In the book Legend by Marie Lu the main character is Day. The basic plot of this story is that Day is a young rebel kid who likes to steal and cause havoc throughout the Republic. One night he goes into a hospital to steal medicine for his sick brother and gets framed for killing a Republic official. June a young republic prodigy makes it her mission to capture Day. This is a very thrilling story and mysterious one. I believe that the relationship between Day and his family is strong.
One of the reasons that I think the relationship between Day and his family is strong is because Day almost died for them. "I don't care, I just got to take care of Eden" Eden is sick with the plague. This is the main reason he went to obtain the cure in the hospital. He had to sneak into a Republic infested hospital filled soldiers just to get one vial of medicine.
Another example would be when Day reviled himself to his family because they thought he had been dead. He told them to hide under the house because the Republic officials were coming. He was the first to come out fighting so his family can be okay. This was a very sad and devastating part of the story because even though Day fought against the officials they captured his two brothers and viciously murdered his mother in front of him. This part made me die a little inside.
Finally his brother had a great and deep relationship with Day because he died for him. Day was sentenced to be put to death but June tried to help Day escape. So June broke his brother Daniel out of his cell and then, went to get Day. Day was knocked out and unconscious so they needed to buy time. Daniel took Day's bandana and ran towards the arena to make them kill him instead of Day so his little brother could escape. That's love.
In conclusion Day's relationship between his family and himself is very strong, emotional and deep. He would do anything for his family and his family would do anything for him even though they didn't know he was still alive.
Jose- really good work! I really liked the structure of the piece, it is very clean and no need to look further to see details. I like the way you described the book and you incorporated the main idea and issues with what you were trying to express! Maybe you could go deeper on why you think the relationship between Day and his family is strong. Maybe use some more quotes! Great post! -Tygerlily :)
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