User blog comment:Maimer1882/Hero or not a hero.../@comment-4132675-20110923190447

Ok, so I think that to be a hero, you need to do something outrageously great for the preservation of others. Sacrifice. In the end, I believe Luke and Silena were heroes because of how they acted after the mistakes they made. Now, I think Silena's more of a hero than Luke, because if Luke hadn't hated his father so much, the world would have been fine, no war, no "great prophecy" for Percy to worry about. But also, it's fate who also intervened. Luke did what Luke was meant to do. We can't change fate, can we? And if we could, we'd never know. Anyways, SIlena's sacrifice at the end, realizing her mistakes, accepting them, and dying for the right side, makes her a hero.