What causes peoples interest in the retelling of Greek myths in novels? Many teenagers relate to Achilles and Perseus. If a teacher mentions the name Perseus many teenagers think of Percy Jackson. Teenagers hear the word echo. Does Greek mythology have a myth about echo? Teenagers desire to know how echo’s definition connects back to Greek mythology. Teenagers desire to know Perseus’s motive for killing Medusa. Teenagers fancy the Hunger Games inspired by the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Teenagers desire to learn how the Greek myth of Arachne has a connection to the definition of arachnophobia. Teenagers and adult desire to know more about words origins, the quests of Greek heroes, the shortcoming of villains, the moral behind the myths
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“Psyche enduring Aphrodite’s impossible tests to prove her love for Eros.” Many teenage girls relate to psyche thinking impressing their boyfriend’s parents will create a strong relationship. Teenage boys desire to please their girlfriend’s father to the same degree the girlfriend desires to pleasure his mother. True love depends on the two teenagers commend in a relationship to appease each other’s parents. “In 2012 Suzanne Collins’s dystopian trilogy sold a flabbergasting 27.7 million copies.” The Hunger Games end with only one survivor relating back to Theseus killing the Minotaur and escaping the labyrinth. Adolescents remember Athenians sacrificed to the Minotaur obtained the name tributes. The love triangle reminds juveniles of Greek mythology depiction of romantic relationships. Hade kidnapping Persephone and forcing her to become the queen of the underworld causes many teenagers to feel sorry for her fate. Persephone desire visits so she puts pearl all over the world which allow demigods to escape the underworld after they visit her, in the Lightning Thief Percy, Annabeth and Percy’s mother uses the pearls to escape the underworld after rescuing Percy’s mother from Hades. Teenagers relate to Persephone’s kindness and Percy’s pursue to save his mother. Perseus killed Medusa relates to adolescents who desire to rebel against corrupt authority and bullies. “Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and Heroes of Olympus series sold a combined 5.6 million copies in 2012.” The excitement of the quests and reason for the romantic relationship to venture on two separate quests allures juveniles to buy the book. The struggles Percy has to overcome when he discovers his fate and how some demigods he regards as friends will have to die to defeat the titans in the final book of the first series caused teenagers to buy the books.
“Psyche enduring Aphrodite’s impossible tests to prove her love for Eros.” Many teenage girls relate to psyche thinking impressing their boyfriend’s parents will create a strong relationship. Teenage boys desire to please their girlfriend’s father to the same degree the girlfriend desires to pleasure his mother. True love depends on the two teenagers commend in a relationship to appease each other’s parents. “In 2012 Suzanne Collins’s dystopian trilogy sold a flabbergasting 27.7 million copies.” The Hunger Games end with only one survivor relating back to Theseus killing the Minotaur and escaping the labyrinth. Adolescents remember Athenians sacrificed to the Minotaur obtained the name tributes. The love triangle reminds juveniles of Greek mythology depiction of romantic relationships. Hade kidnapping Persephone and forcing her to become the queen of the underworld causes many teenagers to feel sorry for her fate. Persephone desire visits so she puts pearl all over the world which allow demigods to escape the underworld after they visit her, in the Lightning Thief Percy, Annabeth and Percy’s mother uses the pearls to escape the underworld after rescuing Percy’s mother from Hades. Teenagers relate to Persephone’s kindness and Percy’s pursue to save his mother. Perseus killed Medusa relates to adolescents who desire to rebel against corrupt authority and bullies. “Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and Heroes of Olympus series sold a combined 5.6 million copies in 2012.” The excitement of the quests and reason for the romantic relationship to venture on two separate quests allures juveniles to buy the book. The struggles Percy has to overcome when he discovers his fate and how some demigods he regards as friends will have to die to defeat the titans in the final book of the first series caused teenagers to buy the books.