Theme and Summary of Red Pyramid

Theme- One of the themes in The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan is that the truth is a powerful thing, it can be hurtful and eye opening . We see this when it says, " 'Final question: If it meant saving the world, are you willing to sacrifice your father?' 'That's not a fair question!' 'Answer it honestly.' How could I answer something like that? It wasn't a simple yes/ no. Of course I knew the "right" answer. The heroine is suppose to refuse to sacrifice her father, Then she boldly saves her dad and  the world, right? But what if it really was one or the other?  The whole world was an awfully large place: Gran and Gramps, Carter, Uncle Amos, Bast, Khufu, Liz and Emma, everyone I'd ever known. What would my dad say if I chose him instead? 'If ... if there really was no other way,' I said, 'no other way at all- Oh, come off. It's a ridiculous question.' The feather began to glow. 'All right,' I relented. 'If I had to, the I suppose... I suppose I would save the world.' Horrible guilt crushed down on me. What kind of daughter was I?" (Riordan 364).

This show the theme because Anubis knows that Sadie is telling the truth because he has given her the feather of truth, the feather will burn you to ashes if you lie so you must tell the truth when in possession of the feather. Sadie is seeing how the truth is hurtful in this passage because even though she doesn't see her father that often she still loves him with all her heart and to give him up or save the world is a big decision. The whole reason they started this journey to defeat Set was because Set had taken there father and Carter and Sadie are trying to get him back and to do that they must defeat Set.  We see at the very and of this passage that Anubis's question really showed Sadie what she would do in this situation which she will inevitably face at some point in this book in order to defeat Set.

Summary- In this chapter "I Have a Date with the God of Toilet Paper" Sadie finally finds out who the boy she keeps seeing on her trips to the Duat- a world of spirits and magic.  That boy is Anubis- god of funerals. Sadie and Carter ask Anubis for the feather of truth which Thoth- the god of wisdom- told them they needed to defeat Set. Anubis refuses. Then Sadie realizes that there is suddenly a graveyard in the Hall of Judgment which is in ruins since Osiris- the lord of the dead- is absent because he was entombed with Carter and Sadie's father because Osiris chose their father as a host. She is more perceptive than Carter so he can not see the graveyard. When Anubis realizes this he asks if she can hear anything and she can jazz music. This leads to them appearing in New Orleans. Here Sadie and Anubis have a little chat about Set and the feather of truth. Anubis gives Sadie conditions to possessing the feather she is the only one who can have it. Also, she has to answer three questions about anything while holding the feather. Sadie answers the three questions and Anubis let's her keep the feather and he disappears from the scene sending Sadie back to Carter and Khufu in the Hall of Judgment. Where Sadie makes the decision to move on and find their friend Bast- the goddess of cats.