The French martyr Joan of Arc is well known for her role in the Hundred Years War when she believed that God had chosen her to lead France. The modern character Annabeth Chase is a daughter of the wisdom goddess, Athena. These characters seem different, however, they are more similar than they seem. While they have different fates and alliances, they are similar in their strengths, motivation, goals, weaknesses, and struggles.
Joan of Arc's fate was to be burned at the stake for heresy, and later to be martyred when her charges we debunked years later. Annabeth is only seventeen when the book series does not mention her fate, though it does hint about her future. In this way, the characters differ because Joan of Arc has a fate while Annabeth …show more content…
Annabeth gets her intelligence from her mother, the goddess of wisdom. Joan of Arc was an illiterate peasant, but was very clever when the church tried to trick her into saying something that would allow them to charge her with heresy.
Both Annabeth and Joan of Arc were motivated to save the place where they grew up. One of Annabeth's major goals throughout the series is to save Camp Half-Blood, the camp for demigods where she grew up. Joan of Arc had visions of saints telling her to fight to save France.
These heroes also had similar weaknesses because they were both young teenage girls who were underestimated. Annabeth dreams of being an architect, but is rarely taken seriously, mostly because she is a pretty blonde girl. Joan of Arc was an illiterate peasant, the last person anyone expected to lead a war effort, especially at such a young age.
Their struggles were similar because they both became heroes at a young age. Annabeth ran away from home at age seven, lived on the streets and fought monsters until she eventually found Camp Half-Blood. During Joan of Arc's childhood, there were several raids near her home and once her village was burned. She was burned at the stake at only nineteen years
Joan of Arc's fate was to be burned at the stake for heresy, and later to be martyred when her charges we debunked years later. Annabeth is only seventeen when the book series does not mention her fate, though it does hint about her future. In this way, the characters differ because Joan of Arc has a fate while Annabeth …show more content…
Annabeth gets her intelligence from her mother, the goddess of wisdom. Joan of Arc was an illiterate peasant, but was very clever when the church tried to trick her into saying something that would allow them to charge her with heresy.
Both Annabeth and Joan of Arc were motivated to save the place where they grew up. One of Annabeth's major goals throughout the series is to save Camp Half-Blood, the camp for demigods where she grew up. Joan of Arc had visions of saints telling her to fight to save France.
These heroes also had similar weaknesses because they were both young teenage girls who were underestimated. Annabeth dreams of being an architect, but is rarely taken seriously, mostly because she is a pretty blonde girl. Joan of Arc was an illiterate peasant, the last person anyone expected to lead a war effort, especially at such a young age.
Their struggles were similar because they both became heroes at a young age. Annabeth ran away from home at age seven, lived on the streets and fought monsters until she eventually found Camp Half-Blood. During Joan of Arc's childhood, there were several raids near her home and once her village was burned. She was burned at the stake at only nineteen years