Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson And The Olympians

In 2006, Rick Riordan released his second book of his series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” called “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The sea of Monsters.” The book is based in a reality where the greek gods actually exist. Percy Jackson, the protagonist, is the son of Poseidon, the god of the sea, is on a quest to save his home from destruction. The historical Context is in the 21st century. During this time, most adults own phones and so do gods, but they are usually something more special like Hermes’s phone can transform into a staff with snakes on the bar. These snakes are like his helpers and advisers in a way. The setting affects the book because

The book is narrated from the perspective of of Percy Jackson, so it’s in first person. For example, “That’s all cool with me. I mean, I’m ADHD…”(pg.8). Percy Jackson being the son of the “big three” makes him more powerful than the other half-bloods, this causes Percy to feel like he is more important/powerful than everyone else, but later in the story, Tyson, a half-blood cyclops, is claimed by Poseidon meaning he is his son, this causes Percy to feel ashamed to be a part of his family. All of these influences affect Percy deeply, so it affects his point of view of the world, so how he is narrating it.

The author uses direct characterization to describe a person appearance and their attitude too if they are not important. The author uses indirect characterization on more important characters that will have an impact on the story like Percy, Annabeth, Tyson, etc. The author mainly uses actions to achieve this. For example, “Grover is a satyr. From the waist up, he looks like a typical gangly teenager with a peach-fuzz goatee and a bad case of acne.”(pg.1). The author used direct characterization to describe the appearance of the one of the main characters, Grover, in this