The cronus myth is connected to the theme element “ A struggle for power” from when Cronus had struggled to have power so that his children will not kill him in the future.Cronus was afraid that his children might one day rise up against his authority, as he had against his own father, Uranus. In this quote it is talking about how his children will grow up in the future and then choose to kill him because of something that he has done.In order to be sure that he kept power and the prophecy did not come true, Cronus attempted to escape fate by swallowing each child as soon …show more content…
“You stole the helm and the master bolt.”Ares has tricked Percy and made people think he stole the master bolt when it was Ares all along.“I can’t have you taking bolt to Olympus. You just might get those hard headed idiots to listen to you. So i've got to kill you.” “I can’t have you taking bolt to Olympus. You just might get those hard headed idiots to listen to you. So i've got to kill you.” Ares did could not have Percy do anything with the bolt so he made as little lie to make people think Percy stole it but he did not want Percy to have returned it.
The theme that connects the two is “A struggle for power” In both stories it ended with someone being punished or either kilt.Cronus found out that his children would soon overpower him.Cronus had later ate his children because he wanted to prevent this from happening.I think he included this in his novel because it connected to the thesis because Cronus was being