Summary Of Percy Jackson And The Lighting Thief

We have all read books about heroes and monsters and princesses in towers, one of these books that I have read is Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief. Many people like this book, and here are a couple reason why I loved reading this story. Including how the hero defeats the evil, and how he saves the world. A modern life high school boy who gets thrown into chaos.

Percy Jackson was sent on this quest to find Zeus missing lightning bolt, he had week to do it or he was turned into a dolphin. He was the son of Poseidon which wasn't a great thing because Poseidon wasn't supposed to have children. Chiron sent him on this quest but, the real reason Percy did it was to save his mother. When he was given this quest he got a prophecy which is which one or more messages are communicated by gods. His friend Annabeth and Grover went on the quest to help him. Grover was a satyr and Annabeth has been at camp Half-Blood since she was seven and camp Half-Blood is the camp Percy was sent too. Finally all four parts of Percy prophecy came true.

The monster took them away and Percy got scared because he started to see where is Annabeth and Thalia. They were nowhere to be found. Percy went to go find them and he was attacked by the principal named Dr. Thorn and he was the monster. He already knows about Percy and his friends because they have a smell that the monster can

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is about a 12 year old boy named Percy Jackson who's getting chased by mythological monsters and his two friends Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, and Grover Underwood a satyr who is Percy's protector. Percy was in 6th grade and had just gotten out of school for summer break, when he found out that he was a half-blood, his mother was Sally Jackson, a mortal and his father was Poseidon, king of the sea. Percy got sent to camp Half-Blood for protection from monsters and got assigned a mission to find a lightning bolt that the gods think he stole and prevent a war between the gods, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus.

In the book Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, Percy is your typical 12-year-old boy who is a troublemaker in school and lives with his mother’s abusive husband. Percy’s life changes when he accused of stealing Zeus’ master bolt and attacked by monsters. Percy’s mother is killed along the way towards a camp called Camp Half-Blood and trains his heritage as a demigod. Percy is then sent on a heroic quest, with friends, to prove his innocence and along the way, rescue his mother from Hades. After a long and arduous journey of being chased by monsters, Percy managed to return the lightning bolt and save his mother. Percy is then betrayed by a close friend, as the friend was the thief, and escaped while warning them of the true mastermind.

Percy Jackson - Percy Jackson is the twelve-year-old protagonist of The Lightning Thief. He is the narrator and the hero of The Lightning Thief. At the beginning of the story, Percy's life perspective is pretty negative. Percy is a 12-year-old boy who has been expelled from every school he has attended in the past 6 years. Percy is dyslexic and has ADHD. A scene that best shows this is when he says, “I could start at any point in my short and miserable life to prove it.” When he begins telling his story, he's a bit grumpy, angry, or even depressed. Percy comes from a very humble background, meaning he is grateful for the simple joys in life. Percy never knew his dad. His mother eventually married a guy named Gabe Ugliano, Percy calls him Smelly Gabe. They live in a small apartment in Queens, NY, and Gabe enjoys making Percy's life and Percy's mom's life miserable.

that Greek gods exist, and have been closely observing western culture and ideas. The author draws parallels to Percy’s life, who is an American teenager, with that of Greek heroes. This parallel helps the readers to relate to the book, essentially engaging the young readers to learn about Greek mythology and the lessons of life that it teaches, in a not so bland way. The protagonist of the novel, Percy Jackson, is revealed to be special in some way. This section also develops other supporting characters, such as Chiron, Percy’s teacher, who also was mentor to Hercules and Grover, who is Percy’s sidekick, a multi-dimensional character with his own past, hopes and concerns. The association of Chiron and Percy foretells that Percy will carry on heroic deeds in future. Percy fights Minotaur, a monster that even Theseus fought and defeated. In the process of defeating Minotaur, Percy loses his mother, which he feels was his last hope to returning to his normal human life. By drawing parallels between Percy and various heroes of Greek Mythology, the author shows Percy in the light of a hero. A hero who is yet to prove his worth in the Camp Half-Blood. His encounter with Clarisse at a bathroom in camp, allows him to show his strength, which was very similar to that of his father Poseidon, but also instils in some ways fear amongst the camp

Percy and his class are on a field trip. He has a friend called Grover ( who turns out to be a satyr sent to look after him and a teacher he feels he can trust and who believes in him( who turns out to be the centaur, Chiron)

Percy wakes up at a place called camp half-blood. Camp half-blood is created by magical borders in order to protect demigods so they can continue to train while being safe. After entering camp half-blood Percy learns about his identity of being a demigod. A demigod is child from a human and Greek god parent. He learns that he’s the son of one the three major Gods, Poseidon. Also, that his mother is very much alive but is kidnapped by Hades one of the three major Gods as well. Percy then goes into training and utilizes his dragon to be a positive trait that helps him settle into his new life. As his dyslexia functions for mythology and his ADHD helps him keep moving in

The Lightning Thief is a fictional book that is in the point of view of the protagonist, Percy Jackson. In the beginning of the book, Percy discovers that he is a half-blood, a half-human half-God. After an encounter with a Minotaur and his mother mysteriously disappearing, Percy is sent to Camp Half-Blood. At Camp Half-Blood, Percy meets many kids just like him. Percy also discovers many more things about himself. For instance, he finds out that his father is Poseidon, and that his best friend Grover is a satyr. He also finds out that his father Poseidon is accused of stealing his brother Zeus’s master bolt, but Poseidon refused to accept that he had taken the bolt. Percy, Grover, and Annabeth; Percy’s other friend, set off on a quest to

We could say that Chiron was also the herald of the story, giving Percy his quest and thus calling him to the adventure.

He has journeyed across the United States in order to arrive at The Supreme Ordeal. Later on in The Lighting Thief on page 311, the text states, “ ‘Return Zeus’s master bolt to me,’ I said. ‘Please sir. Let me carry it to Olympus.’ “ Percy’s main goal throughout the book is to retrieve Zeus’s master bolt for him. Stories that emulate “The Hero’s Journey” typically involve a challenge that the hero must overcome, such as recovering the master bolt in The Lightning Thief. Percy receives a supreme ordeal to defeat, cognate to the way the hero does in “The Hero’s Journey”.

I think that the main theme in Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is identity. The whole book is about Percy’s journey and how he finds himself. At the beginning of the book, Percy doesn't know who his father is or why he left Percy and his mother, and wonders who he truly is. Percy feels as though he is a trouble child, and that he could never be anything special. However, over the course of the story, he learns things about himself that he never thought possible. What he thought were weaknesses turned out to be the signs of a demigod, and a particularly powerful one. Percy’s very being is tested when he must make hard choices, such as deciding between staying within the safety of Camp Half Blood, or returning to New York where monsters

Percy Jackson isn't expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears on campus, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to worse. In this latest installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half-Blood grows more vulnerable by the minute as Kronos' army prepares to invade its once impenetrable borders. To stop the invasion, Percy and his demigod friends must set out on a quest through the Labyrinth - a sprawling underground world with stunning surprises at every turn. Along the way Percy will confront powerful enemies, find out the truth about the lost god Pan, and face the Titan lord Kronos’s most terrible secret. After the adventure at Percy’s birthday, Poseidon appeared. Then, Nico came and told Percy that he knew how to defeat the titan armies for good.

Percy Jackson is a twelve year old boy that lives in New York, in modern time. He has attended a few private schools for troubled students (Riordan 1). In fact, he describes himself as a “troubled kid” with dyslexia and ADHD (Riordan 7). Percy is used to being the loner of the group, after attending six schools in the past six years which probably means he doesn’t make many friends. (Schmoop). His classmates do not have a need to scramble for money.