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…
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The Legend of Georgia McBride, created by playwright Matthew Lopez, who tells a journey of a man experiencing a new culture and world beyond his belief. Directed by Emmanuelle Delpech, the Arden Theatre Company in Center City Philadelphia produced this wonderful tale of Casey who was played by Matteo Scammell. “He 's young, he 's broke, he 's just found out his wife is going to have a baby, and now Casey has lost his gig as an Elvis impersonator.” (Arden Theatre PlayBill) This quote from the…
Elvis Aaron Presley. This story would be considered to be an urban legend, because it is told as if it is true, you…
The legends of the Black Assassin “Once there was a legend”, started john’s grandfather. “Of a man infected with a plague so deadly that it’s death sentence has it’s own name” , “ The black Death”. As his grandfather told him a story of a man immune to death but infected none the less and how he went around city to city infecting everyone John asked questions about how he himself could stop the “ Black Assassin.” “Ha!!!!” “Your funny boy only knights and wizards could deal with such a man.” “…
League of Legends(LoL) is multiplayer online battle arena, or a MOBA. There are many games like it, but LoL is the most successful at this moment. LoL gets it’s inspiration from a game called Dota, created in 2003 as a custom map creation for the game Warcraft III…
Theme Analysis; Legend The United States no longer exists, it is split in two, the Republic and the Colonies. June and Day, who both live in the Republic, have no reasons to cross paths; until June’s brother, Metias, dies and Day is accused of murdering her brother. Day tries to keep his family alive while June searches for Day. There are shocking events, both moving and thrilling. The theme in the dystopian book, Legend, is the people that you love are very precious. Marie Lu uses…
reward for the hero. But what if I told you that, if handled the right way, this role can make for a strong character. To demonstrate, let’s compare two video games that both feature at least one damsel in distress: Ride to Hell: Retribution and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. If you’re looking for a game that exemplifies all negative aspects of a damsel in distress, look no further, Ride to Hell: Retribution is your game. The game follows the main character Jake on his quest to avenge…
Entrepreneurial Legend - Warren Buffett For my famous economic entrepreneurial legend I have chosen Warren Buffett. He is agruably one of the richest men in the world with a net worth of over 70 billion. Coincidentally, Warren Buffet earned his MS in economics in 1951. As CEO of Birkshire Hathaway his company’s Class A stock lists for around 213,000 per share. Birkshire Hathaway’s company performace regularly outperforms the class of Index 500 stocks. Buffett has taken on considerable investment…
In Legend by Marie Lu the author uses direct characterization to show who June has become. At this point in the story Thomas, June, and the Commander are watching the protesters from Lake Sector that are representing Day in front of Batalla Hall. Although, June wishes she could go tell the people from lake sector to run before they all get killed, she doesn't want the Republic to know she's changed. June talks about what she feels should be done and what she sees within people. “I glance up to…