Characters
This narrator gets expelled often and later learns he is a demigod.
Who is Percy Jackson?
The boarding school Percy attends at the beginning of the novel.
What is Yancy Academy?
Percy is sent on a quest to accomplish this mission.
What is retrieve Zeus' lightning bolt?
One of the most important themes in these chapters is something Percy learns about himself.
This satyr pretends to be a student so he can protect Percy.
Who is Grover Underwood?
The safe haven where demigods train and live.
What is Camp Half-Blood?
Percy tries to use this to fight off his attackers at the Arch.
What is Riptide?
To survive, Percy must learn this skill.
What is self-acceptance?
The intelligent daughter of Athena who helps Percy navigate Camp Half-Blood.
Who is Annabeth Chase?
The magical barrier that protects Camp Half-Blood from monsters.
What is Thalia's Tree?
Medusa tries to turn Percy, Grover, and Annabeth into these because she has a grudge against Annabeth's mom.
What are garden statues?
Grover and Annabeth staying loyal to Percy show this theme.
What is friendship?
Percy’s strict Latin teacher who turns out to be a Fury.
Who is Mrs. Dodds?
The landmark Percy jumps off of to escape Echidna and Chimera.
What is the St. Louis Arch?
Percy survives his jump from a major landmark which confirms his connection to which god?
Who is Poseidon?
Percy learns his plans may not always work out; however, he must demonstrate this theme which means to keep trying.
What is perseverance?
This god of the Underworld is accused of stealing Zeus’s lightning bolt.
Who is Hades?
This New York City location serves as the hidden entrance to Mount Olympus, where the gods hold their meetings.
What is the Empire State Building?
Percy is willing to whatever is necessary on the quest for this reason.
What is to save his mother from Hades?
Percy's relationship with his parents shows this theme.
What is family relationships are complicated?