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Examples Of Trust In House Of Hades

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Trust is a universal matter that everyone needs to have with someone or something, and can lead to many things such as friendship, love, or other bonds. In the book, The Mark of Athena, the author decides to show trust is important by trusting yourself to know what to do and accept that you need others help. In the book, House Of Hades, the author shows trust is important with having the same group of people learning how to trust others and deny help at times, but also accept help from enemies. One with description and the other with tone. Something in common that they have is showing the way of trust. This can be found many times in the book, such as one in Mark of Athena, when Leo has to get the mirror of Narcissus to complete the quest …show more content…

“Annabeth pressed her lips to Percy’s ear. ‘I love you.’ She wasn’t sure he could hear her- but if they died, she wanted those to be her last words.” (House of Hades, 34) Saying “I love you.” to another person that isn’t your family is not easy because that means that your heart and mind trusts them not to do anything that’ll hurt you or your heart. Kissing someone is in that same category which means that Annabeth truly trusts Percy. Trusting an enemy is a whole different animal, “The giants eyes glittered. ‘It gets boring in Tartarus. You can tell me your story while we eat, eh?’ Annabeth felt uneasy about telling a giant about their plans… She told Damasen about her life and adventures with Percy.” (House of Hades, 306) This shows that even when Annabeth thought that it was a bad idea to tell a Giant(which is the Greek’s biggest enemy) about their plans, but because of the fact that they are in Tartarus, she didn’t have much else to trust. So, trusting her secret within Damasen, that shows she is learning how to trust

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