May 20th Blog Post: Character Symbols

            Throughout The Lightning Thief Percy, the main protagonist, reminded me of gas prices, because of the way he's always going through changes. Percy's feelings for his dad are always changing and can never seem to stay constant. In the beginning of the book, he is extremely infuriated that his father had left him and his mother with some good for nothing "guardian", Gabe. However, by the end of the book, he decides that he should give his father a break. After all, he was a God and was in charge of many things. In the end, Percy decides to stay away from his father because his father's apologies might not be from the heart and Percy didn't want to hear them. From the beginning of the book where Percy needed to hear what his father had to say, to the end of the book, where Percy decides he doesn't want to talk to his father, Percy changed in many ways. This is a quote from Percy in the beginning of the book: "Or maybe they'd realized I got my essay on Tom sawyer from the internet and now they were going to take my grade away. Or worse, they were going to make me read the book." As we can see, he became more mature and changed the way he thought. He also became more caring about his friends and family.