Ptolemy's gate

In the book, Ptolemy's gate by Jonathan Stroud, there are 3 main characters, not one like a normal book. The three characters are Nathaniel, Bartimaeus and Kathleen Jones, a.k.a Kitty. Nathaniel is a powerful young magician in the top ranks of an extremely corrupt government. Bartimaeus is a entity summoned by Nathaniel, who must follow his orders, but tries to rebel. Kitty is a person who was supposedly dead, and wanted by the government for treason. The author uses multiple personalities to make the book a more confusing and conflicting read.

In this book, the 2 young adults, Nathaniel and Kitty are treated like two completely different people, and, Nathaniel is treated like somebody incredibly out of his depth, and even his mentor, Jessica Whitwell claims that he is out of his depth. She said "I believe that my apprentice needs a little more help with managing situations and that this one may be out of his depth." The author is trying to show that no matter how powerful the kid is, he may still not be able to tackle the problems ahead.

Kitty is treated like a more better adult and she has less power over other people. She cares more about other peoples and is not given government positions. She herself set up a resistance that fought against all of the dictatorship that is called a equal government. However, she is treated with less dignity than all of the other people, and does not think that the magicians deserve all of this because of the fact that they are "defending" Britain.

Lord Anton said "Absolute power corrupts absolutely", and I think this story is a good example of it. Nathaniel is given high ranking positions and is callous and blind to his surroundings because of it. Kitty knows what is going on and aware of her surroundings, and she is treated as a lonely commoner because of the fact that she was not born in the government. She is trying to redo the french revolution, and Nathaniel is sitting back in his chair doing paperwork.