First Impressions Aren't Always Right

Author's Note: This is a Character Development piece on Day and June from Marie Lu's book Legend.

In Marie Lu’s book “Legend”, I learned that people can be extremely different than what you might think they are. The main character is a boy named Day. He lives in futuristic Los Angeles, where once you turn ten you take a trial. The trial is an extremely important test. After you take the test you are sorted by how well you did. For example: if you do extremely well, you would be put into one of the best schools and train to be a soldier. Now let’s say you fail the test, that means that you are sent to a special camp where soldiers train you. Day failed his test, but when he was sent to this camp the soldiers there tried to kill him. Even though it was said to be impossible he got out.  After living on the streets for a long time, he met a girl named Tess. She was homeless and hungry, and he helped her. Ever since that, Tess has stayed by Day’s side.

One day, a few years after Day found Tess, the two kids were at a skiz fight. (A skiz fight is an illegal way of fighting.) They were betting on the fighter that had won every other fight that day, and when she lost the fight it cost them 1000 notes. (their form of money) The girl they bet on lost to someone that saved Tess’s life. People in the crowd had pushed Tess into the rink and wouldn’t let her back out. So, instead, the mystery girl took Tess’s place. This girl is currently undercover for the police, and is searching for Day. After the fight, the girl left. In the rules, the winner has to stay and continue to fight until they lose. The crowd got angry and went after her. Day had to save her because of what she had done for Tess. Now that Day has saved this girls life, she sees him differently. He saved her life. Is he really as bad as she thought he was? The character Day reminds me of Percy from the Percy Jackson series. They both were thought to be not good in the beginning, but later on, people start to see who they really are.