Rick Pitino

"BOOM, POW, WHAM, SWOOSH", movies these days are much more realistic and can be compared to many theories or people. Books on the other hand, can be seen in your mind, where you can picture and exaggerate the things that you are reading. The movie and the book of Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief are both interesting. It is about a boy named Percy Jackson who finds out that he is the son of the Greek god, Poseidon. He goes to this camp where he trains and learns to use his powers for good so that

In this essay we will be comparing and contrasting the books “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” by Rick Riordan and “A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning” by Lemony Snicket. We will start off by having a summary of Percy Jackson In “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The lightning Thief” the book starts off simple. A twelve year old boy named Percy who is dyslexic and struggles in school who only has one friend named Grover who is actually a satyr which means goat

look to be that if he continued on this path that he was not going to make out and become successful. He graduated high school and attended some college. Russell Simmons passion was music so he left college to pursue his dreams. He met a guy named Rick Rubin and created Def Jam Records to promote local rap artist. They both gave all there money to make this record company to become successful.

The first book of Percy Jackson and The Olympians series is called The Lightning Thief. I chose this book due to its several themes that are unique. The Lightning Thief has several different themes such as discovering identity, family, and versions of reality. There are plenty of more themes in the book, but those are the most important ones. The first theme in The Lightning Thief is discovering identity. The main character, Percy, is left with barely any knowledge of his father, and is sent from

Rick Riordan is an amazing author that is well known for his amazing books and novels. Rick Riordan wrote several novels, but his most famous series is the Percy Jackson. The Lightning Thief was the beginning of the series. Percy had to accept how he is a half-blood and has to return the stolen lightning bolt from Hades before a war starts. The authors style is fiction and greek mythology. Rick Riordan writing style is very vivid. He writes in such detail that no area is not defined. His books contains

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. As you can tell by the title, the series is based on a twelve year-old boy named Percy Jackson. I have read the first two books and I will try to finish the series. The book starts out by describing Percy Jackson and his school. He is a twelve year-old boy that lives with

Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief Characters 1. Percy Jackson Percy is used to being the outsider, the loner, and the dummy. He describes himself as "a troubled kid”. The fact that he has attended six schools over the past six years tells us that he must be really good at adapting to new places, but that he probably doesn't have many friends. (Page #1) Percy tells us that he is twelve years old and until a few months ago, he was a student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate

Rick Riordan is a person that is known to have strong words in many of his novels about adventure. As he has shown in his books, anyone can do anything that they put their mind to. The quote “I made Percy Jackson ADHD as a way to show my respect to those who are,” is very important. This is very important because it shows that Rick believes in many people. Also, he shows that in his novels, the demigod’s are going on numerous quests in hopes of survival. Then, Mr.Riordan is also showing that he believes

Jackson books and/or Carter Kane books? If not I think you should, they are fantastic books as Percy and Carter are both very brave. A character trait that they both share is being brave. “The Lightning Thief” through “The Blood Of Olympus” are by Rick Riordan as are “The Red Pyramid” through “The Serpent's Shadow.” Except “The Lightning Thief” through “The Blood Of Olympus” stars Percy Jackson, and “The Red Pyramid” through “The Serpent's Shadow” stars Carter Kane. Percy Jackson and Carter Kane

The Lightning Thief is a 2005 fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology, the first young adult novel written by Rick Riordan. It is the first novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, which charts the adventures of modern-day twelve-year-old Percy Jackson as he discovers he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and the Greek god Poseidon. Percy and his friends Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood go on a quest to prevent a war between the gods Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. The Lightning