The book The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan had many different themes, but in my own opinion there are three main themes that i think are very important. To start out with, friendship was one of the main theme, because on page number it states "You guys (Percy and Hazel) are my best friends. I trust you more than anybody." To point out, they couldn 't have freed Thanatos with this theme, they used friendship to their advantage. Sacrifice is Another theme that I think is important, because Reyna says "You (Percy, Frank, and Hazel) need to sacrifice yourselves and save our world." All the demigods put their life in danger and risked to die. Percy and his friends put their life at risk when they accepted the quest to free Thanatos. Teamwork in
Percy is also brave, smart, and courageous, but he is also strong and caring. Percy’s main objective in the story is to get out of the underworld and stop a Roman vs Greek battle. Some devices used by the author in this story are alliterations, similes, and personifications. Some similarities in these two books are that both main characters need to solve a problem, both need help from
Percy explains the loss of sovereignty in this world, and how people try to measure up to the expectations of
Quests educate the protagonist Connection: In Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson goes on a quest in search of Zeus’s lightning bolt that was stolen. Throughout the book, Percy faces the challenges of his mom being kidnapped by Hades, fighting off Medusa, defeating Chimera, and fighting the Greek god Ares to restore order. In the end, Percy learns of the real lessons of friendship, trust, and helping others for a greater
The memoir my group and I chose to read was called Nobody’s Son by: Luis Alberto Urrea. He was born in 1955 in Tijuana, Mexico, where most of this book takes place. Urrea is a very well educated man who enjoys art and through interviews I have watched, you can tell he has a very smooth way to speaking and communicating. His father was Mexican and he had an American mother.
“Oh Sal,” my father said. “Come on. There’s Margaret.”(pg. 2) In the book Walk Two Moons, Sal goes on an adventure with her Gram and Gramps to Lewiston, Idaho where they intend to find Sal’s mother and bring her back to Bybanks, Kentucky where they used to live before moving to Euclid, Ohio, so that life could be back to normal, but along the way, Sal tells Gram and Gramps a story about her friend Phoebe Winterbottom, but as she is telling Phoebe’s story, she uncovers another story.
Overall, this article helped me reflect on the novel’s theme and gain understanding of the author’s
Finally, the entering the unknown happens. I know this because when he goes to camp half-blood there is the constant threat of danger. Also his strength and courage is tested time and time again. In conclusion, percy’s experiences align with the Hero’s
Percy Jackson is courageous because although knowing the consequences of traveling to hell and Olympics, he still went to save his mother, retrieve the master's bolt to Zeus, and the helmet to Hades. In the text
The main ideas which hooked me were when Midge focused through all of her volunteering work. Example going out and aiding those in need. Whether it was helping the injured soldiers or other members. Midge had felt heartbroken for her brothers and friends. Then throughout the text, Midge never lost hope.
It was also courageous when him and Telemachus fought off the remaining suitors because they were both greatly
Entry 1: Passage: “Need a haircut greaser.” #5 Situation: In this situation is when ponyboy is getting jumped by the Socs. Importance: I think it is significant because it show what it is like around them.
Percy was deemed a hero for killing the mighty Minotaur. He never stopped, searched day and night to find her. Concurrently, Percy is persevere because begged Zeus to allow
Percy has learned his role throughout the story as he journeys to bring back what was taken from his uncle (Zeus) to keep peace in the world. Some challenges was getting to know that he was son of Poseidon, being attacked by the three furies, and being betrayed by the ones he called a true friend to a King Titan
Percy Jackson was told he would not be the hero at the end of this and if he tried to be the hero everyone would end up dead. This is due to the fact that Luke was taken over by Kronos and was being used as a vessel. The only way to kill Kronos would be to give Luke a dagger and make him stab himself while he is able to suppress Kronos and make him stab and kill himself. At first, Percy doesn 't like the fact that he would have to trust Luke to kill himself but he decide to trust him and give him the dagger and Luck did kill himself. But the fact that Kronos did sense the danger and try to take over him and stop him he did nothing and watch as he died.
Percy’s role as a leader is practically nonexistent during this