I do think a modern day setting makes this story about ancient Greek mythology more interesting for students, like myself. Don’t you? For starters, you can actually relate to it. It’s the 21st century and you’re familiar with most things. Plus, everything is much more civilized. So you can relate to lots of things on the Percy Jackson film. The Hollywood sign is most relatable because you actually know it and probably visited or want to go, and same goes for Las Vegas. When you see these places in the film, your reaction would be like “Hey, it’s the Hollywood sign, how cool?” or “ Awesome, They’re at the Vegas strip”. If the setting was from back then, you wouldn’t be able to relate to those places and actually know where they’re at. In the