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Pluto And Minerva Compare And Contrast
Once there was a man named Pluto, with jet black hair the color of coal and ice blue eyes it was easy to tell that he was a god. To spite that fact that Pluto was not the most powerful god in Olympia he was well off. He was extremely jealous of his brother Jupiter, who was the king of the gods. Pluto spent many hours pondering on how he could become better and more powerful than his older brother. One day Pluto went to visit Minerva in hopes that she could make him richer and more powerful than Jupiter. Minerva’s temple was enormous with creamy white pillars reaching to the top of the clouds, gold piping lining the edges and extraordinary marble steps leading up to the temple. The inside of the temple was breath taking with silk couches polished marble floors. The walls were made into book shelfs covered with different texts about every topic imaginable. In the center of the room sat a gold throne, and upon the throne sat Minerva. Not only was Minerva brilliant, she was also gorgeous, with shiny brown hair cascading down her back and green eyes the color of the sea. Pluto hardy noticed any of this though, he was too focused on his greed, and he had become so obsessive that his greed had consumed him. “Minerva I need your help.” Pluto requested …show more content…
“I must have riches and power, please I will do anything in return.” Pluto pleaded. Minerva being the goodness of wisdom knew about Pluto’s jealousy, and felt that he must be punished for his selfish acts.
“I can help you, but I must have something in return” Minerva stated
“Thank you, I will give you anything you want along as you make me even more powerful and rich than my brother.” Pluto

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