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Summary Of Legend By Marie Lu

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In Legend by Marie Lu the author develops the theme of Day’s perspective on life to reveal that you need to live everyday to its fullest potential because when you don't you miss out on so many opportunities and it's just better to live one moment at a time and try and soak everything up. The author tries to explain that you just need to slow down and enjoy everything because maybe in that next moment you won't have anything. At this point in the story Day and June are sitting in an abandoned railroad car, when June asked why Daniel chose his street name Day, and he responds. “‘Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything’s possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a

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