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The book “Percy Jackson & Olympians: The Lightning Thief” by Rick Riordan is the first book in his fiction Greek god and goddess series. This book was written from the main character, Percy Jackson’s point of view just after sixth grade. As the story progresses its settings become more elaborate. The book’s major settings are Percy’s school, camp Half Blood, Greek God Hades’s Underworld, a beach in Santa Monica, and the top of the Empire State building which is secretly Mount. Olympus. It is written

Do you know the heroes that are around you daily? In the book, The Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson is a hero because his quest teaches him to protect others, and tests his strength. My great-grandfather, Joseph Fobbs could empower the world, with his journey as a biracial child during the time of segregation. My great-grandfather, Joseph Fobbs, is a hero because he has contributed power and inspiration to this earth, as well as to my very own family. The first stage encountered by Joseph

Movie directors change the way they depict characters based on things like genre, intended audience, accuracy of the myth, and even personal preference. The directors producing Disney’s Hercules and Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief had similar intended audiences but very different views on the feel of the movie and how the gods should be perceived. With Zeus being the king of the gods we can predict a lot about the movie just by the depiction of Zeus. Both movies introduce him

The film Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters is all about Thalia protecting the Camp Half Blood. Thalia is the daughter of Zeus that sacrificed her own life to save Annabeth, Grover and Luke from an attack of Cyclops and was transformed by her father in a magical tree. Suddenly, Percy Jackson is visited by his half-brother Cyclops Tyson and they discovered that Thalia was poisoned and is about to die. Then the camp is attacked by a Colchis Bull but it is conquered by Percy. Then he learned that Luke

After an uneventful school year, Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, the god of the sea, returns to Camp Half Blood, a camp for demigods, sons and daughters of the Gods. However, he doesn’t return under good circumstances. Upon arrival, he learns that the tree of Thalia has been poisoned. This tree helps to keep the magical border surrounding and concealing the camp healthy. However, with the tree sickened and dying, Camp Half Blood is falling to pieces. Percy must now go on a journey to find the only

Ethnography 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. “The other guys were joking around

Percy Jackson: The Lightning Theme Intro: Rick Riordan’s fantasy novels, The Lightning Thief, and The Sea of Monsters , take place in a mythological world where the main character Percy Jackson is thrown into a new life of danger and adventure. In a world where the greek gods are real, and so are their many children, a person may feel like they do not belong. But for a person to truly find out where they belong, they must first find out who they really are as a person. Body I: Rick Riordan uses

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

The description is best worded by Percy as the following: “We were on the inside slope of the hill now, the valley of Camp Half-Blood directly below us—the cabins, the training facilities, the Big House.” (25) The specifics behind the appearance are very similar to the actual appearance

Thief, goes by the name Percy Jackson. We follow Percy’s journey through five books by Rick Riordan in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, and in another 5 books in the Heroes of Olympus series. Percy’s odyssey includes overcoming many obstacles like finding his mother in the Underworld and finding his way through Daedalus’ Labyrinth, and meeting gods like his father Poseidon and the Queen Hera. Many of Percy’s characteristics lead him to be a successful leader. Percy Jackson has many characteristics