The Titan's Curse: Song Analysis

Contemporary rock band Imagine Dragons sang the line “It’s a revolution, I suppose…” in their Grammy Award-winning song “Radioactive”. Surprisingly, Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson, the main character in the book The Titan’s Curse, can relate to this line, as well as the rest of the song. Although The Titan’s Curse is a fiction book based on Ancient Greek Mythology, it shares the same theme with Radioactive, a popular rock song. Both pieces of literature show the reader that you can you can overcome your obstacles if you are willing to do it. However, Riordan uses metaphors to convey this theme, while Imagine Dragons uses imagery to represent the same thing. Both Riordan and Imagine Dragons are both trying to get the reader to realize that they are capable of achieving their goals, as long as they are determined and bear the courage to do it. In The Titan’s Curse, the author writes that “Immortals are constrained by ancient rules. But a hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has …show more content…
For example, the author uses the quote “...You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only clear through the search” to compare Percy’s quest to a poet and his poem: you need to find its meaning in order to understand it. Percy’s quest states that “Five shall go west to the goddess in chains, One shall be lost in the land without rain, The bane of Olympus shows the trail, Campers and Hunters combined prevail, The Titan's curse must one withstand, And one shall perish by a parent's hand.” This quote tells us about his mission and what will happen in the book. To conclude, Riordan uses metaphors throughout the book in order to grasp the theme that you can achieve your goals, even though it may take some time to figure out what you’re going to do in order to accomplish