The book that I read this quarter was called Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters. The author of this book is Rick Riordan, who is also the author of the other Percy Jackson books. The genre of this book is fantasy fiction/greek mythology. This book has been put in this genre because the storyline discusses greek mythology and is not very realistic. The book takes place in modern day and it has multiple place settings. These main settings include Camp Half-Blood, and the Sea of Monsters. Camp Half-Blood is a camp where demigods train and have fun, the sea of monsters is a mythical sea that is very dangerous as well. The time frame of this book is about 3 weeks. This story is written in first person by none other than Percy Jackson himself. The themes of this book are learning to accept and love others as well as doing the right thing and fighting for what you love. The theme loving and accepting others was come across because Percy finds out he has a brother, who is much different than him. The other theme, fighting for what you love, has come across because Percy is fighting for a camp he loves and he will do anything to save it. This book shows strong themes of love and passion The major character, or protagonist, in this story is Percy Jackson. Percy Jackson is a half-blood (meaning he is half god and half mortal) and his father is Poseidon. He is thirteen years old and just finished seventh grade in this story. He is a caring and good friend and he will do anything
Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief is a story of a boy in high school who has below average grades in a below average household, where he lives with his mother and a nasty old man who abuses his mom. One day while he was away on a school field trip, his life gets completely destroyed, and thrown into a spiral of Greek gods and prophecies. Where he meets a girl who shows him what it
So the main story is about this kid names Percy Jackson(like the title).His Mom(Sally) is a very nice women who ended up being with this mean guy which is Percy’s Step dad.He never knew who his dad was until.But his teacher(Grover) is a secret demigod that was sent to the world to protect Percy and Percy doesn’t know.But when him and his mom go out of town the waves start attacking them and brings them to this camp with only demigods but his mom dies saving Percy,and then once Zeus's lightning rod gets stolen and was supposedly in L.A and him and posieden.So he goes with Annabeth and Lucas(he doesn't make it very far) who they meet at the camp of demigods to go with them.In the middle he kills medusa.Then once they get to Hades after realizing
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.
Percy who is the good guy in the story meets different allies along the way that helps him on the quest. The hero theme starts off when Percy gets home from school. When his stepfather who is a complete jerk to his mom. But little did he know that Gabe scent was being used to cover up the scent of Percy’s blood. Gabe was also one of the conflicting characters.
The characters in my book are very interesting, there are 3 main characters. Percy, Grover, and Annabeth. Percy is the son of Poseidon who is a Greek God. A powerful God who rules over all the oceans and everything in them. Then there is Percy's best friend Grover, is a Satyr, that is someone who is half horse & half man. Annabeth is the daughter of Athena who is a Greek Goddess.There are other important characters as well in the story like Percy's mom, or the other Gods. Percys personality in the beginning of the book is best described as shyness or acts like he doesn't care, but over the book he expands out of that stage and becomes more outgoing and courageous. Grover is fearless, he has to be because he is Percys protector. But
As for the movie, Percy is your stereotypical 16-year-old teenager who also lives with an abusive stepdad. Similar to the book, Percy is attacked by a monster and his life forever changes. Percy’s
Percy Jackson from Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief displays many qualities of being a hero. According to the article, “The Hero’s Journey”, there are many different stages of being a hero. Percy acquires many characteristics of being a hero. Some of the stages that Percy relates to are: “The Ordinary World”, “The Call to Adventure”, “Allies/ Helpers”, and “Master of Two Worlds/ Restoring the World”. Therefore, Percy Jackson is presented as a hero from the different stages of “The Hero’s Journey”.
Percy Jackson is the main character in this story, who is a demi god, who mortals are after. His name is short for Perseus and his father is one the big three gods, Poseidon. He is suffering from dyslexia and ADHD, which could be deliberately added to the
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.
The novel is an extremely immersive experience owing to the protagonist - Percy Jackson - regularly breaking the fourth wall and speaking directly to the readers. It builds up suspense by foreshadowing the events to come, giving the readers a taste of the challenges awaiting Percy in the pages ahead. Percy is portrayed as the modern-day equivalent of classical heroes. Like the past heroes, Percy is treated differently by those around him, and has trouble fitting in with them. An absent father and a lack of knowledge of his own past help draw further parallels with the classical 'hero' figure. The significant people in Percy's life appear to know something about Percy that he doesn’t know and seek to protect him. Percy, however, is a stubborn
The hero of the story is of course Perseus Jackson, a literal homage to traditional Greek heroes. Percy was a somewhat normal kid living in New York before he went on the journey of becoming a real hero.
The plot type of Percy Jackson the Lightning Thief is voyage and return and a quest. Percy Jackson has a voyage and return plot because Percy needs to leave his home to save his mom from Hades, who traped her in the underworld so that Percy would give him the lightning bolt; the story is a quest because he left home to search for something, in the movie percy was searching for the pearls so that he could escape the underworld when he whent to get his mom. Perseus also has a voyage and return plot because perseus leaves home to get a wedding gift for polydectes; medusa’s head. Percy Jackson used the theme of Perseus to render the story new because the author of Percy Jackson wanted the people that watched the movie to make the connection between the two stories that they
The Odyssey, written by Homer, tells the story of the hero Odysseus as he tries to make his way home from the battle at Troy. His journey is filled with hardships and opportunities to grow and change as a man and become a better person. Percy Jackson and The Olympians: Sea of Monsters, written by Rick Riordan, is about two 12/13-year-old friends, Percy and Annabeth, who are children of Poseidon and Athena respectively. They go on a quest to rescue their friends and the camp they attend, where children of the gods are protected. Percy and Annabeth also go through hardships which help them to grow and develop characteristics that are valued in society. Both Homer and Riordan reveal the personality traits of their characters, and the
A major character in the book is of course, Harry Potter. A fourteen-year old protagonist with prominent principles to guide him and developing maturity. The boy inherited his father’s (James Potter) “perpetually untidy black hair, his mother’s (Lily Potter) green eyes, a lightning bolt-shaped scar on his forehead, round eyeglasses, and small & skinny for his age.” (Rowling) Harry attends Hogwarts with Hermione Granger along with Ron Weasley, both are best-friends of him.
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.