The stories of the Greek gods and goddesses have ingrained themselves in today's world more than many other historical reference that is over 2000 years old, but no example of this is more prevalent than the Percy Jackson series. The Percy Jackson books are the stories that focus on the life of Percy Jackson, a demigod, half god, half human, who lives in New York and during the summer goes to Camp Half-Blood. There he goes on quests that usually end up saving the world from the wrath of mythology. While it might not be one book, this series has impacted my life in many ways, including the fact that Rick Riordan is my favorite author, I researched and fell in love with Greek Mythology, and the series has made me more open-minded as a person.
To start, one reason that the Percy Jackson series affected me was that through those books I learned that Rick Riordan is my favorite author. The first semester of this year I didn’t read many books. Our class didn’t visit the school library and I didn’t have many recommendations for exceptional books, but on one day, I decided to check out the Magnus Chase series since it was by the same author and I truly liked his books. All of a sudden I’m reading three books at one time. But without remembering how wonderful of an author Rick Riordan is I probably wouldn’t be reading many books now. …show more content…
Soon I owned and had read all of the “Mythlopedia” series, “A Guide Greek to Mythology”, and a couple of books about Greek myths. These books taught me a great deal about Greek Mythology and that information has shaped my view of the world. Not until you understand the allusions do you notice how prevalent they are. Without reading the Percy Jackson series, I probably wouldn’t have developed my interest in Greek History, and maybe ancient history in
To start, one reason that the Percy Jackson series affected me was that through those books I learned that Rick Riordan is my favorite author. The first semester of this year I didn’t read many books. Our class didn’t visit the school library and I didn’t have many recommendations for exceptional books, but on one day, I decided to check out the Magnus Chase series since it was by the same author and I truly liked his books. All of a sudden I’m reading three books at one time. But without remembering how wonderful of an author Rick Riordan is I probably wouldn’t be reading many books now. …show more content…
Soon I owned and had read all of the “Mythlopedia” series, “A Guide Greek to Mythology”, and a couple of books about Greek myths. These books taught me a great deal about Greek Mythology and that information has shaped my view of the world. Not until you understand the allusions do you notice how prevalent they are. Without reading the Percy Jackson series, I probably wouldn’t have developed my interest in Greek History, and maybe ancient history in