …show more content…

June is constantly searching and seeking justice for her brother’s death and Day is also looking for any type of way to improve his family’s life no matter the cost. This passage expresses June’s intelligence through analyzing the crime scene, and her deep love toward her brother through her aching heart and strong determination to catch her brother’s murderer. Day’s agile abilities and his will to keep his family as content as possible was also displayed. So not only does chapter 4 help create a theme for the book, it shows the personalities of June and Day and their similarities. Factors like their high intelligence and their devoted love for their family are just a few of their similarities. It is because of the before mentioned reasons this segment not only best portrays the theme but it helps you understand both June and Day’s choices and personal

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