The book, Percy Jackson: The Battle Of The Labyrinth, by Rick Riordan is an amazing book about a group of demigods (half human half god) that have to save their camp from being destroyed by the evil forces of Kronos. Kronos is a titan that the gods banished to the deepest part of the underworld (Tartarus) after a war against them. Now that the titans are rising once again, the protagonists must travel through an ancient Labyrinth to stop them from demolishing their camp and temporarily halt them from achieving their goal of destroying Mount Olympus and the gods. This literary analysis will show the interesting relationships between some of the characters, and how the setting that they were in affected them throughout their journey. It will …show more content…
Throughout the book, the author does this many times to describe things that are important to the story. One example of how the author does a good job of using descriptive language is when he describes the monsters that are in the story. When describing one of these monsters, he says, “I didn’t ponder that very long, though, because then I noticed his body . . . or bodies. He had three of them. Now, you’d think I would’ve gotten used to weird anatomy after Janus and Briares, but this guy was three complete people. His neck connected to the middle of his chest like normal, but he had two more chests, one on either side, connected at the shoulders, with a few inches in between. His left arm grew out of his left chest, and the same on the right, so he had two arms, but four armpits, if that makes any sense. The chests all connected into one enormous torso, with two regular but very beefy legs, and he wore the most oversized pair of levis I’ve ever seen. His chests each wore a different color western shirt----green, yellow, and red, like a stoplight. I wondered how he dressed the middle chest, since it had no arms” (Riordan 138). This shows the reader exactly what that monster looked like, and how the author describes it really …show more content…
The book says, “The next time I woke I was in a cave, but as far as caves go, I’ve been in a lot worse. The ceiling glittered with different color crystal formations----white and purple and green, like I was inside of one of those cut geodes you see in souvenir shops. I was lying on a comfortable bed with feather pillows and cotton sheets. The cave was divided into sections by white silk curtains. Against on wall stood a large loom and a harp. Against the other wall were shelves neatly stacked with fruit preserves. Dried herbs hung from the ceiling: rosemary, thyme, and a bunch of other stuff. My mother could’ve named them all.” (Riordan 208). This means that the author can describe the setting of a place really well to help a reader visualize it. The author can use description to help the readers visualize anything. He describes things in precise detail so that readers can understand what he is trying to show them. In conclusion, The Battle Of The Labyrinth is an amazing book the tens of thousands of people enjoy. It has a ⅘ rating on commonsensemedia.org, a 4.4/5 rating on goodreads.com , and a 4.8/5 rating on dogobooks.com. It is also like by 97% of google users that voted. This shows that a lot of the people the read this book really liked it. This book is an action-packed, yet enjoyable book that can hook any reader in a heartbeat. It has heart-racing moments, emotional
The first lens in this long write is author’s craft by finding goals and techniques in the book. The first place I saw this was when the author used the technique of description to accomplish the goal of introducing the characters. The evidence supporting that is when Johnny said “It was he who owned this great wharf, the ware houses, many of the ships tied up along it. He owned
“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts,” Patrick Rothfuss. Authors use many ways to develop the setting.
I thought the book was pretty good it has action and sorrow and fun stuff and It is pretty exciting.
Mark Twain once said, ¨A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.¨ When the author uses descriptive adjectives customarily to make the story more interesting to read. In the two stories, ¨The Monkey's Paw¨ by W.W. Jacobs and ¨Treasure of Lemon Brown¨ by Walter Dean Myers, the authors use descriptive adjectives to describe the characters and settings in the stories. In the story, ¨Treasure of Lemon Brown¨ by Walter Dean Myers, the author uses descriptive adjectives to describe the characters and the setting in the stories. The author sets the setting by saying, ¨Then returned the graffiti-scarred building in the grim
Hope is something people need to get through life. It helps us get through the darkest of times. Hope is powerful, but can become weak and diminish once negative feeling occur. In A Wind in the Door, Madeleine L’Engle uses a character from the prequel of A Wind in the Door and pairs her up with a new character, an alien creature named Proginoskes. The two go on a troubling adventure to save Meg’s brother, Charles Wallace, from a deadly health condition.
Throughout the entire novel, the author’s use of literary devices is very clear. These literary devices, specifically similes and personification, help the reader get a better idea of the exact sounds and feelings which will allow them to know what it feels like to be there in that moment. “ I stood there, trying to think of a comeback, when suddenly, I heard a whooshing sound, like the sound you get when you open a vacuum-sealed can of peanuts. Then the brown water that had puddled up all over the field began to move. It began to run toward the back portables, like someone pulled the plug out of a giant bathtub.
He expresses imagery to create sensory details for a better understanding of the setting and feeling of the characters. He uses Figurative Language to relate details to one the reader would find easier to picture. Golding finally, uses Syntax to allow reader to better understand how the text should be interpreted and read. With his brilliant use of detail, Golding creates a lasting impact on his readers from his cheerless, cynical
Figurative language played a big role for understanding the story in a more profound way, and it also lets you interpret the text in different ways.
When it describes how he took a step but them never took another you can see that something negative has occurred. The author helps describe that he was indeed going to take an additional step but then something had occurred which made him stop. When he thinks he goes extremely in depth on what the natural scene was which can help you understand his point of view in the story. descriptive words improves the reader's understanding of the story, it as it adds an immense amount of more detail into the reader's mental picture of the situation. The description of setting through his inner thoughts is very important to the reader because it will impact the way you view the scenario.
Percy jackson was a kid and he had a lot wrong in life his mother was killed in front of him and i will tell you all you need to know so sit back and enjoy percy was 11-12 years old he was living his normal life but it wasn 't really normal he was a troubled kid or that 's what you can say about him and his mother was his prized persation because he loved his mother he lived with them but not really see he was in a private school he stayed there for 6 months and went to see his mother for summer he has a stepfather that he really did not like played poker and he always wanted money from percy and the money he would win he win he wouldn 't even think of his mother or percy he was just going to keep buying beers and betting so they wanted to
The diction the author uses is a relatively complicated one using long sentences and words to set the tone. An example of this is when the author writes “ For a motionless instant he saw himself externally--bent practically double, balanced on this narrow ledge, nearly half his body projecting out above the street far below--and he began to tremble violently, panic flaring through his mind and muscles, and he felt the blood rush from the surface of his skin” This is the diction the author uses the entire story this diction which is a complicatedly simple way of writing that really explains the movements and thoughts of the main character which is essential in a good storyline or any movie or tv show. The best part of the story is the attention to details that the author uses throughout his entire story. The author throws in small details that didn’t need to be in the story but, were included anyways and made the story better overall.
He also uses it to portray the characteristics of each character. He does this by incorporating conversations into the story, and that is where dialogue comes into play. For instance, when Conor first meets his cell mates at Little Saltee, he strikes up a conversation. Conor starts off by saying, “Hi, I’m Conor, and I committed a murder.” The reader knows perfectly well that what he said was a lie, but that single line of dialogue is what makes Conor infamous at Little Saltee.
In all three mediums, the authors and presenters are all averse to the ideas of minors being tried as adults, death row and solitary confinement. I agree in all three cases. Minors should not be tried as adults because they are not adults. While there should be some level of culpability for their actions, it should never reach the point where they are tried as anything other than a juvenile. Many youth, for no other reason than biological constraints, lack the psychological maturity to make logical and well-reasoned choices.
Perseus Vs. Percy Jackson Essay (Final Draft) “No man who had ever set out to kill Medusa had come back, and the king was sure that now he was forever rid of Perseus.” Throughout the movie of “Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief” and throughout the original mythology of “Perseus”, there are obviously huge differences between the two stories-- but there are also huge similarities as well. “Percy Jackson” draws on the legend of “Perseus” by having quite a similar story/a similar concept, while the story of “Percy Jackson” also transforms the original story by making the film more modern -- by adding more different quests, and by changing some of the characters/adding more new characters. Throughout the two stories, you can see very similar ideas -- such as hero archetypes, hero themes, and plot
This method tries to make the reader feel like they are one with the protagonist, causing the story to feel as though it’s more involving. Winton also uses descriptive language in the text to give great detail on situations and events that occur. The descriptive language is particularly effective at putting images of ….. into the reader’s