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    The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan, is the first book of five in a mythological fiction series narrated by a young boy named Percy Jackson. Percy jackson is the opposite of normal. He struggles academically due to his dyslexia and ADHD, and isn't able to fit in with any of the kids his age. The only support Percy has in his life is his mom, who raised his as a single mother. It doesn't help that he's constantly managing to get in trouble, even when he doesn’t mean to. It turns out that…

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    This essay will be made on Apollo, In the book The Hidden Oracle, in the series The Trials of Apollo. In the beginning of the book, the only thing he cares about is himself and how to become a god again and how to get back to Olympus. After he is cast down to the earth by Zeus, most of his memories taken away from him, in an unfamiliar body, and only $100 to start on, he lands on some garbage in an alleyway and get beat up by some thugs, and has his money stolen from him. A little girl named Meg…

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    "The Titan's Curse" is a young adult/fantasy literature novel written by Rick Riordan. It is the 3rd book in the Percy Jackson series. It was published on may 11th 2007. The book commences as Percy Jackson, the main character, is being driven to a boarding school along with his friends, answering a call of distress from his satyr friend Grover Underwood. Percy and his friends make their way over to a boarding school in which is thought by Grover to have a manticore posing as the school's vice…

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    The Lightning Thief Many people have probably seen the movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lighting Thief, but what some people might not have known is that this movie was based on a book series by Rick Riordan. In the book, a twelve-year-old boy named Perseus “Percy” Jackson is a demigod, half-god and half-human, son of Poseidon, learns who is truly is and go through a few complications on the way. To summaries the story, Poseidon is accused of steal Zeus’s lightning bolt and Percy has 10…

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    weight of others in where he/she face the justice or injustice of the story. Each protagonist of a story responds differently in a unique way from all the other characters accordingly to the problems they face. Percy Jackson from the book “ The Lightning Thief ” has role in the book where it’s up to him to solve the problems and bring justice to Olympia. As many other protagonists from supernatural book series his views on just is that of saving the world, helping humankind, and…

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    left with a sad feeling leaving his friends. At the end of the movie, I saw a more caring Lightning, he was excited to see that his friends showed up to the race to support him in his pit crew. He valued friendships and did not care about winning. On the last lap of his race, a fellow race car gets into a wreck and McQueen helps that car across the finish line before him. All of this showed me that Lightning McQueen was definitely a dynamic character due to the love from his friends. The next…

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    Purugganan, Jeff André C. BSE32 Professor Jesser Eullo Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is a fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology that can be dissected using Joseph Campbell’s Hero Myth. The Hero’s Journey in the story is the following: I. Separation/Departure A. Call to Adventure Percy Jackson’s mundane existence is a troublesome kid with a peculiar case of dyslexia and ADHD. He gets himself kicked out of every school he has ever been to.…

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    Rick Riordan relies on Bibliotheca for his characters and plot. In three books, it provides a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic legends.[11] Listed are the major characters in the series. Percy Jackson: age 12–16, demigod son of Poseidon; he is the protagonist of the series. Grover Underwood: age 28–32, equivalent to 14–16 in human development, Satyr, best friend of Percy. Annabeth Chase: age 12–16, demigod daughter of Athena, strong friend, and later, the girlfriend…

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    I am The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. I must be saved because I am an influence on young teenagers everywhere. I can help readers make important decisions. I can also encourage readers to go and live important lives. Since an important theme of mine is identity, I help children if they’re going through identity issues. This is why I should be saved. I am about twelve year old Percy Jackson, who always seems to get into trouble. Percy gets the shock of his life when he finds out he is the…

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    Ball lightning. In truth, no one yet knows exactly drive it or not. But I'm with some degree of risk still decided to consider a Ball lightning energy accumulator. Here is a brief those characteristics of ball lightning, which are made by scientists on the basis of a large number of eyewitnesses: the energy contained in the lightning - from 0.1 to 4 kWh; lifetime - from several seconds to minutes; weight - from 0.5 to 50 g; density - from 0.0013 to 0.015 g / cm3. Of course, ball lightning has…

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