How to Read Literature Like a Professor Journal Chapter 1: “Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not)” Main Ideas: 1. A quest’s state reason nearly never follows through but the real reason, which the protagonist doesn’t know of, emerges at the end 2. The quester doesn’t necessarily know it’s a quest 3. Quests educate the protagonist Connection: In Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson goes on a quest in search of Zeus’s lightning bolt that was stolen. Throughout the book, Percy faces the challenges of his mom being kidnapped by Hades, fighting off Medusa, defeating Chimera, and fighting the Greek god Ares to restore order. In the end, Percy learns of the real lessons of friendship, trust, and helping others for a greater …show more content…
John Beckwith, played by Owen Wilson, is trying to impress Claire, his crush, and her family by discussing his small profit charity organization. Because Claire is already with another man, John also slips something into his drink in order to get Claire alone so they can talk. Jeremy Grey, played by Vince Vaughn, experiences a different dinner. Jeremy is being harassed by his crazy crush wants to get away from her. As seen, both characters have different experiences during dinner that are specifically mentioned in the chapter. Jeremy’s situation lets it be known to the audience that he’s trapped by his crush and doesn’t like her, while John’s situation shows he’s trying to progress his chances with Claire and use the dinner in a positive …show more content…
In the book he has to face monster type creatures called Mogadorians. These creatures in this book serve more than just to scare John. Just like it was said in the chapter, these monsters represent other things. In this book, these monsters represent taking the innocence from kids because of their immaturity. John defies his teacher’s wishes to leave in order to be safe because of his immaturity. In the end, the monsters exploit his childishness and kill his teacher, Henri, proving that adolescents don’t always know what is the best option and not listening to their elders can prove to be