The Brave Little Soldier

During the course of the story, there was much interference by the Gods when Zeus was not looking. I think the God's (particularly Hera and Poseidon) were a little bit childish, because like a child they played with the Trojans and the Achaeans like toy soldiers when Zeus was not looking. In the part of the book where Zeus found out about their mischief with the war, he became angry and he sent Apollo to intervene to even up the battle. The battle raged, and the Trojans were advancing to the ships of the Achaean. Patroclus, Achilles' blood-relative began encouraging Achilles to take up his armor and join the battle but Achilles didn't want to so Patroclus took up Achilles' armor and he joined in the onslaught. 

Trojans were really afraid when they saw "Achilles" (Patroclus) joining and they started to lose their confidence and some retreated. This gave the Achaeans hope and they started to fight back with more determination. Patroclus began to kill many Trojans and this empowered the Achaeans. Patroclus led the attack and went as far as the gates of Troy. Patroclus even killed Zeus' mortal son, Sarpedon which angered Zeus and Zeus decided to kill Patroclus which led to the face off between Hector and Patroclus. Apollo secretly went behind Patroclus and wounded him as approved by Zeus. Then Hector attacked and killed Patroclus. Before Patroclus dies he was taunted by Hector but Patroclus foretells Hector's fall.

Like a brave little soldier, Patroclus risked his life to defend their ships and to fight the Trojans who were quickly advancing to their ships. He is really a noble soldier who killed many before he died and his reason for dying. His comrades were all with him (except for Achilles who was not fighting) and even killed Zeus' son Sarpedon. A true warrior and also a match for Hector (too bad they didn't fight long because of Apollo's interference)Patroclus died an honorable and noble death, each warrior wants a death like that. Even at a brink of death, he never shows weakness and even threatens Hector. It takes a lot to fight like that. What a brave little soldier...