People have experienced so much, and a large amount of it has come as a result of not giving up. It is important to never give up. When people do not give up, they will be able to achieve great things. For instance, in The Son of Neptune, which was written by Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson was almost coerced into giving up. He was sucked into the ground by Gaia, the Earth-goddess of Greek mythology, and she attempted to make him abandon his goals and live inside of the Earth, away from the danger that living on the surface entailed. However, his friends are able to save him. If he and his friends had given up, the world surely would have been destroyed. He would not be able to go on and achieve great things if he had given up. Furthermore, when