Percy Jackson: The Titan's Curse

Percy Jackson: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan starts off with Percy (son of Poseidon), Annabeth (daughter of Athena), Thalia (daughter of Zeus), and Grover (a satyr) at a boarding school looking for a pair of half-bloods (half-god, half-human) named Bianca and Nico. They are attacked by a monster called a manticore, who kidnaps Percy, Bianca, and Nico. While fighting the manticore, Annabeth disappears into nothing. They go back to Camp Half-blood and then go on a quest to San Francisco to save Annabeth. While traveling, they encounter many monsters, like a giant metal man that Bianca sacrifices herself to destroy. When they make it to San Francisco, they go to the Garden of Hesperides, where they get past the "hundred-headed" dragon Ladon, and find Artemis (Goddess of the Hunt) holding up the sky, which she had taken from Annabeth. Then there's a fight scene between The General (Atlas) and Artemis, Grover, Annabeth, etc., and, of course, the good guys (Artemis, Grover, Annabeth, Thalia, Percy, Zoe, etc.) win! That's pretty much the end of Percy Jackson: The Titan's Curse.


I think the main theme of this book is Good vs. Evil. One example of this is the ending, when the "evil" guys (The Titans) are fighting against the "good" guys (The Greek Gods.) Here are some sentences from the book, 'The General chuckled. "So much for old friends. And you, Zoe. It's been a long time. How is my little traitor? I will enjoy killing you “‘and,’” So, even the stupidest of heroes can finally figure something out. Yes, I am Atlas, the general of the Titans and terror of the Gods. [Congrats]. I will kill you presently..."' That's why I think the one of the main themes in this book is Good vs. Evil.


I would definitely recommend this book to other 7th graders, but you probably should read the first and second books in this series first. This book is written really well, and it's really easy to understand even though it's about complicated Greek mythology. Other books like it are all the books in its series: Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters, Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth, and finally, Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian. Those are the many reasons why I would recommend this book to other 7th graders.


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My Acess Essay: Is being famous advantageous?

Do You Want Fame?

Being famous has its downsides, but there's upsides too. One reason  is that stalkers aren't that dangerous against you. Second, being famous benefits people by either providing entertainment, a cure for a disease, charity work like Angelina Jolie's, et cetera. Third; if you're famous, and you really love what you do, then you would accept the consequences. I'm not saying that fame doesn't have its downsides, but the positives outweigh the negatives. All those reasons support that being famous is a good thing! Even if fame has its downsides, being famous is a good thing.

        The first reason for why being famous is advantageous is that you'll probably won't be stalked. If you did a good thing for humanity, then it probably won't happen! I mean, come on! Everybody goes on about how stalkers drive people insane and kill people (on purpose or accidentally, probably nobody will ever know), but really, we're all stalkers. We all don't stalk people by walking down the street, following them everywhere, but we do pretty much know everything about every famous person. So, if we're all stalkers, are there really any stalkers? No, and even if there were, then famous people probably wouldn't be stalked for doing a good thing.

        Second, benefiting people should be encouraged in our society today! We all say being famous is overrated, but really, everything we do is overrated. We waste money on expensive clothes. All of us pretty much just care about what we look like. Same as celebrities, just on a bigger scale! So, celebrities do benefit society in many ways, like showing people what to wear, or entertaining us, or maybe one day finding a cure for cancer! Famous people do benefit us all, even you reader, and they should be encouraged to do so.

        Third, if you were famous and really loved what you did, then you would accept the consequences of being famous. Besides, the positives of fame usually overweigh the negatives. For example, say you were famous for finding a cure for a disease, but you were being stalked, which probably wouldn't happen anyway, but let's just say it did. That's a case of the positives outweighing the negatives. You helped hundreds of people by finding a cure for their disease, and that overweighs the consequence of being stalked. If you're famous and really love what you do, then you would accept those consequences.

        Fame has so many downsides, but all the upsides outweigh them. To recap, the first reason of why fame isn't that bad is that stalkers probably wouldn't be a problem if you did something that helped humanity. The second reason is that you could be benefiting a lot of people. The third is that if you were famous and really loved what you did, then you would accept the "consequences" of being famous! Being famous isn't "a box of chocolates," but that doesn't mean it's a bad thing.

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