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The Last Olympian
By: Rick Riordan
Copyright : Rick Riordan 2009
Genre: Greek mythology
By : Shane Wyman
Interest Level and Reading Level: the interest level
and reading level of “The Last Olympian” is
4th grade – 11th grade.
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Main Theme
The main theme of this book is Rick's view of Greek
mythology. Rick gathers up all the Greek Mythology he can
find and once he is done he gets a pad of paper and pencil
and starts up a brain storm. In his books he puts Greek
monsters like....hell hounds, emporias, furies, monitors,
Hades' dead army, and other monsters. He also put his
own twist on things like historic people as kids of gods.
Examples: George Washington was a son of Heroms,
Harriet Tub man was a daughter of Heroms, and Abraham
Lincoln as a son of Athena. He also puts real Greek
worriers as in Precious, Hercules, and the Titans. Rick
takes real facts then twists them into his own view in the
Percy Jackson series.
Overview
The Last Olympian is about Percy and all of his friends who have to save
the world by going to the underworld and swimming in the River of the Styx. They
destroy the dead army of Hades by Percy's new power from the Styx. Next they
have to go to New York City and defeat the Titan lord Kronos. Kronos finds away
up to the top of the Empire State Building where Olympus is magically hidden.
Kronos is trying to destroy the center of the gods power, the thrown. If Kronos is
able to destroy the thrown of one god that god will turn to dust. Percy gives
Kronos a cursed blade that makes him stab himself in his Achilles heel from the
River of the Styx. Percy is able to save the day.
problem & solution
The problem in The Last Olympian is the giant war between the Titans and the
gods. The Titans are winning from all the betrayals of the Demigods and joining
the Titan lords' army. Kronos in Luke’s body kept tricking Demigods into joining
their side. They had a spy at camp half-blood and kept giving the important
information to Kronos. The spy told the enemy army to send the worst monster
to kill every one and they almost succeeded. Luke overcame Kronos' soul in his
body and turned Kronos to dust, thus wining the war.
Setting and Point of View
The setting of this book starts at Percy's home then moves to his
friends' house. Then the setting changes to Olympus on the 600th
floor of the Empire State Building. Next we go Percy's home which is
in New York. Afterward we move to camp half-blood which is hidden
in a forest near a New York highway, that only can be accessed by
gods and other half-bloods. The ending of this book is set in
Olympus.
I believe Rick Roirdan used the battle as a lesson of team
work and trust. Percy went into battle with all of his friends with only
trust, friendship and blessings from the gods and their mortal
parents. This showed if you went into battle you would have to have a
lot of trust in your allies, or teammates. Percy could have been
betrayed and found out he had a new enemy which was just using
him for information. One of his friends, Annabeth took a few hits from
the Titans for Percy. Percy knew he was able to trust her because of
this. The Last Olympian was a story of built around trust and
teamwork.
Characters
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The Character of this book are from Greek Mythology that have some pretty cool features
with a modern twist. There were many characters but I want to show you the main characters
that were throughout this book. The main character of this book is Percy Jackson. Percy is
the son of Poseidon. He is one of the saviors of Olympus like his brother, Tyson and
Annabeth. He is one of the children of the big three that are some of the most powerful of all
the gods.
Tyson is Percy's brother, who is a Cyclopes. He is about 7 ft tall and stronger than a
wrestler by about 10 times. He can wield metal into a sword in about 20 seconds. He helped
Percy by using his strength and fighting Percy's battles. He was Percy's protector.
Annabeth is the daughter of Athena, a Greek god. She is 15 years old with blond hair
and gray eyes like her mother. She is a skilled fighter, who uses only a knife to fight monsters.
She also dreams of being an architect. Annabeth helps Tyson protect Percy from monsters.
Percy and Annabeth are best friends because she was always there for him and he could trust
her.
Poseidon is the god of the sea and he is also Percy's dad. Poseidon in his mortal form
is about 6 ft.2. He is always wearing a coastline shirt and a bathing suit bottom. He has a
short haircut the color of hazel. Poseidon helps Percy in the book by taking down a evil
dragon that could take down the empire state building in one blow.
Zeus is Poseidon’s brother making him Percy's uncle. Zeus is the same height as his
brother Poseidon in mortal form. Zeus has a long gray beard and most of the time a scowl on
his face. He always wears a gray and black suit. He helped Percy by fighting the huge dragon
and buying Percy and Percy's dad some time. Don't get these Greek characters mixed with
the old Greek characters because these guys have a modern twist.
Discussion Questions
Chapter Fifteen
What is the fate of Grover's Searches' license?
Chapter Sixteen
Who is the spy?
What is the big monster that will destroy the Hero Army?
Chapter Nineteen
What is the cursed blade?
Who is the person who will choose the fate of the gods?
Chapter Twenty
Who will be the next Orceal?
What happens with Annabeth and Percy?
Who wins the war?
Prediction Questions
Will there be another book in the Percy Jackson series?
Do you think there will be more characters introduced?
Do you think the characters who ended in this book will continue through
the next book if there is one?
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Some other books by Rick are....
~ Percy Jackson and The
Lightning Thief
~The Sea of Monsters
~The Titan's Curse
~The Battle of The Labyrinth
~39 Clues