Rick Riordan is the author of many great books, some of which are my favorite stories of all time. Rick’s early life was very similar to that of any other American child. The works of Rick are all based on Greek mythology. More recently, Rick has lived a regular American life with his wife, children, and pets. No matter your reading preference, you are sure to be interested in the life and works of Rick Riordan. Alex Litt Richard Russell Riordan Jr., or Rick Riordan, was born on June 6, 1964 to his father Rick Riordan Sr. and his mother Sandra Oshman. As a young child Rick gained a lot of his writing inspiration from the Lord of the Rings, claiming that that book was his favorite, and that was the first book he actually read for fun. Rick …show more content…
Sea of Monsters was the second book in the series and introduces one of Percy’s new friends, his half-brother Tyson who also happens to be a cyclops. (Riordan) This story has its twists and turns, and it also does a great job of forming a connection between Percy and his brother and also Tyson and the reader. This story is not as great as the first, and is definitely not as memorable, but nevertheless it is still a great story and it continues the “keep you on the edge of your seat” rhythm that the first story …show more content…
This story follows Percy and his friends in their quest that lies as one of his friends destiny that involves passing through the Labyrinth. As Percy and his friends pass through the Labyrinth, they cross paths with one of their past enemy’s who is determined to destroy Camp Half-Blood. The story has multiple twists and turns throughout it, as Percy tries to lead his friends through the Labyrinth, all while trying to keep their old friend, and current enemy, from escaping and fulfilling his goal. (The Battle of the Labyrinth Summary & Study Guide)
The fifth and final book in the series was The Last Olympian. The Last Olympian brings the reader to the end of Percy’s tale with the great titan Kronos, reincarnating himself as Percy’s old friend. Percy must protect Olympus at all costs, all while Kronos is trying to completely destroy it. Percy and his friends must unite to battle against Kronos’ army and save Olympus. The Last Olympian ties the series together well, and leaves the reader content with Percy’s long story ending in a satisfactorily. (The Last Olympian Summary & Study
Percy stranded and lost, amnesiac, and running from the gorgons, finds Camp Jupiter, the roman camp for demigods. He makes friends with Frank and Hazel. Together, they win Capture the Flag for fifth Cohort. Mars then claims Frank as his son and issues a quest to save Thanatos, the greek god of death, from LAceonus, a giant born to oppose Pluto, and issues Frank as the quest leader.
Jarrod J. Rein is an eighteen-year-old with dark brown hair and brown eyes to match the brown arid dirt of Piedmont, Oklahoma. His skin is a smooth warm tan glow that opposes his white smile making his teeth look like snow. Standing a great height of six foot exactly, his structure resembles a bear. He is attending Piedmont high school where he in his last year of high school (senior year). He is studying to be a forensics anthropologist. Also he is studying early in the field of anatomy to be successful in his profession. While not always on the rise for knowledge Jarrod’s swimming for his high school. In a sense it’s like you see double.
They started hiding and saw a like a centaur, with a woman’s body from the waist but instead of a horse's lower body it had the body of a dragon and it's hair looked like Medusa's. Percy realized that they were snakes and they were hundreds of vipers moving around, looking for something to
The movie the Labyrinth tells a story about a group of unlikely heroes trying to make their way though a maze in order to defeat the Goblin King. The story starts out with the main character Sarah whom, without even realizing it, wishes her baby brother to be taken way by Jareth the Goblin King. He tells her that if she wants her brother back she will have to make her way through the labyrinth and to the castle beyond the Goblin City. She only has 13 hours to complete the seemingly impossible task or her little brother Toby will be turned into a goblin. While making her way through the twisted and endless maze Sarah runs into many weird characters. The first person she encounters is Hoggle a very untrustworthy dwarf whom is under the influence of Jareth. He is selfish and does things only if there is something for him to gain. He betrays Sarah many times throughout the movie, but in the end he proves himself to be more than a traitorous coward. Ludo is a yeti and despite looking vicious is a gentle and caring monster. Ludo also has the power to control rocks. Sir Didymis is a loudmouthed, but noble knight who displays his valor throughout the movie. The four heroes manage to fight their way through the perilous labyrinth. The Goblin King Jareth is defeated and Sarah’s brother Toby is saved. Though the characters in this movie seemed to be nothing more than ordinary, and if not odd, they fought their way through labyrinth and conquered an entire army of evil goblins and their king. (Labyrinth 1986)
Percy Percy provides the novel with the perfect parallel to Dunstan. He does, however, contrast in many ways to Dunstan. They are best friends, but Percy rivalry results in the formation of the main setting of the novel. Percy also feels more of an attachment to material goods than Dunstan does. He thinks only of himself and is in constant pursuit of total and utter control. Percy was low moral standards in comparison to Dunstan and in some ways, feels he is of a higher stature than other human beings. This awkward relationship between him and Dunstan forms the basis of the novel.
Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief is about a young boy (around the age of twelve) who finds out that he is the son of the greek god Poseidon. Percy (short for Perseus) faces troubling situations that the reader can relate to and gain a deeper connection to the book. “How old was I?” I asked. “I mean. . . when he left”(Riordan 38). This quote gives some readers of the novel a personal connection through parental problems the world faces today. Riordan shows the hardship of being a single mother. This situation can connect to Jane Eyre by showing a want that both Percy and Jane want...love. With the connection to the reader as a foundation to the novels importance, it still does not exhibit value. Horn Book Magazine says “The novel is packed with humorous allusions to Greek Mythology...among with rip snorting action sequences, this book really shines” (Horn Book Magazine). With what Horn Book said about the novel it gives educational support that is taught in schools. “Rick Riordan’s (2005) popular Percy Jackson series for middle school readers provides a substantial link to greek mythology, utilizing Homer’s Odyssey and Lliad to create a window into classical texts” (Bright). By combining two complex and merit-able reads Riordan creates a novel that creates a stepping stone into harder literature to read and analyze. “Riordan
He had multiple reasons for doing so: His family was threatened, some of his friends died at his enemy’s hand, and all the “gods”, including Percy’s father Poseidon, were faced with death. “The gods and Mount Olympus will still be destroyed, but it will be much messier. Much, much worse for you and your city. Either way, the Titans will rule" (Riordan 112). With the help of other demigods and Hades, the “god” of the underworld, Percy Jackson battled Kronos, a Titan. Even though Percy and his friends won, it came with a price. Rick Riordan, the author, writes “she [Selena] didn’t breathe again” (Riordan 155) and “The son of Nemesis fell through a fissure that went straight through the heart of the mountain—straight into open air” (Riordan 172). Percy Jackson stopped the Titans from completing their mission, therefore completing his: “We saved the world” (Riordan 196). Afterward, Percy was “heading back to Goode High for my sophomore year” (Riordan
This is the true start to Percy’s quest. He made a few friends in the camp and they agreed to go on this journey with him. Those accompanying him were his protector Grover and Athena’s daughter Annabeth. They also get some helpful tools fro...
Percy Jackson is a true hero. Imagine if you had the chance to save your mother, but put your own life at risk. When Percy was given this chance, he never even thought about his own life. When he saved the world, he didn't care if he put his own life in immense trouble. When he met his half brother, he stood up for him, not caring if no one liked him after. It is clear that there is no way that Percy Jackson can be thought of anything but a hero, which is what he truly
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 of the big three gods, Poseidon. He is suffering from dyslexia and ADHD, which could be deliberately added to the character by Riordan, to show he is meant to be a hero, and not to do well in school. This shows that school is not what he is good at, and he is destined to be a hero and save people. The character Grover, who plays Percy’s best friend, parallels a Satyr who is human from the waist up and goat from the waist down and is a companion of wine God, Dionysus, who we later learn, is the camp director for Half-Blood Camp.
Robert Louis Stevenson is one of the greatest authors to hail from Britain. His writings have been enjoyed by countless since he masterfully wrote them down. Stevenson uses characterization, imagery, and conflict to keep his readers captivated by his works in Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped.
They have to help Hera or else she will die and the giants will rise. The giants were the children of Gaea and are very hard to destroy. A god and a demigod (half human, half god) must fight together to destroy one of them. They were born to oppose each god. A prophecy is a prediction. The prophecies at camp Half-Blood are made by the oracle Rachel. Oracles get prophecies from the god Apollo. The three kids have to travel across America “From NY to San Francisco.” Along the way they face many monsters, gods, goddesses, and other obstacles. Of course just like the Percy Jackson series it has LOTS of humor. For example on page 192 “His name is Boreas? What is he the God of boring.” and “Can we just call them storm spirit? Venti makes them sound like evil espresso drinks.” Says Leo. Leo says this too. Also, Jason imagines this (Point to Slide). You might already be able to tell that the genre is some sort of a mixture of mythology, fantasy, and action. I love this book because I love Greek and Roman mythology. This series and the one before taught me all about mythology. It is action packed, which is one of my favorite genres. It has suspense, which is something I love. It has a lot of fantasy, another one of my favorite genres. And lots of personification. I recommend The Lost Hero to you strongly. This book is a strong piece of literature that has bits of lessons here and there. For example when
The first novel of the series, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief , is where Percy’s Hero’s Journey begins, encompassing the first five stages. The Ordinary World, the first stage, is the introduction of the main hero. “The hero, uneasy, uncomfortable or unaware, is introduced sympathetically so the audience can identify with the situation or dilemma” (Campbell). Percy Jackson, a twelve year old diagnosed with both dyslexia and ADHD living in New York with his loving, over-worked mother and abusive stepfather, begins his story attending a boarding school for “troubled youth” and having a less than spectacular time being the new kid. Despite his good intentions of protecting his only friend Grover from a bully, Percy gets in trouble at school and is pulled aside by one of his teachers, whom is revealed to be the Fury Alecto, one of Hades’s servants in disguise. It is at this point in the story in which the second stage, The Call to Adventure, comes into play. Percy defeats the Fury with the help of a centaur named Chiron, t...
The book goes into greater detail regarding the monster’s hardships, has a more eloquent and persuasive monster and has a more heartbreaking ending. As a result a reader feels greater sympathy towards the monster in the novel rather than in the play. The monster begins his journey a purely innocent and kind being, but because he has to suffer the misfortune of having such a monstrous appearance he is condemned by society. Frankenstein tells the story of a benevolent being persecuted by man, and has the reader questioning who the real monster is.
The main part of the book that captured me was whether or not the monster was wrong for invoking revenge. In the story it is easy to understand why the monster wants revenge and who he wants revenge on, but the part that stuck out to me most was whether or not to invoke revenge on people based off natural human reaction or just invoke revenge on his father because he decided to abandon him. “I am alone, and miserable; man will not associate with me…” (Shelley 171). This statement alone showcases how the monster is alone and how he can show human-like qualities. Out of all the memorable and relatable points in the novel, this one tops the charts as being a thought almost everyone has had. This is why I loved this book Shelley showcased many emotions and problems that happen on a day to day basis that captured the minds of young adults trying to find