Champion June And Day Sparknotes

Champion Megan Finerty, Blocks 1/2
By Marie Lu

*Setting* In the novel Champion, June and Day (characters from the previous novels in the series) now take on the responsibility of piecing back together their home, The Republic. Because of the disputes between the Republic and the Colonies (mainly a fight over land), Champion’s setting is thrown into a state of war. There are three consistent characters in the novel Champion; June Iparis, Daniel Alten Wing (aka Day), and the Elector Primo (Anden). June is The Republic’s very own prodigy, and as a princepts-elect, one of the newest

leaders of The Republic. Anden has offered June this position in hopes that she will become a spectacular senator, due to her high intelligence level, and that maybe he will get the chance to become her partner as well. June is a highly logical and calculating character who lets her brain make her decisions, unlike Day, who has the choice to use his heart. Day is the legend of The Republic, the people look up to him, the people of The Republic trust Day so much that they lie their entire fate in his hands. Both June and Day are on good terms with Anden, especially after saving his life, and they plan to work as a team in order to piece back together was once was a strong and independent country.
*Conflict* The conflict in the novel Champion consists of a sort of man vs man aspect, given that The Republic and the Colonies are in a state of war.

The Republic had tried numerous times to create peace with The Colonies, and finally, they accept. Unfortunately, before the peace treaty could be officially signed, The Colonies declared war on The Republic for use of biological weapon on the war front. This has caused an extremely deadly virus to spread throughout The Colonies, causing many men, woman, and children to drop dead. Even though The Republic claims that this would not have happened if The Colonies had not attacked them, they still wave off the attempted peace treaty and declare war on The Republic. Even though The Republic’s forces are much stronger than The Colonies, The Republic finds themselves overthrown in power by The Colonies use of military aid from Africa. The Colonies proposes only one solution in order to call off the war and form a peace treaty; the

cure.
*Plot* In the novel Prodigy, Day had discovered his rare disease of hippocampus (a cause of the tests run on him after receiving a perfect score on his trial), and in response to his disease Day experiences many brain-shattering headaches.

The novel Champion starts off with Day smoking his hospital-assigned cigarette, and dancing at a club before interrupted by Captain David Guzman, who informs him that Day is invited to a banquet taking place in Denver to celebrate The Republic’s Independence Day. Day almost rejects the invitation, until David tells him that June specifically requested for Day to come. June then personally tells Day that it is an emergency meeting and that his presence is crucial. Before the banquet takes place, both Commander Jameson and Thomas are put on trial for their crimes done against The Republic. Both are sentenced to death by the firing squad. During the banquet Day is informed about how the peace treaty with The Colonies had failed, and Anden then requests Day’s permission the Eden be taken to a hospital in order for The Republic to run experiments on him, in hopes of finding a cure. Senators at the meeting do not worry about The Colonies attacks, The Republic had fought off many more before. By their comments Anden points out that now that Africa, one of the world’s strongest militaries, are helping The Colonies in fighting the war against The Republic, it is going to be much different this time around. Yet Day’s mind was already made up since

the proposal was made, and he refuses.
*Plot* Once Day is home he experiences the worst headache he has had yet, and is admitted to the hospital. While the commotion of Day being rushed to the hospital is occurring, Thomas specifically requests for June as his last request before his sentenced death. June agrees, and Thomas confides to her about all of the details of the night he had killed June’s brother, Metias. Thomas has used Metias’s love for him to kill him, and the thought of Thomas doing this to him was the last thought that crossed Metias’s mind, saying that now he knew why (Thomas kissed him). Soon after June discovers about Day’s rush to the hospital, and she and Day go out for dinner while Day confesses to June about his condition and that he basically has a maximum of two months to live. All of the sudden, an alarm blares signaling for the entire Republic to take cover in underground tunnels because of an attack on Denver from The Colonies. Day is upset that the majority of The Republic’s poor is not provided cover in the attack, and June appeals to Anden to split space in the underground tunnels between the rich and the poor sectors. In the process of the chaos, three prisoners escape, two of whom are Commander Jameson and Thomas. In the underground bunker June and Day discover many of the Patriot’s that are being taken as prisoners, and they then persuade Anden to let them go in order to aid The Republic in fighting against The Colonies.