Before Reading
The Mark of Athena by Rick Riodian
Genre: Fantasy Prediction: After reading the first couple chapters, I think that The Romans and the seven demigods will meet and fight in Rome and will save Rome at the same time. I think this because |
During Reading
Setting: Oakland, California-Fort Sumter, Charleston, Rome
Conflict: The Romans and the demigods face off at Fort Sumter, Theme: A group is good company, but don't get split up. It could end up in defeat. Plot and Main Events: The Greek demigods go to the Roman camp to make peace with each other, the Greek's ship goes off and destroys part of Camp Jupiter, the seven chosen demigods head off to Rome to complete their quest, the Romans and the demigods find each other in Fort Sumter and battle; the demigods get away, while the Romans head for Camp Half-Blood to destroy it, Annabeth follows the Mark of Athena to retrieve the Athena Parthenos, they stop the giants from destroying Rome, for now, Percy and Annabeth fall into Tartarus, the rest of the gang heads to Greece. Characters and description: Percy Jackson: Son of Poseidon, saved Mount Olympus from Kronos, one of seven demigods in the Seven Demigods Quest, Annabeth's boyfriend, Greek demigod, controls water Annabeth Chase: daughter of Athena, part of the saving of Mount Olympus, one of seven demigods in the Seven Demigods Quest, Percy's girlfriend, Greek demigod, has to folloe the Mark of Athena to restore peace with the Romans, has great knowledge of architecture and common knowledge Jason Grace: Son of Zues, Roman demigod, one of seven demigods in the Seven Demigods Quest, controls winds and clouds, Piper's boyfriend Piper McLean: daughter of Aphrodite, Roman demigod, one of seven in the Seven Demigods Quest, Jason's girlfriend, uses charmspeak to persuade people Hazel Levesque: daughter of Hades, one of seven demigods in the Seven Demigods Quest, has to save her brother Nico Di Angelo from death, summons, senses, and controls precious metals and gems, Roman demigod, Frank's girlfriend Frank Zhang: son of Ares, one of seven demigods in the Seven Demigods Quest, Hazel's boyfriend, good with a bow, can shape-shift Leo Valdez: son of Hephaestus, one of seven demigods in the Seven Demigods Quest, can summon fire and is good with machines. |
During Reading (cont.)
Author's Purpose: entertain and inform because he tells readers about Greek and Romans legends and mythology but he also makes the storyline for entertainment purposes.
Point of View: First Person: "Oh, I remember you, Jason!" Terminus grumbled. Third Person: He broke open the cookie. Drawl Conclusions: Foreshadowing, in my opinion, is used a bit to much in his books. the very first page had foreshadowing on it to say that there was something on the boat and something would happen later. Vocabulary: ballistae: An ancient and medieval engine of warfare used to hurl heavy projectiles at a target. aviation: is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. donned: To put on preator: A title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to men acting in one of two official, capacities: the commander of an army, or an elected magistratus. hippodrome: A Greek stadium for horse racing and chariot racing. Finding the big idea in texts: It's more idea. He uses fore shadowing to give the readers a chance to figure out what will happen later in the story if they notice it. I can't connect to this. I've read this before in his other books. |
After Reading
Focusing on text-to-text connections: This remind me of his Son of Neptune book because it has the same type of reason: to complete some quest somewhere in the world.
It is similar to his other books because they all have to do with some type of myth; weather it's Greek or Roman or Egyptian. This is different because sometimes I read books that aren't fiction like his but more of historical fiction or more real life fiction. Questioning: I would recommend this book to other readers because the storyline isn't start forward but adds other little adventures to the storyline instead of making it going from point A in the story to point B. I would not change the ending because it adds suspense weather they will survive Tartarus or not, making the readers want to read the next book. Questions for Rick Riodian: What got you into writing books about Greek and Roman mythology? |