Xeones died in battle and starts off the story discussing his afterlife experience. The novel is well organized and constructed. Xeones and the Spartans are strongminded, brave, loyal, and determined to fight for what they believe in. The 300 Spartans share the same ideas as Xeones, and they are willing to die to protect their hometown. Xeones stays faithful to his hometown and continues to ponder on his old home.
He wants to go to Sparta to become a helot, and then avenged his destroyed hometown. Xeones shows his determination to follow out what he believes he needs to do. Later in the story Xeones is whipped for following the Spartan army when he is not allowed. In the book Pressfield mentions the punishment Xeones got when he tried to steal a goose, “The men of the farm dragged me into the mud of the livestock pen and nailed me to a hide board the size of a door, driving tanning spikes through both my palms.” The author introduces the harsh punishments that may be given for stealing during this time period, and the risk Xeones is willing to take to stay alive. Pressfield present themes and information about Xeones and the Spartans to help shape the style of writing. He is also among a few authors that have recently created a novel surrounding the events of Thermopylae. Steven Pressfield completed his novel in 1998 making it a recent book. The author made sure to have historic facts and important names included to help create the book. With Pressfield’s own ideas and the help of his colleagues, he creates a fictional novel that contains accurate historic events. Each of Pressfield’s friends helped him identify the fighting tactics, weapons, and history during the ancient Greece time period. Steven Pressfield used the knowledge of a couple of his colleagues, Hunter B. In this book review many ideas will be explained, and will help explain the reasons Pressfield wrote Gates of Fire. Throughout the book Xeones shares personal experiences in the world around him, and how the destruction of his home city inspires him to fight for what he believes in. In Pressfield’s book he writes about the battle of Thermopylae, and about a fictional character named Xeones who helps shape the novel. The author is able to incorporate a relation to how the Spartans train to go to war. The author joined the United States Marine Core as a rifleman until 1971. Gates of Fire is written by Steven Pressfield, a graduate from Duke University.
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