You are Built from Your Descent

Who raises you and where you come from is what makes you who you are.  That is your descent, or your background in terms of your family.  That is the theme of the first installment of the Mortal Instruments Series.  All of the characters are made from what their parents, or whoever brought them up, taught them.

 

 

Jace Wayland learned many life lessons from his father.  One of those lessons that he lives by is "to love is to destroy" and he learned that in one of the hardest ways possible.



Clary Fray never learned about her true self because her mother tried to protect her from demons and the rest of the Shadow World.  Her mom always told her that her father was dead and that she was a normal teenage girl.  None of that was true.

Clary Finds Out About Some of Her Past

Clary Meets her Real Father

In this story, you can never know what is the truth and what is a lie.  You can either do what you are taught because it could mean being the hero.  You may also do the opposite of what you are taught because you learn how to be evil.  And who doesn't want to be the hero?!