The Thief

The Thief is a fantasy novel that was written by Megan Whalen Turner, and follows the point of view of Eugenides, who is a thief that was thrown in jail because he was caught bragging about how he stole the Kings seal, which he had. He was immediately thrown in jail and imprisoned for months before the kings magus, who was in need of his expertise, freed him and forced him to go on a journey to collect a hidden treasure that had been lost for hundreds of years. I believe that this book will be read 100 years from now because of its ability to engage with the reader and pull the reader into the setting and circumstance of the book. The book was written in first person point of view, allowing the reader to see it more from Eugenides point of view, and less of an omnipotent person who sees all and knows all. It allows the reader to feel more of a down to Earth when reading because we see more it from a human perspective, so when we read the problems that Gen, as he is called in the book, is facing, we see and connect with them better then other books. Another reason it will be read 100 years from now is because it is a human character that is fallible and messes up. It is shown in the beginning of the novel when he is thrown in jail because of his inability to have the foresight to think that people will arrest him for stealing the kings seal. It just shows how human Eugenides is in the book, because of all of his mistakes he makes over the course of the book. Even simple mistakes, like tripping over a log helps show how human and real he is. All of these things show how The Thief will be read in 100 years.