Metias Character Analysis
In the book Legend by Marie Lu, June Iparis and her brother Metias were born into a rich republican family. June, only 15, knows nothing of the horrors that the government tries to hide from its citizens. She has never seen the "buildings abandoned by business owners and residents when the flood waters rose" or the "giant water wheels and turbines that churn along the water's edge" (81) on the outskirts of the poor sectors. When June turned 10, she took her trail and scored a 1500. A perfect score, something that was unheard of. She quickly became recruited for the Republic of America's military and they sent her to track the most wanted criminal-Day. Day, was believed to have killed her brother, Metias. So, June starts her mission seeking revenge. In this story, June symbolizes truth and justice for the both, the wealthy and the poor citizens in the Republic of America.
In the Republic of America, the citizens are forced to take the trials at the age of 10, so the government …show more content…
can eliminate the bad genes. But, the government keep the main reason behind the trails hidden, saying that it is for the citizens being placed with a more accurate job, based on their performance ability. If, the government decides to fail someone on their trials, they are to be sent to labor camps. Nobody knows what goes on in the labor camps, except that the people who are sent there never return. One night, when June is going through her brothers journals, she discovers a website that he created for her. There, she learns that the "children who fail their trials, they don't go to labor camps" the government does some biological and plague testing on them and "they die" (246). Besides learning that the government kills those who they deem less worthy than them, she learns that the government is full of lies and deceit. Also in the website, Metias mentioned how the government had murdered their parents because they uncovered too much top secret information about the plague. Eventually, Metias suffers the same fate as his parents, an is killed by the government. However, the government blames it on a Day,l who had broken into a hospital a few minutes earlier.
When June began her quest, she wanted vengeance on Day for the death of her brother.
But, after she had accomplished subjecting him to questioning, she pretends that this act of justice had "filled the gaping hole Metias's death left in her life" (174). But, after betraying someone who believed that she could be trusted, she feels terrible. Curious about what Day had told her on the streets when she was tracking him, she decided to go looking for information on Daniel Altan Wing, otherwise known as Day. First, she starts with basic information, such as family relations and then she moves to his trial score. On Day's final trial score, "674/1500, failed" (186) is stamped across the top. But, as June digs deeper and finds his official trial document, she finds out that "Day didn't fail his trials... He got the same score I did: 1500/1500" (187). June continues to learn about all the information the government is keeping from its citizens and gets a sudden urge to help Day reveal the
truth.
Marie Lu shapes June to be someone who is a truth seeker, willing to stop at nothing until she gets what she believes in. June started out as a normal citizen in the Republic of America, who had lost her parents and eventually, her brother. But, when the information the government tells her and the information that Day tells her, don't add up, she becomes suspicious and wants to know the truth. Throughout the story, June teaches us that we can’t just follow the directions we are told. We must have a desire to learn the truth and decide for ourselves what we believe in. Today, many people just follow their friends decisions and don’t think about what it could mean for their future. Many American citizens have a drug and alcohol addiction. For some of them, they started because of family problems and for others, they started because of peer pressure. Peer pressure can cause people to do other things besides becoming addicted to drugs/alcohol, it can influence criminal behavior and create negative body images. But, if people would think about their decisions before doing something they might later regret, it could help them have a more positive outlook on the future.
In the Republic of America, the citizens are forced to take the trials at the age of 10, so the government …show more content…
can eliminate the bad genes. But, the government keep the main reason behind the trails hidden, saying that it is for the citizens being placed with a more accurate job, based on their performance ability. If, the government decides to fail someone on their trials, they are to be sent to labor camps. Nobody knows what goes on in the labor camps, except that the people who are sent there never return. One night, when June is going through her brothers journals, she discovers a website that he created for her. There, she learns that the "children who fail their trials, they don't go to labor camps" the government does some biological and plague testing on them and "they die" (246). Besides learning that the government kills those who they deem less worthy than them, she learns that the government is full of lies and deceit. Also in the website, Metias mentioned how the government had murdered their parents because they uncovered too much top secret information about the plague. Eventually, Metias suffers the same fate as his parents, an is killed by the government. However, the government blames it on a Day,l who had broken into a hospital a few minutes earlier.
When June began her quest, she wanted vengeance on Day for the death of her brother.
But, after she had accomplished subjecting him to questioning, she pretends that this act of justice had "filled the gaping hole Metias's death left in her life" (174). But, after betraying someone who believed that she could be trusted, she feels terrible. Curious about what Day had told her on the streets when she was tracking him, she decided to go looking for information on Daniel Altan Wing, otherwise known as Day. First, she starts with basic information, such as family relations and then she moves to his trial score. On Day's final trial score, "674/1500, failed" (186) is stamped across the top. But, as June digs deeper and finds his official trial document, she finds out that "Day didn't fail his trials... He got the same score I did: 1500/1500" (187). June continues to learn about all the information the government is keeping from its citizens and gets a sudden urge to help Day reveal the
truth.
Marie Lu shapes June to be someone who is a truth seeker, willing to stop at nothing until she gets what she believes in. June started out as a normal citizen in the Republic of America, who had lost her parents and eventually, her brother. But, when the information the government tells her and the information that Day tells her, don't add up, she becomes suspicious and wants to know the truth. Throughout the story, June teaches us that we can’t just follow the directions we are told. We must have a desire to learn the truth and decide for ourselves what we believe in. Today, many people just follow their friends decisions and don’t think about what it could mean for their future. Many American citizens have a drug and alcohol addiction. For some of them, they started because of family problems and for others, they started because of peer pressure. Peer pressure can cause people to do other things besides becoming addicted to drugs/alcohol, it can influence criminal behavior and create negative body images. But, if people would think about their decisions before doing something they might later regret, it could help them have a more positive outlook on the future.