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Why is this book called Legend?
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Jul 23, 2013 04:28PM
I don't understand why it's called Legend. Am I missing something? Also, why do the chapters have the temperature listed at the beginning?
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He is a Legend. (Day)She is a Prodigy. (June)
Who will be Champion? (?)
The temperatures, I believe, gives the book a distinct and unique look to the book. I don't think it's something of importance rather than just to make the beginning of the chapters look different. For example, Neil Gaiman drew pictures (in one of the books I've read) to show his transitions to the next chapters. It's different yet appealing to some. Again, these are just my thoughts on the temperature question.
Hmm. I suppose. If you have a very loose definition of "legend". Legend is usually applied to "old" stories or historical things, not a 15 year old kid.
Sarah wrote: "Hmm. I suppose. If you have a very loose definition of "legend". Legend is usually applied to "old" stories or historical things, not a 15 year old kid."Oh, I agree. The word "legend" has certainly lost it's true meaning, but if we think of how we use the word today, it suits Day's persona.
Sarah wrote: "Hmm. I suppose. If you have a very loose definition of "legend". Legend is usually applied to "old" stories or historical things, not a 15 year old kid."
But I also think of it as someone spectacular or unrealistically skilled. Like some might call Muhammad Ali a "Boxing Legend" you know?
But I also think of it as someone spectacular or unrealistically skilled. Like some might call Muhammad Ali a "Boxing Legend" you know?
I think it was called Legend because... well... I'm not sure. The definition of a "Legend" is "a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical." or "the body of stories of this kind, especially as they relate to a particular people, group, or clan" Neither of which really fit what this book was about, but I think the point was that June and Day were both "Legendary" kind of people. June because she was a prodigy (hence the second book's title) and because she was the only one to have scored a perfect on the government test. Day because he was kind of a "legendary" criminal. They were 'the stuff of legends' in a way. It doesn't fit the exact meaning of the word "Legend" but it does fit the modernized version, which would be like something extraordinary or unbelievable.The temperature thing was really strange. And it didn't seem to have much to do with anything.
It is called Legend because Day is a legend
Tiare wrote: "I think it was called Legend because... well... I'm not sure. The definition of a "Legend" is "a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accept..."There's also a second definition for legend: one that inspires legends or achieves legendary fame (like Day.)
I think that the book was titled Legend because of Day. I mean, what other answer is there for it? There might be some hidden meaning behind the title other than Day, however I think that is the most obvious reason for having the title. Also with the second book, June is the prodigy. It mentions in the in first book how she is was the only person to receive a perfect score so I think that even though the word 'Legend' is normally used for older stories I think it fits Day's character and involvement in the story. As I said, there might be more to it than that, but I think that's the meaning you get after you have finished reading both of the books.
Legend refers to Day, and the second book, Prodigy, refers to June, though both characters are given equal importance in each. You can tell this in the beginning of the Champion blurb:"He is a Legend.
She is a Prodigy."
