This week while reading the House of Hades, I was really trying to take a look at the conflict that the characters were experiencing. Specifically, the internal conflict of the main characters.
For anyone who has ever read Rick Riordan's work, you know that he loves to tell you what the characters are thinking. This book is narrated by several different people throughout the story. It shifts every chapter.
Annabeth - She feels guilty because she thinks it was her fault that she and Percy are stuck in the underworld. Annabeth is conflicted against herself. (Person -vs- Self). I believe that we all, to a certain extent, blame ourselves for something that wasn't our fault.
Annabeth provides the an example to all of us that says we are not perfect, and that we can't blame ourselves for every little thing that goes wrong in our lives.
Hazel - Hazel has a boyfriend named Frank who is a halfblood on the ship with her. However, she is from the past, (cerca. 1945), and she liked Sammy, who is the grandfather of Leo, who is also on the ship. Normally this isn't a problem, but she sees mannerisms in Leo that remind her of Sammy which make her conflicted between two people. Frank and Leo. (Person -vs- Love).
Just like Hazel, at some point, we all have to make a descision between two things. They might not be about love, but usually they will be important. Hazel represents these types of descisions
and how we deal with them. She can become a role model for all of us to follow when we make our descisions.
Frank - Frank feels a little bit out of place with all of his fellow demigods. He was never very coordinated, and because of that, he was utterly failing in the area of combat. Throughout the previous books, he begins to get better at fighting. This comes in handy in the current book because he needs to step up and be a leader while Percy and Annabeth are gone. (Person -vs- Self)
Frank must step up to protect his friends, just as we all will someday have to step up to protect and help our families. We can use Frank as an example of how to deal with these types of situations. He steps up, even when he has doubts about himself, and helps to lead his friends to safety.
