While reading Legend by Marie Lu, she's uses theme to show the income inequality. This theme differentiates the characters throughout the book. Day is trying to come up with a plan to steal some plague medicine after seeing that weird red “x” with a line in the middle on his family's door. His plan starts off with him acting like he is injured so he doesn't look suspicious. He then conversates to a nurse that he needs a doctor's visit and is able to pay. Before entering the guards pat him down and take his payment. “If I was a goddy rich sector boy, I’d be admitted without charge. Or they’d send a doctor for free straight to where I live” (26). This scene reveals the act of inequality towards the lower class people. Day expresses how he feels
