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Percy Jackson & The Olympians : The Sea Of Monsters

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Percy Jackson faces multiple challenges throughout the book “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters.” From beginning to end Percy and his mates were interrupted various times at various places, most of those interruptions took place at sea. In pursuit of The Golden Fleece, Percy, Tyson, and Annabeth ended up on the ship Clarisse was directing. Clarisse led the CSS Birmingham to what she believed was the easiest way into the Sea of Monsters. As they attempted to get past Charybdis, Tyson pointed out that the ship lacked the strength to get past her whirlpool. Tyson, realizing what the ship’s future would be, risked his life by going down to the boiler room and putting his mechanical knowledge to the test. A few minutes later, …show more content…

As they approached the Island of Sirens, Percy decided not to listen to them since their song tempted people to kill themselves. Annabeth engineered a way to “safely” listen to them, by being tied down to the ship. After a while, Percy noticed Annabeth had liberated herself. Percy dived into the sea and located Annabeth swimming towards the sirens. He got a hold of her ankle and struggled for a few minutes before he realized sound gets distorted underwater. He utilized his powers to submerge Annabeth and himself. Percy also exploited his powers to attract a bubble of air so that Annabeth could breathe. Percy and Annabeth had successfully reached the island where the Golden Fleece was hidden. On the path to the Fleece, there was a herd of car-sized flesh-eating sheep. After debating about how they would get to the top, Annabeth and Percy picked climbing the steep side of the hill avoiding the herd. They arrived at the top of the mountain, just to find Clarisse on the verge of being boiled into a meal. Clarisse quickly became aware of the whole Polyphemus and Grover situation and explained to the Cyclops it was really Grover, a Satyr, in a bridal dress. She even went on to provoke him with suggestions on how to best season a Satyr. Polyphemus then spoke out and shared his plan to marry Clarisse and serve Grover afterward. The Cyclops placed Clarisse and Grover in a cave and continued

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