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Chapter 6
Themes
and Colors
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Legend, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Privilege
Government, Propaganda, and Corruption
Dehumanization vs. Compassion
Family, Love, and Sacrifice
Summary
Analysis
Day is wandering the streets while Tess hides out on a tall ledge nearby. As JumboTrons pause their ads to show a video of the flag, the ubiquitous speakers begin to play the pledge. Everyone stops and joins in, and when the pledge mentions the Elector Primo, they salute toward the capital (Since no one’s watching, Day doesn’t participate). When it’s over, Day enters a bar, steals some food off of plates, and then approaches the bar. Day orders water and insists he was hurt tending cows. The bartender (Kaede) is sympathetic and flirty. They discuss the illegal Skiz fight nearby—the bartender clearly fights in them herself—and then, Day asks if she knows anything about the rumor of the man handing out plague cures.
The required recitation and salutes and the pledge being broadcast to the street again point to the Elector Primo having a total hold on the Republic’s government—a hold that’s almost certainly not legitimate. But Day, unlike June, seems to pick up on this: this is why he doesn’t really participate in the pledge. He then uses his gregarious nature to get information on the person looking for him, whom readers can infer is likely June or one of her peers.
Active
Themes
The bartender (Kaede) says this man wants a specific person to meet him at “the ten-second place” tonight at midnight. Day he knows this man is looking for him: he broke into a bank in 10 seconds once (the money bought food, clothes, and aspirin, and the rest went to Lake folks). He leaves the bar and heads for the financial district—he has a meeting.
Active
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