"The Mark of Athena"- Author's Intent

The book is talking a lot about trying to save the world from Gaea and contains a lot of Greek and Roman mythology; however, the author's main intent was to show the power of teamwork, friendship, and trust. This can be easily seen throughout the book. Through this intent, the author vividly depicts any type of sports team; in order for the entire team to reach success, the team has to have teamwork, demonstrate friendship between the teammates, and the teammates should trust each other. Though the author basically depicts a sports team, these morals can also teach the reader some lessons about friendship, teamwork, and trust.

One moral the book can teach is "Sometimes teamwork is the only way to accomplish a task." This is supported by the fact that the demigods can only defeat Gaea and her giants and save the world only by the Romans and Greeks joining forces and overcoming their problems. Only with the teamwork between the Roman demigods and the Greek demigods will Gaea be stopped. Another lesson is "Though you might have several differences, friendship and trust will easily overcome those differences." This statement can be supported by the fact that the demigods, Percy, Jason, Annabeth, Piper, Frank, Hazel, and Leo, all have several difference, the main being that some are Greek and others are Roman; however, they all are friends, for the most part, and they trust each other, so their differences don't really matter anymore.

Many books, like the Percy Jackson series and the Heroes of Olympus series, have one objective and focus on that; however, hidden beneath the text are morals. These morals pretty much base the story and give the story its meaning. Just like other series written by Rick Riordan, the Harry Potter series also has some hidden morals beneath the objective of Harry Potter. One moral that is present in the text is "friendship and trust is enough to reach the objective." Harry Potter defeats Voldemort by having friends and trust among the people in Hogwarts. The friends he makes and the people he trusts helps him accomplish this goal and save the world from Voldemort's wrath.

Another book that has hidden morals is also The Hobbit. This book relies a lot on trust, because with only a bunch of dwarfs, they are trying to voyage to the mountains and kill the dragon, who stole their home. So another moral is "With trust comes confidence, and with that confidence comes hope." In the book, since everyone trusted each other, excluding Bilbo for a little while, the dwarfs were confident in regaining the land that they have lost. And with that confidence, they accomplished wonders by surviving their voyage to the mountain and defeating the dragon with a limited amount of people. Overall, even though stories seem very exciting and thrilling, always look deep into the text and figure out the morals, because they will tell the true meaning of the book.


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