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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

by Rick Riordan

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In Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Percy is on a quest with Annabeth and Grover. There are many things that might be said about Percy, but particularly in these chapters (11-13), certain qualities of Percy stand out. Percy's curiosity and boldness are driving characteristics that define his personality. At the start of Chapter 11, Annabeth is mad at Percy for taking such bold chances and risking her chance to have a quest. Later, he stays longer at Aunt Em's because he is curious, despite his friends suggesting that they leave.

In Chapter 13, when they visit the St. Louis Gateway Arch and the woman and her dog transform into the mother of monsters and a chimera, Percy must fight back. When he loses his sword in a hole and Echidna taunts him, saying if he was a real hero, he'd go after it, he leaps from the structure to do so. His personality, which combines curiosity and boldness causes him to take incredible risks that endanger him and his friends. 

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