Summary Of The Book Legend Through The Character 'Day'

Summary: Mike Lupica’s book True Legend takes place in Agoura Hills, Southern California. The main character Drew “True” Robinson a 16 year old basketball phenom at Oakley Academy, he has some troubles along the way, a little romance and makes some new friends. He would love to to go to the NBA.

In the novel “Tomorrow When the War Began” written by John Marsden, one important idea that was developed throughout the written text was how life events change people. People develop the most during their teenage years which is when they are affected the most during their life.Major life events change people and teenagers need to understand this. In this novel, seven teenagers go camping and when they emerge from the bush there are fires everywhere, the power is out and the animals are dead. The small town of Wirrawee has been invaded by the army. The idea of how life events can change people is shown through the technique of characters. With the events of war, Ellie showed how she grew up and lost her innocence because of the choices she

"Witty, wryly humorous and fast-paced, "The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender" is a thriller with a twist which brilliantly evokes the sleaze below the surface of the city's glittering faade". Is this what the novel is about? Marele Day's novel, "The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender" explores a large scope of issues related to crime and mystery writing. The use of simple language, symbolism, clever wit and a certain sense of satirical mockery all contribute to composing this witty, wryly humorous and fast paced novel.

Kellen Winters is a fourteen-year-old boy who has been a curiosity his whole life. Becoming a boy under lowered circumstance, made him seem very “abnormal”. Kellen grew up to be very open-minded and accepting of his surroundings, including people in his immediate vicinity. A society consisting of mainly females forced Kellen to feel extremely anxious about his trials. A sequence of tests which determined his future in a female dominated world. But when Kellen’s father is endangered of another plague, Kellen jeopardizes his own life in search of his father, well knowing the consequences. Kellen’s quick thinking and bravery is tested on his journey and is truly admired upon by his comrades.

Next, June is helped by Day to realize that the Republic isn’t always the utopian society they conceive themselves as. Day does this by demonstrating to June how the Republic treated him after he “failed” the trials, which are basically the final test of schooling to know if you pass in life. Anyone who doesn’t pass just seems to disappear. But in reality, they are put in a cellar and killed off, except for Day, who escaped. But when June comes across hidden files of Day’s trials, she sees that Day never failed, in fact he did just as well as she

Key speech or thought expressed by the main character that relates to one of the five (5) common Canadian themes (see previous PowerPoint).

Throughout the book the students lives were effected greatly as the war progressed and dominated the lives of the students at the Devon academy by them having to train, their thoughts about sports changed, and students enlisting in the war. War has a great impact on peoples lives, causing them to lead different lives than before the war. It can change the way you view things and the things you do on a daily

The Roaring Twenties. A period of dizzying heights that were immediately followed by soul-crushing lows. The 20s were a period of technological advances, prosperity, and an age of both social and political change. The novel Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s by Frederick Lewis Allen explores the events, figures, and ideas that shaped America 1920s. Allen begins his book with the ending of WWI and elucidates the major events thereafter until the stock market crash in 1929. He describes in detail the increased terror of Bolshevists and Jews in 1919-1920, the emergence of the radio, and the risqué rise of skirt hemlines. Only Yesterday, published in 1931, provides an accurate insight into one of the most fascinating periods of American

Despite Marie Lu’s portrayal of Day as the archetype of the hero in the book Legend, he often is similar to a villain because he acts selfishly in ways that hurt society, thus adding to the complexity of his character. Day is a high profile criminal with hundreds of offenses against the Republic (government). It is up to June, a Republic soldier, to track Day and bring him to justice. Day clearly fits the hero archetype because he leads by example, inspires hundreds of people to rebel, and most importantly, helps June, a fellow Republic soldier, realize the atrocities her country commits against its people.

In the book, Day by Elie Wiesel, the author talks about a man name Eliezer who is faced with issues weather if he can embrace his holocaust survival. Eliezer is a survivor from the holocaust who faces emotional struggle with life or death. This will begin his journey in which he will embark challenges he shall face. A challenge that’s a major part in this novel is having to deal with physical and metal issues which were conflicted by the world he once lived thru that causes suicidal thoughts and an end to his life.

How far will one go to protect the ones he loves? To him his intentions are good, but others see no good in what he is doing. Clover, also known as Colin has always been trying to live up to his mother’s expectations. After his mother’s death, he becomes obsessed with the idea of a perfect family. He constantly feels that his mother is judging him through his mind. He was convinced that his mother could communicated with him even though she is dead. If she wanted him to do something he did it without hesitation. “I can be good enough. I'm as strong as Mother. No, I'm stronger. I am a stronger person, and I will not fail. I. Will. Not. Fail.” (215). He always felt that he wasn’t good enough so he kidnapped young girls to prove he was. He did

Mehmet is a thirteen year old boy, from Kosovo. He is living in a time when his country Kosovo is at war from 1999-2001, the KLA (Kosovo army) is battling the Serbians. Mehmet is inspired by the war it excites him, he wants to become a KLA soldier one day, when he is old enough. He has a large family and everyone in it disagrees with his point of view about war. His most influential family consists of Bada his father, Mama his mother, and Meli his sister. He has many more family members that live with him and experience life journeys together, but they do not have the same impact on him, as Bada, Mama, and Meli. The entire family had to move to a refugee camp because of the war. Their house was burned to the ground, and all their stuff was gone thanks to the Serbians. When it was finally clear to go home about a year later they realised they had no home to go home to, only the tiny apartment above the store. This small appartment was not going to fit the entire Lleshi family, so Bada, Mama, Mehmet, and Meli decided to go to the United States, more specifically a small town in Vermont called Barre.

There was nothing left anymore. The once vivacious city laid in shambles. Rows of concrete, gravel streets, and deserted souls engrossed the city. After the tremors and separation, the Others thought the ocean had swallowed us. Little did they know, we were thriving on our own. Then, they uncovered us. In order to stay hidden, we resorted to doing cyclic jobs in dark blocks of dirt walls. We could not longer escape the four perimeters of our lives: those four walls.

I held on to the back of James's black jacket. I'd watched him iron creases into it, and although I'd offered to take over, he'd insisted on doing it himself.

The folktale chapter of, “The Nineteenth Day” in the book the left hand of darkness relates to the main plot of the book by following the same storyline of betrayal and creating traitors. The books overall plot follows the story of an average person clashing with culture alien to him that does not bind to a specific gender. The folktale skews away from the main characters to tell a story about two gethains that face a disturbance in their relationship. One of the characters, Berosty, becomes overwhelmed by information from the foretellers, telling him he will die on the nineteenth day of any month. When his kemmering partner, Herbor, tries to help him out he gets frustrated and ends up killing him, betraying their promise to each other. He