In Champion by Marie Lu, celebrities, June and Day, fight for peace between two nations. In the previous two books in the series, Day’s brother fell ill with a Republic engineered disease. Eden (Day’s brother) was experimented on and Day fought the Republic before declaring his alliance with the new Elector. June, then becomes a Princeps-Elect so Day decides to move to Los Angeles with his brother. To begin Champion, the same disease that bogged down Eden has struck the Colonies, which infuriates the leader of the Colonies. Consequently, the Colonies declare war on the Republic and until the Republic can find a cure, the Colonies say they will annihilate the Republic. Day and some Patriots decide to strike first, so they infiltrate a Colony base and bomb the planes. Although, this action only infuriates the Colonies and they attack Denver, the capital of the Republic. Day and June go to Los Angeles and their friend Tess comes down with the deadly plague. When this happens Eden decides he will sacrifice himself and undergo more testing to find a cure for the sake of Tess and the Republic. But Eden’s blood didn't have the full cure, the doctors said the virus was changed in the Colonies. June remembered when she got sick and volunteered to undergo treatment and with her blood doctors …show more content…
On June’s birthday, ten years after the war, Day and Eden finally return to the Republic. Before her birthday dinner, June decides to go for a short walk and crosses paths with Day and Eden. Day feels a need to talk to her even though he does not remember who she is. Day continues to tell June that he is going to a dinner and his friend Tess invited him. As it turns out, the dinner Tess invited him to was June’s birthday dinner. After ten years June and Day finally meet again. All in all, in Champion, June and Day save their family and settle two feuding
The author of the story Nobody's Princess is Esther Friesner. Friesner was born in New York, on July 16th 19, 1915. To receive her degrees she attended Vassar College to earn her Bachelors degree in drama and Spanish. She also went to Yale University to earn her Masters degree and her Ph.D. in Spanish. When she finished college she taught at Yale University as a Spanish instructor in the years 1977-1979 and in 1983. The author is best know for her humor writing style and her humorous books. The author has won the Nebula Award many times in the years 1995 and 1996. Four series that the author has written are Twelve Kingdoms, Demons, Princess of Myth, and Myjak. Other Novels she has written consists of The Silver Mountains (1986) and The Sword
This essay will look at the book called Something Fierce by Carmen Aguirre. Specifically it will look at the relationship between Carmen and her mother. I will relate the relationship with examples of my mother’s relationship with my sister. Did Carmen’s mother make a terrible mistake in bringing her daughters with her to Latin America? There are so many things that need to be taken account of in a decision like this; it is nuanced because of the nurture vs. nature argument and so although Carmen’s mother could have made a mistake, it all depends on how the children react to the style of parenting and environment. Now given what we know from the story and taking that at face value, Carmen’s mother made a mistake in bringing her daughters with
In the story, “The Fighter” by Walter Dean Myers, the main conflict of the story is that Billy, the main character, needs to earn more money for him and his family in order for them to live a nice life. Billy is running low on money, so he needs to do boxing which is the only way he earns money, but his wife does not agree with him because she doesn’t want him to get hurt. Therefore, he is torn between either upsetting his wife to earn money or living in poverty until he could get the right education to get a good job. In the beginning of the story it says Billy is going out, though it doesn’t say where, it is to somewhere his wife does not want him to go. I know this because on page 27 it states,“Billy Giles told his wife that he was just
This week I read the book Hero by Mike Lupica. In the book a teenage kid name Zach Harriman. But then one day is life is changes when he finds out that his dad, Tom Harriman, who worked as a special adviser for the president of the United States, was a super hero with super powers. Until he died in a mysterious plane crash on a business trip and the weird thing about it is that in the crash site no bodies were found, which made Zach curious. Zach though that his father’s death was murder. Therefore he wanted to see what actually happened to the plane. While doing this he meets a man named, Mr. Herbert, who says he has special powers like Zach’s father. Zach continues to see this strange man and figure out that he was like his father. He also train Zach so he know how he knows
Would you stay in an unhealthy relationship?” Beaten” is a novel about a couple who fell in love they appear to be the perfect couple. But when they have their first fight, Ty screams at Paige. Paige is shocked and afraid, but Ty, apologizes. Paige stays in this unhealthy relationship , then after losing a game, Ty goes ballistic and hits Paige his girlfriend . Ty is arrested for assault. Even after this, Paige secretly meets up with Ty. This makes this relationship worse. The tone of Suzanne Weyn novel “Beaten” was peaceful, aggressive and very serious at the end. The tone in this novel is important because it helps the reader to determine the author's purpose and the overall theme or the main idea of the story.
The novel “Legend” by Marie Lu is set in dystopic future Los Angles. Day is the most wanted criminal in the Republic of America; however, behind his criminal façade he is a teenager living a life of poverty trying his best to protect his family. In order to protect his family Day embarks on a hospital heist to gain medication to save his family from the plague currently sweeping the nation. During the heist a Captain of Military named Metias is killed who was the brother of the Republic’s young prodigy, June. June is a young, intelligent soldier of a wealthy family and elite status; after discovering about her brother’s murder she pledges she will find his assumed killer, Day.
Once the half-term holidays have ended, a new girl, Lauren arrives to the school and all the boys, including Joe, have their eyes on her. Soon Joe and Lauren become best friends. Until Joe comes home one day and finds out that his Dad is holding a massive party. This only upsets him a little, due to his father not spending any time with him. Sapphire then shares that she had seen Lauren on TV before. Soon enough Joe found out that his father had decided to pay Lauren, in order for he to befriend Joe. Joe then decides to run away from home.
Sporting a fedora, suit and a cigarette in hand, leaning against a wall, the captivating anti-hero stands double crossed in the stereotypical L.A. noir genre. Right in the heat of World War II noir started to rise to the top and become a popular source of entertainment and instant distraction from reality. Many people were drawn to the anti-hero; they were drawn to the flawed characters who were the “heroes” despite their flaws. A hero embodies what people want to be, most consider noir anti-hero’s the same. You can idolize them in a story, but they all have specific characteristics that make the “hero,” themselves, just as vulnerable as everyone else. An anti-hero needs to be layered, complicated, and flawed that pushes the boundaries of what is right and what is wrong. They need an illustrated struggle that builds through growth so as the audience reads they can keep showing optimism for the anti-hero as they try to seek redemption. A novel by James M. Cain, Double Indemnity’s anti-hero Walter Neff has many flaws; flaws that are egotistical and murderous, but also manipulative and powerful. Just like Walter Neff, a recent character that is the epitome of an anti-hero is, Frank Underwood in the show House of Cards. Frank started at the bottom and with his anti-hero characteristics powered his way to presidency putting many morals aside and doing what he thought was the only option to achieve what he wanted. With complex motives, a driven mindset, and no boundaries, the
I am reading the book HERO HURRICANE RESCUE by Jennifer Li Shotz. Ben, Noah and Hero are heading out on their search. Looking for Jack and the dog Scout, through the rain and floodwaters, and deep into the woods they searched. Ben and Noah are shouting their names as they walked. Hero barked and waited to hear anything. Then, they both heard a sharp, quick bark. Ben shouted, and Hero raced toward the sound. When they arrived, Scout was trapped on a tiny island surrounded by rushing water, there were alligators in the water. Hero barked and distracted the alligators, while Ben walked through the floodwaters and rescued Scout. Ben handed Noah Scout and he let out one happy bark. Now the boys and the two dogs will continue to search for Jack.
Marie Lu illustrates the theme that family is important to happiness through Day’s dialogues. Day and June both lost their family and now they are with each other trying to save Day’s little brother Eden. Day is hurt and they are in Las Vegas alone trying to find the
In the book Prodigy By Marie Lu, the main character, June, changes throughout the story due to the events of regaining the Republic’s trust, the war, working for the Patriots, and slowly finding the truth, as she is changing from her old life.
In the book Champion by Marie Lu, a boy named Day and a girl named June are in a futuristic world of The United States of America, where a civil war was created and ended with two sides known as The Republic of America and The Colonies of America. They, like many others, were stuck growing up in that world. It was peaceful for many years between the two sides, with many rivalries of inventions and economics of course, until a plague breaks out amongst the Colonies. The Colonies are dying one-by-one and they blame the Republic for creating the plague and sent it to the Colonies to make them weak when a war starts up again.Throughout the story there are parts that you are on your toes and are dying to know what's next.
Under all the filth and grime from living in prison, Day is still a determined person
Marie de France relies heavily on the literary element of symbolism in the story of Laustic to create an audience that is sympatric and concerned towards the characters. The nightingale is a fundamental symbol for the story because it ties all of Marie’s elements together. When the wife introduces the nightingale as her reason for going to the window at night, the female character has made the bird the symbol for the love shared between the wife and the neighbor (1). Furthermore, the nightingale has direct relations to the symbols of the blood stain, the actual death of the bird, and the shrine for the bird. After the husband kills the bird he throws it at the wife leaving a blood stain on her dress, which is “meant to symbolize her wounded
Prodigy by Marie Lu is a story of Day and June’s escape from the republic and joining the patriots. When Day and June join the patriots they are tasked with assassinating the new elector of the republic. The patriots take Day and June in and make arrangements to kill the elector. A plan is made to get close to the new elector in order to carry out the assassination. The steps that June and Day take before they assassinate the elector can be analyzed to show how they lead up to this event.