A palace is the home of royalty, or very prestigious people. In terms of the “Palace Thief”, Hundert’s palace was St. Benedict’s because it contained the two things that were important to him, his position, or job, and his subjects, or students. Hundert was very passionate about his job as a history teacher. He not only taught the lives of many historical figures of the past, but he ”battled [his students’] indolence with discipline, their boorishness with philosophy, and their arrogance with the history of great men before them”(155). Hundert’s goal as a teacher was not only to teach history but teach to his students morals and principles as well. He said he “battled” his students’ bad habits with good ones to not only show how hard was but