Now, I am sure that we
all have heard of the Percy Jackson books. I am sure we have all thought about
how cool it would be to be a child of the gods. To know how to fight, have
special powers, and get treated with praise. But honestly, I don’t think that
it is all it’s cracked up to be.
I mean,
I am just sitting there reading about how Percy and Annabeth are in the
underworld and all the other demigods are fighting off a bunch of problems. I keep
thinking this would be one of those cool video game scenarios, not real life. It
would be fun to try it out and keep getting unlimited do-overs. Then again, I guess
there is one character that got her own personal do-over, Hazel. She was, in a
sense, brought back from the dead to help out on this quest. But I still would
not wish that my life was like hers or any other of the demigods because they
have to deal with some pretty hard stuff. For example, in the end of The Mark of Athena, Percy was faced with
a really difficult decision. He could either let Annabeth fall to her doom or
go with her and pray that he can get both of them out of the underworld.
I guess what I am trying to say is
that I feel bad for them. But, luckily, it is just a book. It is a really good
book series that is like one of those commercial products, “fun to play with
not to eat” or in this case, “fun to read it not to live it”
This post really made me think. I have always been in the mindset that being a demi-god would be cool. Stepping back and realizing that it wouldnt be that great is a good perspective and in the end, being human is okay with me.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you. It's a great series but the characters just keep facing problem after problem after problem. Maybe that's what makes it a good book but I'm starting to feel as if it will never end.
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