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The Lighting Thief By Luke Castell Hero Or Villain?

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Villain- a cruelly malicious person. Throughout the entirety of the first book series and a few of the other books, Luke Castellan is perceived as a traitor. And there are good reasons to support that claim, however, what if he was not the backstabbing villain who only cared for himself? Luke was in fact not a traitor, and there are many reasons to prove it. As Rick Roidan states in “ The Lighting Thief”, Luke had spawned a Pit Scorpion and left Percy for dead basically and poisoned Thalia’s tree when he left the camp(chapter 22). Luke has also made a few more attempts on Percy’s life, clearly showing no disregard for any human life, no matter if they are friend or foe. Yes, but however, Luke himself said that he didn’t want to hurt Percy,
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