Part 1- Okay, so first of all, this is my second entry (the
first is The Lightning Thief) for
this whole reading log activity for this semester. And if you’re a fan of the
Percy Jackson series, then you must have known that there are three other books
in between my first entry and this one. And if you’re asking why I decided to
jump directly to the final and concluding story of this whole series, well, it
is simply because this book is my favorite among the five. Then you might
think, why didn’t I decided to just use those five books since this reading log
activity also require 5 books. It is because I’m thinking about bringing you
not just to the adventures of Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Grover Underwood
and other Greek Demigods but also to other demigods specially the Roman
demigods from a Roman Camp named Camp Jupiter (Somewhat a Roman counterpart of
Camp-Half Blood). And that is why I jumped directly to the final book of this
series and decided to reserve the remaining three books that I have for this
activity for the next series written also by the same author, Mr. Rick Riordan.
So, I mentioned above that this book is my favorite one.
That is because I learned too many values on this one; the value of family, the
value of friends, team work, trust, courage and resilience but what stood out
to me is the value of sacrifice. All those things are present on this book. And
that is basically because this book covers the final battle between the gods and
demigods against titans and the giants (well at least, the last and final war
for THIS series).
At first, I was shocked, I mean literally, and that was even
the first time I reacted too much on a book. On the very first chapter, my favorite
character, Charles Beckendorf, senior counselor for the Hephaestus cabin, blew
up the ship of Kronos. Cool? Yeah. Pretty cool. But he also blew himself up
together with that ship. First chapter, first casualty. NOT COOL. On the very
first chapter, a sacrifice has to be done. And I began asking, why? Why does it
have to be Charles? I mean, Charles is among the best demigod at the Camp. And
he is even the best when it comes to machineries. Then why does it have to be
him? Then I realized one thing. I remembered the story of Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire. Harry was able to finish the last maze, but Cedric, a fellow
Hogwarts Student of Harry Potter died on the spot when they faced Voldemort.
I’m not a big fan of the Harry Potter story but there is a thing in common among
the two different stories. Percy and Charles are friends. Harry and Cedric were
also friends. But among their friendship, someone has to sacrifice himself so
that the other will succeed. It might sound unfair but they did what they did
and it paid off. Just too bad for the Percy Jackson series because it has to be
my favorite character. Anyway, what I’m trying to say is; all things have their
own consequences. Others might think the ‘sacrifice’
means to give your own life for others. No. sacrifice doesn’t limit only to
that. In all our different ways, we can perform sacrifices for others as long
as we gave the best that we have. Remember Charles is a counselor at the camp,
yet he died. As a fan, we might find it hard to believe. And at the same way, we
might not realize the worth of that sacrifice at first, but when you succeed,
you’ll remember everything that you have to go through and eventually, you will
realize that the sacrifice that you made has played a big part for your
success. And that happened to the story. When Percy succeeded, he never forgot
his friend who played one of the biggest parts of their conquest.
The story brings not only the thoughts I’ve presented above.
It has more values that will help us realize things in this world and I do hope
you’ll find it interesting and start reading the story, not just this one, but
all Percy Jackson related books of Mr. Riordan. Trust me, you’ll never regret.
:)
Part 2 – I decided to write a short simple letter to Mr.
Riordan for the success of his books.
January 2, 2015
Mr. Rick Riordan;
Hey Mr. Rick!
Thanks for the whole 5-book series. That series was the very
first series that I’ve ever loved. And
thank you for that. I just find your style unique and pretty impressive. The
way you present scenes and events is so cool. How I’d wish to meet you in
person and just have even the shortest conversation with the very first author
who taught me how to love reading books. You taught me many values about lives.
Values about friendship. And again thank you for that. My words are clearly not
enough to express my thanks to you Mr. Rick for everything that you’ve written.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
May you continue to inspire other people through your talent
and may you have a fruitful 2015 to you and your family. Thank you and Happy
New Year Mr. Rick !!
Truly yours,
Achaemenid panuncillo
ps. tHANK YOU FOR KILLING MY FAVORITE CHARACTER. L AND ALSO, IF YOU KNOW WHERE GROVER IS RIGHT
NOW, TELL HIM TO GO LOOK FOR ME. I MIGHT NEED TO TRAIN AT THE CAMP.
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Too much for this entry. Thank you for stopping by! Good Day
and Happy New Year ! J
