If you ever want to go on a quest to find the Master Bolt, go to different areas to witness stuff you haven’t seen before, and fight off monsters and teachers, then the book series Percy Jackson is for you! Percy Jackson, a 12 year-old kid in upstate New York faces and learns many different things! Based on my knowledge of this novel, I can say that Percy does lots of crazy and daring stuff in the fantasy novel. This book takes you through random plot twists because he encounters greek mythological creatures we’ve never seen before such as his friend Grover who’s part human and part goat! The broad topics I will be explaining include the book’s setting, its theme, his main problem in the novel, a dragon (conflict) of his, and his learning experiences …show more content…
In the book Percy Jackson, Percy faces a problem which is stopping him from going on beyond points. That problem is that he was diagnosed with ADHD (Attention-Defecit Hyperactivity Disorder) and Dyslexia, meaning he can’t understand some letters because they are jumbled around. On page 11, the author claims, “The school counselor told me this was part of the ADHD, my brain misinterpreting things.” This explains to me that he is misinterpreting things due to his ADHD and is confusing his mind/brain. Another conflict Percy faces is that he should and must face the supernatural, in this case, a Minotaur. Percy has to face the Minotaur and encounter something he is not aware and has never witnessed ever in his entire life, till Percy figures out because of Annabeth that he is the son of an olympian. On page 54, it states, “I couldn’t jump sideways, so I leaped straight up, kicking off from the creature’s head, using it as a springboard, turning in mid-air, and landing on his neck.” This explains to me that he has to fight the Minotaur with these powers and advantages he has to defeat the Minotaur. On page 55, “The monster charged. Without thinking, I rolled to one side and came back kneeling. As the monster barreled past, I drove the broken horn straight into his side, right up his furry rib cage.” This quote tells me that Percy also has to think smart and be aware of the Minotaur, which is attacking him, and he has to decide, does he want his mom to be vaporized away, or use the pearl and make his mom really angry for using