Symbolism In The Lightning Thief

Luke is trying to find Daedalus who can help him and his armies navigate the labyrinth to Camp Half Blood. Percy and his friends must seek out Daedalus before Luke and explain to him why he can’t give Luke Ariadne’s thread. Another conflict that rises is Ethan Nakumura, a captive of Luke’s army runs off to join Kronos ’s cause instead of Percy and his friends. Percy also had to make sure Nico wouldn’t fall into the hands of Kronos or King Minos.

During the process of writing literature, and for works of fiction especially, authors will often utilize a literary device known as symbolism, in order to further engage readers and add a deeper layer of meaning to their story. Any object, person, or situation, can be used as a symbol provided it represents an additional concept or abstract idea apart from its literal meaning. In several fictitious stories, the element of symbolism plays a crucial role in helping writers extend the meaning behind their works beyond the prosaic. Two notable pieces of literature that skilfully demonstrate how symbolic imagery can enhance the narrative include, Frankenstein and “Goblin Market”—written by Mary Shelley and Christina Rossetti, respectively. Within both of these literary works, symbolic imagery is effectively employed, by setting the tone of the story, adding depth to the characters, and expressing the significance of several complex themes.

The book The thief of always by Clive Barker is a fable about a young boy who bored out of his mind and finds the Holiday House, the dream house and the house of illusions that the evil Mr.Hood snatches away time. Little details like the illustrations make a giant difference on the plot of this fable. Barker does many important stuff with the illustrations in the story such as foreshadowing, creating suspense, and symbolism.

In the book,”Night” there are many examples of symbolism. For example, the title symbolizes a dark time in the lives of Jews, gays, and many different people throughout the Holocaust. I symbolize the night with darkness, the cold, and loneliness.All these factors played a part in the Jews lives during the Holocaust. Juliek’s violin was one, the spoon and knife was one, and the word corpses was one as well.

The novel Night by Elie Wiesel, is a tragic memoir of a young Hungarian Jew who survives the concentration camps of Auschwitz. Elie shares every moment from the short time before they are taken down to the end of the tyranny that was the camp itself. Elie shares his journey of how prisoners transforms; daily witness of Hitler’s objective clearly diminishes any hope the jews held on to of surviving. Elie Wiesel's story conveys the emotional distress that the Jews experience during the Holocaust. As Elie shares his story, fear is quickly instilled upon the Jews as they live in an atmosphere of uncertainty. From the fortified windows of the Ghettos, to the frantic warnings of Mrs. Schachter, it is evident that the

In fact, it illustrates how often people believe they are changing something only to usher in a similar, if not the same, sort of system. This is shown through the revelation that Curtis’s revolution would never have changed anything.

“The Storm”, written by Kate Chopin in 1898, examines the uncontrollable desires of a young wife, lured into the arms of her past lover as her husband and son are caught in a storm. Bobinôt and four-year-old Bibi are running errands when the storm suddenly hit. Bobinôt’s wife, Calixta was at home sewing when she noticed the severe storm happening outside. When Calixta went outside to gather some clothing, her old lover Alcée asked for shelter during the storm. Through her use of symbolism, Chopin gives the reader her feelings on the love affair between Calixta and Alcée.

In the excerpt the author uses first person point of view to achieve having suspense because it makes the story way more exciting and interesting, and who doesn’t love a good cliff hanger? He wants more people to read his books. When the author says on the last sentence “and I knew if I asked her any more questions she would start to cry” and the excerpt ends on that to make people want to hear more and purchase the book. Another reason why the author uses first person point of view is to explain how Percy thinks he is “not normal”. “What was so great about me a dyslexic hyperactive boy with a D+ report card”

One of the most common traits exhibited by heroes in works of fiction is mysterious parentage. The hero 's parents are typically important people who possess special powers or another special trait of sorts. The parents are sometimes royalty, and sometimes gods—no matter who the parents are, they always have one specific thing in common: the hero does not know them. In the novel, Harry 's parents are talented and

In the short story “A Sound of Thunder,” Ray Bradbury utilizes imagery to paint a picture in the reader's head of the setting and how the characters conquer problems along the way, and furthermore uses this literary device to provide the theme of the story; little things can make a big difference, and pay attention to detail. This happens when Travis, the tour guide of the prehistoric hunt, and Eckels, the customer, are hunting dinosaurs together and first catch sight of the T-Rex. The men are astonished at what they see, “It came on great oiled, resilient, striding legs. It towered thirty feet above half of the trees, a great evil god, folding its delicate watchmaker’s claws close to its oily reptilian chest. And from the great breathing cage of the upper body those two delicate arms dangled out front, arms with hands which might pick

Rick Riordan's book “Percy Jackson and the Lighting Thief” takes place in an unrealistic world, where the gods of Olympus not only exist but also have hundreds of children. Percy happens to be one of these children with a mortal mother named Sally and his father Poseidon the god of the sea. The gods have many disagreements and fights and once Zeus, the leader of Olympus, master bolt got stolen he automatically blamed it on Percy since he is a son of Poseidon. So to prove his innocence, he goes on a dangerous death defying quest to return the bolt. So to accomplish this near impossible feat he has to keep hope and confidence on his side even in the darkest of times.

Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon the Sea God, only realizes that he is a half-blood when strange, mysterious things start happening at his school. Not long after that, he finds

The contemporary definition of a hero is any person, male, female, or other, that displays the values of bravery and courage in being selfless by helping others, or positively impacting the community. This is different from the ancient Greeks definition of a hero, where only men qualify, and their motivations are mainly for their own gain. Percy Jackson, like Greek heroes, has divine parentage, as he is the son of Poseidon and his mortal mother, Sally Jackson, making him a demigod. Also, Percy overcomes challenges that would be impossible for a mortal, such as killing Medusa, a hydra, a Minotaur, and returning from an encounter with Hades in the underworld, with the help of his friends/allies, Grover and Annabeth. Along with this, Percy was given a special weapon, a pen that could turn into a sword, and earned fame among his peers at the camp for demigods, Camp half-blood, as well as the Olympian gods. However, this is where the similarity ends, as Percy shows the many traits that are unique to the modern idea of a hero. Percy goes through all these difficult tasks with only the thought of protecting his mother in mind, not for fame and glory, which shows courage, bravery, and selflessness. Percy Jackson is also not particularly

Percy discovered his power while at boarding school. It started when this girl named Nancy Bobofit was being rude to Percy’s best friend Grover. Grover was weak,

While the other students know their parents, specifically their fathers, Percy has never known his father. He lives with his mother, whom he thinks is the best person in the world (Riordan 29) but he has no idea who his father is. Percy’s mom has just always told him his father was “lost at sea” (Riordan 30).