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The House Of Hades

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The House of Hades. Sounds scary, doesn’t it? If you tried to think what this book might be about without having read it you would most likely think of death and despair. You probably think that this a dark, gruesome tale. Well, you would be mistaken. This is a Disney book, believe it or not. Sure there are ghosts and monsters, but that is not at all, the main idea of the story. It’s about friendship and the lengths people will go to for it. Before I continue with my paper I would like to introduce you to the characters that I will be talking about in this paper. First, there are the seven. There is Hazel, Frank, Leo, Piper Jason, Percy and Annabeth. Percy and Annabeth are in Tartarus the others are on the Argo II. The Argo II is a boat and …show more content…

The seven had to give up a normal life to save the world and that is only the first. Bob the good Titan and Damasen the good Giant sacrifice their lives to get Percy and Annabeth through the Doors of Death and out of Tartarus. They fought an army of monsters and the god Tartarus himself to save some friends, they had met not too long beforehand. If that’s not true friendship I don’t know what it is. Another illustration is when Hazel was dying and Nico was turned into a corn plant. Frank had to go out and kill all of the monsters in Vince. Gentle harmless Frank had to go out and kill hundreds of monsters risking his life. He was prepared to sacrifice anything and everything for his friends. One more model is that Percy wanted to stay behind in Tartarus to get Annabeth through the Doors of Death. Of course she wouldn’t let him do that. Trust is very vital in this novel. Everyone has been through so much together that they have learned to trust each other blindly. Which has saved their lives on several occasions. In every chapter there is an example of trust. My favorite trust moment in this book is when Frank hands Leo his piece of wood. Leo made a fireproof pouch for it. Leo has fire powers and the small piece of wood represents Frank’s life force. If it were to burn up Frank would burn up with it. Would you trust your life force with a friend that could break it with just a thought? I know I

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