June's Changes

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“Be the change you wish to see in the world” (Mohandas Gandhi). In the novel Legend by Marie Lu, June under goes some out of the ordinary situations that make her change as a character. June hits many obstacles that force her to do the right thing. Although it may require going against all of her previous beliefs, she creates new beliefs based on the circumstances. June starts out as a normal girl of the Republic, but changes her mind on what she should believe.
As a girl born into Republic blood, she follows their rules without hesitation. To begin, June wants revenge on Day for killing her brother, Metias, and she will stop and nothing to get it. With Day as the most wanted criminal in the Republic, she knows he takes responsibly for his death. She plays with his mind, leading him on before she figures out his identity, betrayal appears as her only option. Putting Day on the death bed for killing her brother becomes the only thing she wants to do. She does not care what she has to do to get Day there; she will gladly do whatever it takes. June silently promises Day she will “search every street in the Republic if I have to. I will trick you and deceive you, lie, cheat and steal to find you” (45). She follows through with betraying him. Killing Day becomes her goal and she stops at nothing to track him down and make him pay the price for killing her brother. Secondly, June’s trust gets put into the Republic because of her origins. Thomas plays a large role in June’s life, beginning before Metias’s death. She has a connection with Thomas, and knows he will help her get through the bad times in life. Sometimes Thomas appears as Metias to June, almost as if Metias never died and he went back to her side. June begins to use Thomas...

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... sees him in an entirely different way. June knows the real story, unlike anyone else, which gives her these feelings. In addition, she breaks free from the grasp of the Republic. June now knows Thomas killed her brother, and that he did it out of jealousy. She becomes aware of all that the Republic hides from everyone, and has lost all trust in them. Even as a girl growing up with a family that has tight attachments to the government, she cannot believe what they have kept from everyone. June leaves all of this behind her and she knows the erroneous ways of the Republic. While going against them proposes a great amount of danger, it should result in the most success. The lies they tell scar her heart, and she knows that she must move on because it feels right. While this change will become the start of a brand new life for June, she willingly takes these chances.

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