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The Prophecy Comes True Percy was granted a quest, a quest so treacherous he was not expected to come back. Zeus’ Master Bolt was stolen, and they’re supposed to return it. Percy is the son of Poseidon, which brings him hero’s fate because Poseidon is not aloud to have children. He took along two friends to accompany him, Grover and Annabeth. Luke gave them magical flying shoes to help them along there way. The oracle told them four specific things that Percy will happen on, or after his…

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…

Thief is the first young adult book written by Rick Riordan. It was published July 1, 2005. It is the first book in the series Percy Jackson and The Olympians. It is a book about greek mythology with fictional characters. This book is about a twelve year old boy who learns that he is a demigod. This book holds the themes of love, identity, and memory. The characters, Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Grover Underwood, and Luke Castellan had the chance to become part of this book. The main literary…

Does Percy Jackson have ADHD? A typical FAQ that people ask about the novel Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief is does our protagonist have ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). Percy Jackson was a fictional series written by Rick Riordan, the same author for “The Red Pyramid”. The main characters of the story are Percy (son of Poseidon the sea god), Annabeth (daughter of Athena the wisdom goddess), grover (a satyr who wants to be a searcher. My claim is that Percy Jackson does not…

“Family Luke. You promised.” This is a quote from The Last Olympian, the final book in the Percy Jackson series. However, this quote, and the book it comes from, are not included in the movie franchise. The Percy Jackson books are about love, family, identity, isolation, deceit, and trust. They transport you into an intense world of adventure and danger. The movies destroy this point of view. Not only are the Percy Jackson movies a disgrace to its fandom because it completely changes the plot…

they are shown on screen. Movie producers end up using famous people who have acting experience to act out the character in the book. For example, in the book, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Percy is supposed to "look" like a 12 year old who doesn’t know what he is doing and would lose any fight he got into. Yet in the movie, Percy looks partially athletic, and is 16 years old. Casting decisions play an important role while making a movie; if the actors/actresses don't look like the…

Madam C.J. Walker, originally named Sarah Breedlove, was the first African-American woman to be a self-made millionaire. Madam Walker was a Louisiana native, born on a humble cotton field on December 23, 1867, to Owen and Minerva Breedlove. She was the first, out her three siblings, to be born free. Throughout her early life, Walker went through many hardships. At the age of seven, her parents died from yellow fever leaving her orphaned (Citation). In result of their tough situation, she and her…

Over the course of this semester, I read a book called The Magnolia Story, by Chip and Joanna Gaines. Chip and Joanna Gaines, as you may recognize their names from their hit HGTV show Fixer Upper, have become experts in the business industry. This is because they have spent most of their lives flipping, selling & remodeling houses, learning how to deal with income, saving and spending their profit, and running multiple businesses at once! They started their business, Magnolia homes, and have…

cases being strong does not always mean having a great deal of physical strength. Madame C.J Walker, however, is a woman who embodies what it means to be strong in a non-physical aspect. She, along with many other influential women such as, Shirley Chisholm, Hattie McDaniel, and Angela Davis give women throughout the world a sense of strong female empowerment; especially African American women. Madame C.J. Walker once said, “I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the south. From there I…

Cohen, Andrew. "Creating Monsters: How Solitary Confinement Hurts the Rest of Us." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 18 Apr. 2014. Web. 18 May 2016. Andrew Cohen’s article, “Creating Monsters”, reviews a documentary that touches upon the subject of inmate confinement. The author examines the effects of confinement on an inmate such as furthering or even creating mental illnesses, leading to an endless cycle of the destruction of confined inmates. The audience level for the article is high…