Author's Note: This is a character analysis of Luke from The Lightning Thief
No one likes to have someone betray them. Almost everyone has though, by people who pretended to be close friends until it was the perfect time to stab them in the back. When this happens, the person feels horrible that one of their friends could have done something so evil, and that his how Percy felt when he realized Luke's true intentions. From the very beginning when Luke found out that Percy was a son of Poseidon, he planned on how to kill him.
Luke wasn't always so corrupted and evil; he used to be a really good person until he got a quest from his father. Luke's father is Hermes, the god of travelers and thieves. So it would be pretty obvious that Luke's quest had to do with stealing something. It did; Luke had to go to the Garden of Hesperides to steal a golden apple and return it to Olympus. But sadly he failed. After his failed quest, he started to have dreams of Kronons, one of the titans. Kronos convinced Luke and corrupted his mind into believing that the gods should be overthrown and that they were just using him. Luke slowly started to believe him.
Kronos had convinced Luke to give Percy winged shoes like Hermes uses, except these shoes were cursed. When close enough, they would sprout their wings and drag Percy into the entrance to Tarturus which would lead him to Kronos who would then kill him. This attempt failed when Grover was wearing the shoes instead of Percy when the curse activated. Luke made two more attempts to kill Percy after that. It just shows how easy it is for someone to fall from good aspirations and a role model, to a traitor and pretty much insane. All they need is a little push.
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