Curiosity, a Literary Essay on The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Essay by Dylan
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan shows that the main character, Percy, is curious
about a lot of things. Most people think that The Lightning Thief is about a boy whose father
is Poseidon, and his journey to Los Angeles to enter the Underworld, to retrieve Zeus’
master lightning bolt, but I think that it’s about a boy whose travels. Curiosity causes him to
save his mom. Curiosity is a part of my life, and. Percy travels about three-thousand miles
across the length of the United States of America, to save his mom. As he travels, curiosity
leads him to many adventures along the way.
Percy was curious about a number of things. One thing that he was curious about
was when he threw the magic pen and it safely returned to his pocket. Another was that he
jumped out of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, which was a six-hundred feet drop
and into the Mississippi River. He lived. The last piece of evidence is that he was curious
when he saw his father, Poseidon, in a Hawaiian shirt and khakis. He thought that gods
would be more formal.
Percy’s curiosity caused him to be mystified by the scent of burning food. He’s sure
that magic changed it. In the book, it said that when Percy smelled it, he didn’t gag. Also, he
stopped to smell the very good smell that came from food in a fire. The way that he
described it “It smelled like cocoa and brownies and wildflowers and a million other things
that shouldn’t go well together but did.” Percy’s curiosity caused him to stop and wonder
about the scent of burning food.
Lastly, Percy Jackson was showing curiosity when Luke, the person that he thought
to be his friend, betrayed him and made a fire, in which a life-threatening scorpion crawled
out! They were in the woods drinking Coca Cola, and an evil scorpion crawled out. If Chiron
had not found Percy, death would engulf him. Percy got nursed back to health. I think that
that was very mean to double-cross someone like that.
In The Lightning Thief, I learned that it’s not always bad to be curious and take risks.
Curiosity is a part of nature. Literature often shows this trait in many ways. Percy is a
heaping pile of curiosity. He travels so far, it’s amazing! Author, Rick Riordan showed how
Percy’s curiosity led him on an adventure. Percy is a heaping pile of curiosity. His travels
were amazing, because of his curiosity.