There are many social issues in Legend, and the greatest one has to do with class. In the novel, there are two main classes of people. The first class is the wealthy people like June. June lives in a beautiful apartment in one of the gem districts. (The wealthiest district are all named after gems (Ruby, Emerald,etc.) Day on the other hand, the poor class lives in old houses were the plague is a big …show more content…
In the novel, there are a lot of differences between the over the top people and the people like us the hard workers. My first reason why that the lower class are living in these small homes. June on the other hand lives in a beautiful apartment Day. In the book there are lots of unfair things happen to the lower class for example “They poisoned our meat and lied to my face” said Day. This means that they put the plague in their food also lied about his grades. “I was lied to, and could of been with June living the life” this shows that the government thinks that the best of the best should be treated fairly and the middle class should be treated like their