In the book The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan, the author uses similes and a hyperbole. These are all on the same page, where the author describes Afales Bay in Greece. The first simile the author uses is “its ninety oars like toothpicks” (5). The author was describing the protagonists’ ship called Argo II. He was simply comparing the oars to toothpicks, which makes me assume that the characters are far away from their ship, making the massive ship look small. Another simile the author uses was “The air was as steamy as a Roman bathhouse” (5). The author was describing how high the temperature was at the Bay, and how the air was steamy, just like a Roman bathhouse, which would make me think that it’s usually hot in a Roman bathhouse. The hyperbole the author used was “the water was so blue it might’ve been dyed with food coloring” (5). This shows that the water is really blue. I actually went ahead and looked online to see how the Bay looked like and it is really blue. The picture to the left is what Afales Bay looks like.
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The book I am reading is The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan. The main characters in this book would be Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Jason Grace, Leo Valdez, Frank Zhang, Piper McLean, and Hazel Levesque, who are the demigods of the Prophecy of Seven. A demigod is an offspring of a god, in this case the Greek and Roman Gods. These seven people are important because it is up to them to either save the world from the awakening Gaea, or destroy the world trying. Percy is heroic and brave. Annabeth is intelligent and very orderly and powerful. In the text, Jason describes her as “deadly” and the author states, “but even without a visible weapon, she looked deadly. Her stormy gray eyes scanned the surroundings, alert for any threat. If any dude asked Annabeth fro a drink, Jason figured she was more likely to kick the guy in the bifurcum” (5). According to the glossary at the end of the book, bifurcum is Latin for “private parts”. Jason is pretty serious and goes by the rules. Leo is energetic and funny. Frank is a bit shy and loyal. Piper is caring and at some times aggressive. The only person Piper is really caring to is Jason, being his girlfriend and she shows this when she notices that Jason’s getting a bit tired and even though Annabeth urges the group to move on, Piper says, “We can rest for a second. Catch your breath, Jason” (4). Hazel is bright and creative. Most of these characters are dynamic like how Piper comes from being shy and weak, to extroverted and string in the last book. While a few stay static, like Frank who never really changes and stays his shy self.
The book I am reading is The House of Hades by Rick Riordan. In chapters 13-16, Percy and Annabeth, two of the main seven protagonists of the series, are trapped in the dark depths of Tartarus, which is like hell. Their chances of survival were extremely low. The goal was to get to the Doors of Death, the only gateway back to the mortal world. The couple encounter a group of vampires which might lead them to the Doors of Death, so Percy and Annabeth choose to follow them. This is an important turn of events because Percy thought that they would get lost and die in Tartarus. After following the vampires for a while, Percy and Annabeth reach a cliff. When they climb down the cliff, the vampires are nowhere to be seen. Percy and Annabeth had fallen into a trap. On page 105, the author states, “If the the empousai were still ahead of them, they should’ve been visible somewhere on the plains. Unless they were hiding… Too late, ,Percy drew his sword. The empousai emerged from the rocks all around the - five of them forming a ring. A perfect trap.” Empousai are basically vampires, but in Greek language. This scene shows the bravery of Percy and the intelligence of Annabeth. Together, they stall the vampires from killing them for a while when a giant named Bob comes to the rescue and defeats all the vampires. On pages 112 and 113, Bob the giant “turned to the two remaining empousai, who stood over Percy. One was foolish enough to attack. She lunged with the speed of a tiger, but she never stood a chance. A spearhead jutted from the end of Bob’s broom. With a single deadly swipe, he cut her to dust… Percy couldn’t speak. He couldn’t bring himself to believe that something good had actually happened” (Riordan page 112-113). Percy reacts with a wave of relief and gracious. This part of the story takes place in the rising action. This is an incredible event and this book can just get the reader absorbed into the story. This is an exciting event, and I believe that Percy and Annabeth will make it to the Doors of Death.
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