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Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief Analysis

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Through films, poetry, and art, mythology has become synonymous with an alternate telling of historical events, or explaining events previously misunderstood by the general public. Although it may seem like simple fiction to most, mythology has become intertwined with the Greek culture, and is key in an overall understanding of how the world works. The book I have read is “Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief”. Through the eyes of Rick Riordan, a simple story of an ordinary student begins to unravel, and discusses several key figures and moments of ancient Greek culture, and therefore, mythological beings of grand power. Close to the beginning of the book, the main character, Percy Jackson, visits a museum and is asked to explain an event depicted in one of the picture. Afterwards, he is asked why knowledge of these mythological events would matter in reality (Riordan 5,6). This exact question is the central theme throughout the book, and is what I pondered throughout the story. Percy Jackson thinks he is a normal twelve years old student. Well, not normal because he has Dyslexia and ADHD. One day, after encountering a mythological creature, chasing after him for an unknown reason, he learns that he is not ordinary, after all. He is a son of an Olympian God, Poseidon, and his best friend, Grover, is not a boy, but a satyr in disguise. He does not have Dyslexia and ADHD, he just has the ability to read Ancient Greek, and act like a warrior. His mother kept

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