Authors Note: I am going to be writing about the overall theme of " The Lightning Thief".
Percy Jackson never felt like he fit in. His life finally made sense when he got to the camp for children of the Gods.
"The Lightning Thief' by Ric Riordan, is mainly about a boy named Percy Jackson who gets put on a quest to find Zeus's master bolt. One of the books' main themes is betrayal and how it can change someone.
The theme betrayal factors into the story an awful lot. One of the events that clearly shows betrayal is when Percy gets his prophecy. His prophecy states that he will be betrayed by the one who you call friend. Percy decides to keep that to himself to keep his friends from being worried. The first sign of betrayal happened when the god Ares told Percy and his friends to retrieve his shield for him. Little did they know it was a trap to embarrass them. Percy could only hope that this was the friend that betrayed him from his prophecy.
While Ares' betrayal seemed bad, nothing can compare to what happened at the end of the story. Throughout out the book Percy thought that Luke was a true friend. He thought that right up until the moment when Luke summoned a killing scorpion out of the ground to try and kill Percy. Before Percy has a chance to kill the scorpion Luke leaves. percy just manages to kill the scorpion, but not before it stings his hand. Luckily Percy Lives to tell the story.
Another story that includes betrayal is " The Scorch Trials ". Thomas, the main character, gets betrayed by his girlfriend Taressa. Being betrayed has a similar affect on both characters. Both Thomas and Percy go through several times of betrayal. The affect on both of them would have to be the fact of their trust level decreasing. Both of the characters must face their challenges without thinking about getting betrayed again. It may be hard be if they succeed things will become a whole lot easier.
Betrayal is probably the biggest factor when it comes to trust. It was really hard for Percy to get over the fact that any of his friends could be the one to betray him. Once Percy overcame the fear his road ahead became a lot easier. After Percy overcame his fears, he found the master bolt and accomplished his goal just in time.
