Different But Very Much The Same.

Prodigy by Marie Lu

Tells a story about the differences and similarities of it's main characters. Day and June are different but also very much the same.

This book is the sequel in the Legend book series.

Day and June are similar in many ways. Including skills and loss.

Concerning skill, they both have brains and brawn. Also they both got perfect score on the trials. Even though they told Day that he got an extremely low one.

Concerning loss, They have both lost their respective past lives and family. Day and June had separate families but both were killed by the republic. I'm realizing that the republic doesn't care about it's people. Another loss that Day and June both suffered is their past lives. Day was a homeless criminal mastermind who still provided for their family. June was a girl from the rich sectors and had a family that worked for the republic. Now neither of them are living the same. They are now patriots on a mission to kill the new elector primo.

Day and June are also different in more than one way. They come from different pasts and they have completely different opinions on most things.

When it comes to opinions, Day and June don't always agree. for example, when finding out that the plan was to kill the new elector they had different reactions. June was shocked and thought it was extreme. Day thought that it was fair and it was the price to pay to start a rebellion. June thinks that, "most people who kill, kill for the wrong reasons." Which is the opposite of what Day thinks.

When it comes to past, Day and June couldn't get more different. June was rich and was a military prodigy. Day was poor and the republic's most wanted criminal. That is the reason why they have different opinions on most things.

Even though they have differences and similarities. They are together as a team. They won't let anyone between them.

Our Similarities bring us to a common ground; Our Differences allow us to be fascinated by each other.

-Tom Robbins 

Avenging Your Loved Ones

If the person care about the most is dead how would you avenge them?

Day and June would carry on.

Legend by Marie Lu

is a story about a criminal who is most wanted and a prodigy who has a great future in their military/congress. The story takes place in the future when the United States is broken up. It is in a war against the “colonies of america”.

Day is from the slum sectors and June is from the rich sectors. When Day and June deal with grief, this book becomes a help for teens who are struggling or who have ever struggled with grief about a loved one.
One way this book teaches about how to get through grieving is when June lost her brother she got very depressed. But a few days later she realized that she could avenge him by capturing his killer. “In my mind, I make a silent promise to my brother’s killer. I will hunt you down.” I’m realizing she’s going to do what Metias, her brother would’ve wanted her to do. Which is a great lesson for teens struggling with grieving.
Another role model for teens can have for grieving is Day. Day has to deal with his brother, Eden, having the plague. Also he has to find out what the strange symbol on their door means.

But he continues to search for and save up notes, the currency of the republic, to buy some meds. “Twenty-five hundred notes. Enough to feed us for months... but not enough for vials of plague medicine." In other words, he is saving up to get his family what they need. Hopefully, teenagers will read this book because a teenager could learn that even if they are grieving, they should continue on. Because that’s what their loved one would’ve wanted.

Which is whats most important to me,

what about you?

"Sometimes problems don't require a solution to solve them;

Instead they require maturity to outgrow them."

-Steve Maraboli

Summer Reading

My Summer Reading

One of the books I read was The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.

It was about the struggle of an Iranian girl in war time. It really BLEW me away. It was very deep. There was multiple climactic parts.
 

SPOILER ALERT 

She ends up surviving the war (obviously, it's an autobiography) and moves to France. I was happy to see that she was finally able to find a country to live in.

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Another book I read was Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina.

It was about a Latina girl who had moved into a new school and had to deal with the struggles of peer pressure, family, poverty, and bullying. I suggest this book for anyone who wants to read about the struggles of high school.

SPOILER ALERT

 It all ends up okay in the end. She still struggles with trauma but she transfers into a school for advanced science. Away from anybody from Washington Heights. No offense to anybody from Washington heights, in the book Piddy is afraid of going around there.

I look forward to writing more about my reading in the near future.

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-The Truman Show (1998)