In the beginning of The Trials of Apollo, Apollo is shown as a selfish brat who just wants to go back up to Olympus and regain his powers, which were stripped away from him. But as the story drags along, Apollo gains new character traits, such as concern for his demigod children and sympathy/ and or understanding for other’s feelings and hardships.
First Character Trait: Selfishness
Throughout the book, Apollo is only wanting to gain his powers as a god again and go back to Mount. Olympus, caring for only his own troubles, and concern for only himself (only in the beginning though), all show that he is a selfish person.
The main reason for Apollo wanting to finish his quest, which requires Apollo to find and restore the other four oracles, is to…show more content… If you “are a demigod on the streets, you hear about the Beast... He killed my dad.” Her words were quiet but they hit me harder than a rock to the face, “ Meg, I-I’m so sorry. How…..?””(pg. 187). This shows that Apollo cares about Meg’s feelings and troubles with going through an experience like that, also inviting Meg to talk more about her dad’s death and cause of his loss of life. The second reason is when Apollo wonders why his son, Will, is so attracted to Nico, but still understands why they are together. “At this point you may be wondering how I felt seeing Nico di Angelo with my son.. If the dark brooding type made him happy” (pg. 95). SInce Apollo knows what it feels like to be with someone that makes you happy, same gender or not, this makes Apollo understanding to Will’s feelings. When Nero insults Meg’s dad Apollo feels sympathy for her. “Oh Apollo... you understand so little. Meg’s father was weak… She doesn’t NEED sympathy” (pg. 283). Apollo shows sympathy to Meg’s misfortune while Nero insults Meg’s
