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Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods- A Beginner’s Guide to Greek Mythology

The book unfolds a world o Gods and mysticism in front of the reader, but in a contemporary light. The informal tone of narration makes it a fun read.

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Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods- A Beginner’s Guide to Greek Mythology

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  1. Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods- A Beginner’s Guide to Greek Mythology The Percy Jackson series made quite a buzz in the literature world. Written by American author Rick Riordan come on the series attempts to acquaint the young generations with Greek and Roman mythology by portraying them in a contemporary light.

  2. Mythology is not the first genre that comes to mind while discussing books. Most of us who label ourselves as bookworms choose novels or stories that help us evade the grey reality of our everyday lives. So most of the stories on our shelves would be science fiction, romance, and such. Mythology if you think about it is not that far from fiction though. That is exactly what Rick Riordan’s books attempt to make the young readers realize. Rick blends old mythological stories with the adventures of a young boy and his squad, thereby putting in all the ingredients that a young teen would like in a story. The Percy Jackson series follows the adventures of a young boy named Percy, short for Perseus Jackson. This boy is a Demi-God. This means that the boy has a parent who is a God and another parent who is a human. In the case of Percy, he turns out to be the son of the mighty God of the sea, Poseidon. The series follows the journey of the young lad as he struggles to maintain as normal a life as is possible for a demigod in a world of humans. As soon as this covers the fact that he is a demigod his troubles start to rise. At first, he is

  3. prophesied to be the boy who would bring down the empire of the gods. Many times it so happens that gods who do not have that much of a good equation with his father, Poseidon, try and take out their anger on the boy. He and his gang go through adventures of all sorts, fighting demons, escaping the wrath of the gods at times, and all in all just trying to stay alive. The review you are about to read through is that of “Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods”. This book is not directly a part of the entire Percy Jackson series but has the boy as its narrator, as in all the other episodes of the series. This particular book is different from the others in the series in its plot as well. In the other books, Rick does not directly attempt to acquaint his readers with Greek mythology, giving subtle hints and remarks about the gods and goddesses here and there. However, with this book, he traces the entire Greek mythology, in a fun and contemporary tone and lingo. Plot The book opens with how the world was created from utter Chaos. At first, there was nothing but Chaos. Chaos then created Earth, Gaea. Gaea soon got lonely and asked for a companion. Chaos then created the Sky, Ouranos. Even though the other primordial gods that Chaos had created tried to get cozy with Gaia now and then, Ouranos and Gaea had a pretty neat time courting each other. However, things started to go downhill as soon as Gaea gave birth to her first set of children. Gaia gave birth to a batch of 12 children- 6 girls and six boys. These kids looked kind of like humans but were way taller and stronger. They were called the Titans. Ouranos started spending lesser and lesser time with Gaia. Like any other average marriage, they guessed that things would probably get better if they had more children. Needless to say that it was quite the contrary. Gaia gave birth to triplets – these triplets were big on strong but brutish and hulking too. They were named the elder cyclops. Ouranos could not handle the sight of them and soon came back with James and through the elder cyclops into Tartarus, a bit like the sky, but at the bottom of the earth. A new set of kids followed after that, but they were more monstrous than the elder cyclops. They had 100 arms, and they were all around the chests. And they also had 50 tiny heads clustered on their shoulders. They also suffered the same fate as the elder cyclops. This was too much for Gaia to absorb. She summoned the hardest substance that she could find from her earthly domain and created the first-ever weapon – a scythe. This was her weapon for revenge. She asked all of her children.

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