Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief

Meet Percy Jackson. He is twelve years old, and he decides to tell us the story of his previous year. On the 1st day of summer season, just right after his sixth-grade year, Percy discovers that some thing is incorrect with him. Or rather, anything is appropriate with him. He learns that he is a half-blood: half-human, half-god. He is taken to Camp Half-Blood in New York, a camp for kids just like him that is secure from monsters that like to attack half-bloods. At camp, Percy learns more info about himself: his father is Poseidon, god of the Sea and brother to Zeus and Hades. When Zeus’s master bolt (the thing that enables him to develop lightning anytime he desires) is stolen, Poseidon is blamed for the theft. Zeus tells Poseidon that the master bolt have to be returned to Mount Olympus by the summer solstice, or else he will declare war on Poseidon. Poseidon is miffed that his brother Zeus would even accuse him of such a issue.

Percy sets out on a quest to retrieve Zeus’s master bolt, which is believed to be in Hades’s captivity in the Underworld. Helping Percy are Grover, his BFF, and Annabeth, a smart demi-goddess and daughter of Athena. The 3 take a bus, a train, a truck, and a taxi cab to make their way across America, from New York to Los Angeles, where the gates of the Underworld are located. They stop in St. Louis, Denver, and Las Vegas along the way. Throughout their quest, they battle vicious monsters like Medusa, they discover disaster on the observation deck of the Gateway Arch, they are tricked by the god of war (Ares), they nearly lose their memories in an enchanted Vegas casino, and they are virtually stretched to death.

As soon as in the Underworld, Percy finds that Hades does not have Zeus’s master bolt, and he is missing his personal symbol of energy: the helm of darkness. Hades accuses Percy of stealing both the master bolt and the helm of darkness for his father, Poseidon. He accuses Poseidon of becoming power-hungry. To make items worse, the master bolt magically seems in Percy’s backpack whilst he is talking to Hades. Following escaping Hades’s wrath, Percy, Annabeth, and Grover encounter Ares, the god of war, on the Santa Monica beach. Percy queries Ares and discovers that Ares stole the master bolt and helm of darkness from the original thief (whose name we don’t yet know). Ares has been tempted by the possibility of sparking 1 of the biggest wars of all time between the Massive 3: Hades, Zeus, and Poseidon. Percy and Ares battle it out on the beach, and Percy wounds Ares, winning the helm of darkness. Ares curses Percy. Percy returns the helm of darkness to Hades and takes a plane to New York City exactly where he finds Mount Olympus on the 600th floor of the Empire State Creating. Percy meets Poseidon and Zeus for the 1st time and tells them almost everything that he knows and suspects. He tells them that he believes Kronos, king of the Titans who ruled in the age just before the Greek gods, is receiving prepared to wage war on the Olympians (the Greek gods and goddesses). Percy has been getting dreams about Kronos in which Kronos talks to him. Zeus doesn’t want to hear it. Poseidon tells Percy that he is proud of him and that he need to make a option when he goes property to his mom’s apartment in Queens, NY.

That summer at Camp Half-Blood, Percy has a wonderful time living the life of a hero. He procrastinates producing a choice about whether or not he will stay at Camp Half-Blood year round, or no matter whether he will go house and live with his mom in Queens. On the last day of camp, Percy is lured into the woods by his friend, Luke. Luke confesses to Percy that he was the original thief of the master bolt and the helm of darkness. He tells Percy that he serves Kronos and that Kronos is organizing to defeat the Olympians and get rid of them. Luke vanishes, leaving a deadly scorpion to sting Percy. Percy nearly dies from this scorpion bite, but is rescued by wood nymphs who take him to security. Percy’s teacher, Chiron, nurses him back to wellness. Percy decides to go property and live with his mother for his seventh-grade year.