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Summary
Prologue-Part 1, Chapter 3
Part 1, Chapters 4-6
Part 1, Chapter 7-Ten Years Earlier
Part 1, Chapters 9-12
Part 1, Chapters 13-15
Part 2, Chapters 16-18
Part 2, Chapters 19-21
Part 2, Seven Years Earlier-Chapter 24
Part 2, Chapters 25-28
Part 3, Chapters 29-31
Part 3, Chapters 32-34
Part 3, Chapters 35-37
Part 4, Seven Years Earlier-Seven Years Earlier
Part 4, Chapters 41-43
Part 5, Chapters 44-47
Part 5, Chapters 48-52
Part 5, Chapters 53-55
Part 5, Chapters 56-58
Character Analysis
Themes
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Important Quotes
Essay Topics
Lore is the protagonist and titular character of the novel. She is the last living descendant of the House of Perseus and, for much of the book’s beginning, believes she escaped the Agon’s world following the end of the previous hunt. Lore holds anger and resentment toward the Agon and the people who believe in it. The hunt’s world is entrenched in ancient customs and mindsets, including that women are little better than property and have no will of their own. For these reasons, Lore claims she wants nothing to do with the hunt, but the idea of destroying Wrath, who she believes is responsible for her family’s murder, is enough for her to put aside her anger and reenter the world she left behind.
The Agon’s world left both physical and emotional marks on Lore. Physically, she bares a scar that runs “from the outer corner of her eye down to her chin” (31), which she received while fighting off the Odysseide leader’s advances. Up until this confrontation, Lore believed she was special—that she was a female in the Agon’s world who could choose for herself. The scar is a reminder that, even if she was born to be a warrior, she can never be free as long as the Agon goes on.
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