Personal Narrative: Percy Jackson And The Olympians By Rick Riordan

Checking where you left your page is very crucial. Soon, I’ll explain why. Hi I am Violet Koai. I live in Allen, Texas and I am 14. You may not believe what I am going to say, but I will tell you just because I want to. So, here it goes. It all started one day in the middle of midnight when I asked my mom to go outside and play. I begged her. I said I’d be back home in a few minutes.

Ever since I was in elementary school, I have had a strong fascination with literature. Overtime, I had a plethora of books lining my bookcases and barely had room for any more. Reading was a necessity to me and it still is to me today. I eat, sleep, and breath literature because I feel like it’s essential to my academic career. Literature does many wonderful things like, teach me about life lessons, transport me to a new world that I have only dreamed about going to, and discover new vocabulary.

My sister and I went to the Bronx Community College often when she was pursuing her Associate's degree. Taking me through the Hall of fame and I remember feeling joy and excitement at the thought of my favorite place was a hall of presidents which reinforced my faith in The American Dream.I became passionate about education and the influence it makes. Although we lived in a low-income community my family established a foundation that of which I have gained certain habits which supported me in my pursuit of academic success.I've spent most afternoons in my community Library because of my sisters. By doing so I began appreciating literary material above my standard at the time and aspired to write like the material I admired. Which enabled me to research solutions to problems I perceived on the daily basis. Even with the access to such invaluable resources the library provided, there were more problems and questions coming with every solution. At a very young age, I understood how vast and how useful education and information was and couldn't get enough of it.Passion for literature empowered me and developed many skills such as writing and critical thinking. Manipulating my command of language and resources I was able to pursue solutions to problems without a definite solution. My perspective and pursuit of high performance demanded my development of valuable skills and

Reading was the new outlet for my imagination and the stories I read fascinated me. They weren’t too unlike the scripts of computer games or the own stories I came up with on my own, but books actually had the action and emotional aspects written out. And again, while my peers were reading things about growing up, things that had morals and would teach valuable lessons (I remember one book about a shoplifter who had to do community service at an animal shelter), I read real fiction: Jurassic Park, Dragonriders of Pern, Lord of the Rings… Stuff of fantasy and science-fiction that let my mind stray from reality. Stuff that kept my imagination alive while I was being forced to learn multiplication and the names of countries. Of course, my teachers encouraged me to keep reading, as long as I wasn’t doing the reading in the middle of their lectures. But it wasn’t because of their influence, however, that kept me interested in books. It was because I loved it. It put pictures into my head and made me think. So I kept reading. But even then I knew reading wasn’t enough… Yes, the stories were fascinating, but they weren’t what I wanted. Back then I wasn’t sure what I wanted, but as middle school came to a close, I found it.

In the second book of Percy Jackson & The Olympians, it focuses even more on the feeling of adventure and teamwork. At the start of the book, it mentions that Grover, Percy's friend, is in danger while trying to find Pan, the god of wilderness, and that the tree protecting Camp Half-Blood from monsters is poisoned. The book also mentions Percy's cyclops brother, Tyson, that Percy is often embarrassed to have. When the camp gathers up and talks about the situation of the poisoned tree, Percy and Annabeth stand up to talk about the Golden Fleece, a tool that can be used to heal or reform anything. The two ask for a quest, but instead of them receiving the mission, the daughter of Ares, Clarrise, was chosen. After Clarrise departs, Percy, Tyson,

As I fly back home from Alaska, I think of all my all my adventures I’ve had so far. I feel amazing that I finally finish and will be returning to my dogs, my home, and most importantly, my sweet wife. I missed her so much over the past two weeks, I can't wait to see her again.

There are many stories that surround the Greek gods and goddesses, this book can be considered one of them. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Last Olympian, is a 381 page, young-adult fiction book written by Rick Riordan and is the final book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. The book is about Percy and the rest of his demigod friends defending Olympus from the evil Titan Kronos and his army, while the gods fight the powerful monster Typhon. Percy Jackson is a sixteen year old son of Poseidon and is the leader of demigod army. Annabeth Chase is the daughter of Athena and is basically his right hand woman.

Percy Jackson: The Lighting Thief The book Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief is one of the five books in the Percy Jackson series. The series was written by Rick Riordan. The whole series is based on Greek mythology.

The connections I have between the book and my life is I really connect to all the daughters in different ways. Especially when they are saying how their mothers are putting pressure on them. I definitely understand what the daughters are saying when they talk about pressure from their mothers, because me being younger in the family and the next one to graduate I have pressure from my mom. My mother always tries to put me in camps, sports, internships and anything for my future, like all the daughters the mothers put them in activities for their future.

Some of my most positive experiences of high school so far have taken place in an English classroom. When I first started gifted ninth grade English, I was in awe at my teacher’s ability to so easily unlock the hidden meanings in a text. The fact that an author could put so much meaning and significance into a text overwhelmed, yet intrigued me. My desire of developing the ability to discover deeper meanings in texts made me determined to work hard and improve in English. As the year progressed, I noticed my dedication paying off. I was starting to experience the “aha!” moments that I had been striving for, more and more while examining literature. Being able

It was the Fall of 2014 when I helped the Book Club's fundraising table. We only had banana’s and books for sell. Our plan as a team was to sell all of the banana’s for twenty-five cents and books from one to five dollars. However, realising that most people wouldn’t buy a banana, I suggested that we could take donations for the bananas. Everyone said it is up to you, just make a profit. Ten minutes later we received our first customer, he asked how much were the banana’s, and I informed him we were taking donations to raise money for our club, the banana was a gift to the donor. He handed me five dollars without a second guess, grabbed a banana, and said good luck with the club. These sales continuously came, eventually to where we had ran

At first, I didn’t think this kind of thing would be an issue. Fueled by confidence and charisma; my younger self ( at this point a first-grader) headed on his way to Kansas and further his education. Coming from Illinois, I had thought this transition would not change much from the schooling that I had become accustomed to. I left Illinois on a Friday and started school here on Monday (didn’t even get to miss school). Still with confidence, I strode into my classroom diligently and prepared for a new experience in this new environment.

Growing up within a family with a tremendous passion of reading, I have been captivated by books since my childhood. My father was a very good reader and I my eldest brother is a poet. I, therefore, inherited a priceless treasure of books and was surrounded by an atmosphere that highly appreciate reading. I like reading about history, religion, fiction, and poetry. Particularly, literature in all of its forms, has sparked my love of reading amd inspired me to study English as undergraduate student and now I am a graduate student, majoring in English literature at UNO.

On March 26, 2016, a friend, an acquaintance, and I drove to Norfolk, Virginia, for a photoshoot. The three of us all had writing internships with the Odyssey Online, and we needed photos for our weekly articles. As a Chesapeake native, I was already quite familiar with the City of Norfolk; however, this trip showed me a depth to the city that I had never noticed before.

I found that studying literature has helped me to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of not only individual cultures, but an overall understanding of the world as a whole. I additionally discovered that in many of the short stories and poems that I have read are very intense and sometimes project personal reflections based on the author’s life and their life experiences. Some of the writings additionally held a sort of power that was channeled through the author's words and brought life and meaning to the writing. Through the various stories I was able to develop a better understand on various traditional cultural beliefs that I found contrary to childhood outside teachings and beliefs. Finally, by reading work literate gave me the ability to develop a richer and