He is a Legend. She is a Prodigy. Who Will Be Champion?

Live in the Moment, Walk in the Light

     Metias is trying to tell June something as he puts a series of puzzles for her to find. First she finds words that are misspelled and she arranges the misspelled letters to form a sentence: F O L L O W M E J U N E B U G D O T C O M. She accesses the website and starts reading his journal. It turns out Metias was investigating their parents' death, it wasn't an accident. He hacked the civilian database and he discovered that their father had been suspicious of his work. He discovered the truth and changed jobs because of that. He was murdered. He also found out that the plagues aren't spontaneous, they're intentional. The meat that is supposed to come from the high-rise terraces comes from underground. The Congress didn't know what to do with the viruses that occurred there and killed animals. Then they remembered the war against the Colonies. They test the viruses with the slum sectors and see how they react and then build bio-weapons. Thomas began to suspect Metias and was later ordered to kill him. 

     June learned that Kaede is a Patriot and goes to her for help rescuing Day. She also sees Tess joining the Patriots as a medic. She convinces Kaede to help her and in return she gives Kaede an electro-bomb(for disabling guns) and 200,000 Notes. They start a plan to rescue Day. And John.

    Commander Jameson changes the schedule for Day's execution and June needs to think of something fast. She tells Day to ask Commander Jameson to see John one last time. The order was granted and John could escape using the ventilation shafts. But June was taken by Thomas for investigation. Soon, there was an explosion. The electro-bomb. June quickly runs away and helps Day reach the exit. John pops out of the ventilation and helps June and Day. Day is a little drowsy and slows them down. They ran out of time. John leaves them and acts as if he was Day. They all fall for it. John dies.

     The Patriots receive June and Day but they don't give them shelter, instead they drive them far away from the Batalla Sector and drop them near a building. Day wakes up and sees June leaning back on a wall. He cries when he hears from John. June asks him why Day. He responds like this:

"Each day means twenty-four hours. Each day means everything's possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time. You try to walk in the light." (Lu, 304)

Definitely one of the best quotes, if not the best, I've heard (in this case read) in my life. The ending is pretty emotional and really touched me. I think that what Day says is true and that people shouldn't be focusing on the past, they should be living in the moment. The Boy Who Walks In The Light and The Girl Who Shatters The Shining Glass are opposite, but complement each other. People should live in the moment like them. People should walk in the light.

"In my mind, I turn to Metias and give him a final farewell. Someday I'll see him again, and we'll tell our stories to each other . . ."(Lu, 304)

After Day's beautiful words, June pictures Metias and embraces his death. She forgets about him and puts him in a place where she can draw his strength. She overcomes her emotions and becomes a new person. She lives in the moment.

THE END

The most emotional ending I've read so far. Legend is definitely my favorite book. I would totally recommend this book to anyone and everyone. It is so good and intriguing. You can totally relate to the characters and many elements of the story are excellent and enhance the overall view of the plot. This book changed me and now I want to live by Day's ideals. I think Marie Lu is a great author and I WANT TO READ PRODIGY!!!