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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Seaweed Brain

   It is finally here!  Seaweed Brain!  I am not sure where to start, but I guess I will start, just like Annabeth, at the beginning.

 The Lighting Thief

  From the moment I read the first page of LT, I was not only in love with the books, but I was also in love with Percy himself.  Throughout this first book, I loved getting to know Percy, his humor and how brave he is. Would you go off into a world full of monsters you just learned about to retrieve a lost lightning bolt and your mom from Hades?  The consequence is a) being turned into a dolphin, b) destruction of both worlds, or c) both ‘a’ and ‘b’. It took a lot of courage for Percy, Annabeth, and Grover’s to do this.

Sea of Monsters

  Percy defying all the rules to save Grover showed that he is a true friend.  This proves his fatal flaw which is shown over and over again.  I love how Percy stood up for Tyson (Who I love!!), even though at first he was embarrassed by him, by saying, “Brother! Tyson, my baby brother!”

   Titan’s Curse

  (This book is mostly a Percabeth moment.)  The fact that Percy was determined to save Annabeth, even if he had to sneak out of camp, made me happy.  In Annabeth’s post, I compared how long Percy held the sky compared to Annabeth.  I wasn’t calling Percy a wimp or anything I was just comparing how long they each held the sky.  It really surprised me that they both were able to hold the sky so long.

The Battle of Labyrinth

  Now I want to talk about Calypso’s island.  The fact that Percy decided to go back to Annabeth showed his loyalty to Annabeth. 

Last Olympia

 Percy changes so much from the last four books to this book.  Not a big change.  A surprising change in that he was able to command so many people in such a short amount of time.   And the whole being made a god thing…it was very sweet that Percy refused the offer in order to be made a god. 

Lost Hero

  I can’t say anything. There was only one mention of Percy, and it was that he was missing.

Son of Neptune

  Percy changed so much from between LO and SoN.  I want to talk about Percy’s only memory which was of Annabeth first.  Some people may say that Hera left the memory of her on purpose - bla bla bla.  Well, I know that is not the cause.  Rick Riordan himself has said that Annabeth was just too strong of a memory.  I had to get that out of the way.  Now onto something else…Percy seemed so much older in this book.  I know that he is older, but he actually seemed so much older.   

Mark of Athena

  The fact that Percy refused to leave Annabeth’s side was so sweet.  It made me happy to know that even while Percy was on a quest to free Death and save Camp Jupiter, his love for Annabeth grew.  I can only imagine how hard it was for Percy to let Annabeth go off on that quest by herself.   I knew and he knew that Annabeth had to go by herself, but I think we both thought that he would find a way to go on the test with Annabeth.  The whole Percy falling with Annabeth thing is endearing.   

  I am very sorry that this post is very short (in comparison to what it should be).  I have been working at least 4 hours, and I have found that it is very hard to describe Percy.  I love him so much, but can’t explain him.  He is kind of like Leo in the he is hard to explain, but Percy is MUCH harder to explain.  I don’t know what it is. I also realized that I kind of discuss Percy a bit in Annabeth’s post.  So I was trying not to restate that.

  Again, please forgive me, and he is really hard to describe.  Please comment below.  If you have any suggestions about something for me to discuss tomorrow, please put that in your comment too.

Word count:  762

Daughter of Athena
Shelby

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