Monday, August 11, 2014

The Sea of Monsters: 8/11/14

Prompt: Summarize what you read
Pages: 108-end

    In this part of the book Percy, Annabeth and Tyson are trying to save Grover. They sneak onto a boat that Hermes says is going to the Sea of Monsters. Tyson says he can smell monsters on the boat. Luke catches them. He tells them he is bringing Kronos back to life by Half-Bloods joining him.They then escape and go to a Half-Blood hideout.

   While they are at the hideout they are attacked by monsters. They are saved by another Half-Blood and go to the Sea of Monsters. Their boat gets destroyed while they are entering the Sea of Monsters and Tyson goes missing. They travel through the Sea of Monsters looking for Grover. At one place Percy gets turned into a Guinea Pig but is rescued by Annabeth.

     They find the island but the Cyclops that had Grover trapped found out that Grover was a Satyr, one of his favorite foods. He is about to eat him when Grover suggests that he cooks him with some fruit. This gives Percy and Annabeth time to come up with a plan to rescue him. After they are rescued and are going back to camp they are captured by Luke. They are rescued by their camp directer and his cousins, centaurs.

Sunday, August 3, 2014

The Sea of Monsters: 8/3/14

Pages: 1-107
Prompt: Describe the characters

     The main character is Percy Jackson. He is a half god (son of Poseidon), half human which is called a half-blood or demigod. He can heal and strengthen himself by touching water, can control water and can breath underwater. He lives at Camp Half Blood where he trains and is safe from monsters. He discovers that he has a half brother named Tyson at the beginning of the book.

     Another main character is Annabeth. She is a half-blood, the daughter of Athena. This makes her very smart and great a war strategy. She has lived at Camp Half Blood for longer then Percy and led Percy through his first days at camp in The Lightning Thief. Percy discovers that for an unknown reason she hates cyclops.

     One other main character is Tyson. He is a cyclops and a son of Poseidon. A cyclops is a monster with only one eye. This causes him to be bullied often and embarrasses Percy. A final main character is Grover. He is a satyr which is a half goat half human. He is trapped by a cyclops who love to eat satyrs but thinks he is a lady cyclops.