The
Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is about a courageous teenager named
Percy Jackson. He has been kicked out of many schools simply because he has the
worst of luck. Most of the time he was kicked out of a school, it was just
really bad luck. When Percy arrives at his new school, Yancy Academy, in New
York, he meets a new friend named Grover. Anyway, one day, he's on a school
field trip and his whole life twists within minutes. He is called on by one of
his grouchy teachers and out of nowhere, she starts flying and ambushing Percy!
She was actually a Fury from Hell and had come after Percy to snatch away a
sword, which was said to be stolen by Percy. Percy had actually not stolen it
and he was rescued using a pen-sword called Riptide,
which later became his weapon. Later, Percy goes home and his mom takes him to
a place called Camp Half-Blood. This is a camp for special demigods who have
one God parent and one normal parent. Afterwards, Percy goes across the country
to discover more about his dad, save his mom, find the lightning sword, and to
go on an adventure.
One of the
themes of The Lightning Thief
is that you can get betrayed by anybody, even people you trust very
well or loved ones. This theme showed up in The
Lightning Thief when Percy talks about how his father
had abandoned him and his mother. This action by Percy's father had caused
Percy's life to be somewhat miserable. Percy had to live with a super
lazy, annoying, commanding, bossy, fat, horrible "dad" named
Gabe who was around to "protect" Percy. Percy's father leaving had
also made Percy go to Camp Half-Blood. This had prevented Percy from being able
to live a normal, everyday life. In the book, Percy had many troubles through
school. We could infer that Percy may have had these issues because he had only
one parent to help him through his tough times.
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