In the act of trying to do this their emotions get in the way of their original plan and they don’t know what is right and who to trust anymore. Later in the book after they have solved the problems between each other the colonies become their new obstacle, they get to the colonies which are great cities with lights as far as you can see which they expected because they were told that the colonies was high quality place to live. But after a night or so there they realize that it is worse than the republic and try to leave but the colonies will not let them. They finally get away and return to the republic. The climax happens when Day finds out that he is going to die from a tumor in his brain and all of the love and feelings for June disappear and he knows what he has to