In the House of Hades by Rick Riordan

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Fiction-Novel

CHARACTERS
In the House of Hades, Percy Jackson is stranded in tartarus with Annabeth. He interacts when they encourage each other to keep going and to not give up. This happened on page (101). The main characters also interacted when jason was on the ship with his 4 other friends on what seemed like an impossible quest, he kept having a smile on his face which on page 209 Hazel says that Jason was the only reason they could keep going.

IDEAS
The main idea developed over the text as the 5 friends travel on their ship they learn new info that allows them to realize more things like the purpose of the war and the plans of the enemy or what they can do to help stop the enemy. This happens on page (245) where they learn that there is something that can get them past the monsters undetected. Bob the good titan knows the way to get it.

MEANING
1.Demigod (289): Denotative=A being that is half human half god
Connotative=Someone that is half human and half god
The main characters in the book are demigods.
2.Titan (303):Denotative=The children of the earth goddess Gaea connotative=THe children of Gaea that are the opposites of the gods.
They are the enemies that they are fighting
3.Prophecy:D=Prophecy is a process in which one or more messages that have been communicated to a prophet[1] are then communicated to others.C=A Message that tells the future. This entire book is based off of a prophecy.
4.God:D=a powerful being that represents an element or power.C=A big person who is very power and represents a power that he or she has. Gods are important because the entire series is revolved around them.
5.Celstic Bronze: D=A made up deadly metrial that greek weapons are made of.C=A very deadly metal...

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ORDER
The author order the book from beginning middle and end. The book starts out with an introduction, then the rising action, then the climax, after that the falling action, and finally the conclusion. At the beginning of the book it had an introduction. In the introduction it explained what had happened in the last book and refresh the reader's memory. Then there was the rising action. The rising action there was the journey for both sets of main characters to the house of hades and the doors of death. Next there is the climax where the two sets of main characters meet their destination and face the big challenge that is there waiting for them. After that there is the falling action. In the falling action the characters meet together and they are relieved that they won. Finally there is the conclusion where they learn their next big quest.

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