In the book Legend by Marie lu is about a boy and girl called Day and June, Day is a kid with lots of street smarts and scored a 1500/1500 but the government said that he scored a 675/1500. Day and June are later best friends in the story. Day lives in one of the poor sectors were the plague is a common issue. While the people in the first class, like June is living in a beautiful apartment spending life swimming in money. Days brother is infected with the plague Day has to get a vaccine before his brother gets even worse. If you didn't know Day is one in a few people that the government don't know a lot about him. Later in the book you learn some of the dirty secrets of the government, Day actually got a 1500/1500 also he figured out that the government is fastened to make meat with a strain of the plague to infect the families and kill their citizens.
There are many social issues in Legend, and the greatest one has to do with class. In the novel, there are two main classes of people. The first class is the wealthy people like June. June lives in a beautiful apartment in one of the gem districts. (The wealthiest district are all named after gems (Ruby, Emerald,etc.) Day on the other hand, the poor class lives in old houses were the plague is a big …show more content…
In the novel, there are a lot of differences between the over the top people and the people like us the hard workers. My first reason why that the lower class are living in these small homes. June on the other hand lives in a beautiful apartment Day. In the book there are lots of unfair things happen to the lower class for example “They poisoned our meat and lied to my face” said Day. This means that they put the plague in their food also lied about his grades. “I was lied to, and could of been with June living the life” this shows that the government thinks that the best of the best should be treated fairly and the middle class should be treated like their
There are many social issues in Legend, and the greatest one has to do with class. In the novel, there are two main classes of people. The first class is the wealthy people like June. June lives in a beautiful apartment in one of the gem districts. (The wealthiest district are all named after gems (Ruby, Emerald,etc.) Day on the other hand, the poor class lives in old houses were the plague is a big …show more content…
In the novel, there are a lot of differences between the over the top people and the people like us the hard workers. My first reason why that the lower class are living in these small homes. June on the other hand lives in a beautiful apartment Day. In the book there are lots of unfair things happen to the lower class for example “They poisoned our meat and lied to my face” said Day. This means that they put the plague in their food also lied about his grades. “I was lied to, and could of been with June living the life” this shows that the government thinks that the best of the best should be treated fairly and the middle class should be treated like their