Rick Riordan

People always say that artists of any kind are crazy to follow their dreams. The same goes for writers. Everybody always says that the chances you’ll even get published are slim to none. However, it’s novelists like C. S. Lewis, Rick Riordan, Kristin Cashore, and J. K. Rowling that show that it is possible to write as a career. They made it. Why can’t we? Inspirational writers like them keep the business alive and flourishing. According to Nick Morgan, from Forbes magazine, “between 600,000 and…

Over the summer I read Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods by Rick Riordan. The book was written from the perspective of a teenage boy, but still accurately tells the stories of the Greek gods. The particular story that interested me was “The Olympians Bash Some Heads”. This story told how the Greek gods became supreme over the Titans. Riordan used the Greek myths as a guideline for the story. In his work, he resolved many difficulties, including: freeing the gods, fulfilling the prophecy of Ouranos,…

movie and book The Lightning Thief written by Rick Riordan, Directed by Chris Columbus, brings back that faith of Greek gods and gives people a new insight on it. The Character vs. Character conflict in the story is that Zeus and the other olympian gods think that Percy stole his almighty weapon the Lightning Bolt and Percy needs to return it in time to stop a feud between the olympians. “The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel", written by Rick Riordan…

Preview of Percy Jackson Book Series: Percy Jackson is a series written by Rick Riordan, revolving around a boy namely Percy Jackson who is a Demigod, meaning one parent is a mortal (human) and one is a God, in thi case Poseidon - The God of Sea. His life has never been easy with a disgusting, step-father like Gabe and difficulty in studies with his Dexylsia is difficult enough when he learns that he is the son of a God! Not just any God but the son of one of the Big Three – Poseidon. Not only…

have also made some bad decisions. In “Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes” Rick Riordan uses Percy Jackson to narrate a collection of stories about heroes who have made good and bad choices. Percy tells twelve stories about ancient greek heroes who although made some good decisions also had obstacles or fatal flaws to face which led to them making bad decisions. Through Psyche's mistrust, Daedalus’s jealousy and Orpheus’s doubt Riordan shows readers that even the smartest and talented can make…

stages and how it occurs in hero’s journey. So that, the researcher will apply Monomyth as the theory on analyzing the hero’s journey. The atmosphere of hero’s journey is also experienced by Magnus Chase, the hero in The Sword of Summer novel by Rick Riordan. The novel tells a story about Magnus Chase as a 16-year-old homeless and orphan boy. After his mother's death, he lives on the street in Boston. He always tries to survive and run away from the cops and social workers. Until one day, a man…

Adventure, combat, talking swords, gods, giants, and other worlds all come together (to be continued). If one is looking for the previously stated in a book, then The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan is a fantastic reading choice, for it takes one into another world, a world of myths that are reality, problems humans are unaware of, but must be solved to save them. In this book, Thor’s hammer has been lost, and must be recovered by Magnus Chase and his friends. If the hammer is not recovered,…

show kids that just because you have a disability, you shouldn 't let it hold you back.” The author of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, Rick Riordan said “Making Percy ADHD/ Dyslexic was my way of honoring the potential of all the kids I’ve known who have those conditions. It 's not a bad thing to be different.” What both Calder and Riordan are saying is that just because a person has a disability, that shouldn 't stop you from achieving what you want to achieve. This doesn 't just…

number of books every month, so there was no chance to get of staying away from it. In the end I would be acquainted with Percy Jackson, and The Lighting Thief , a book series that would soon change how I felt about reading all together. Author Rick Riordan began making stories for his child who had been determined to have ADHD, and…

many books by Rick Riordan. I have read the Percy Jackson series, the Red Pyramid series, and now the Heros of Olympus series. I really liked this book but it was not my favorite book of all time. My favorite book that he has wrote has got to be the first Percy Jackson book. The Blood of Olympus was very comparable in enjoyment with the other books he has wrote. It was comparable because all of his books have lots of action and adventure. I would recommend reading any of Rick Riordans books. All…