readers journal#14

Readers Journal#14                                                     04/12/2011

Dear Mrs. Zrihen,

I have finished The battle of the Labyrinth  by Rick Riordan. The strategies I used after reading this book were recalling all the important events in the chapters, looking for key details to support the main idea and then I looked at a summary to see if I missed anything important or if I covered everything.

The genre of this book is a fantasy because it contains the majority of the key factors a mythology book would have like Titans, Gods, Cyclopses, etc. The characteristics of the three main characters which are Percy Jackson , Grover, and Annabeth.  Percy is a round character with a dynamic personality. His motive is to stop Luke which is the antagonist, from escaping the labyrinth and preventing his army from raiding the camp he lives in called camp half blood. The setting is in New York. The time is modern time. The weather conditions are usually underground in the labyrinth and it is very hot there. The social conditions are ranged from communications with half bloods to encounters with monsters.

The main issue Percy has to encounter is the solution to end Luke’s reign of terror in the camp. It is both internal and external. It is both Character vs self and society because Percy has to decide on certain decisions that may effect the camp and his life. The tone of this book is action. The mood is Humor, but most of the time it is serious because of the plot. I can not conclude the moral if this book but I think it is to look past evil and to go for the prize no matter how bad the situation is. The point of view is through the narration because Percy never speaks in first person, The pattern of organization is chronological order.

The response starters I have for this book are #2 I wonder what family means to Percy Jackson. #13 I like the way the Author didn’t pay too much attention on the humor but more of the story. I rate this book a 9/10 because it is a fun filled fantasy that anyone can enjoy.

From your student,

Alan Alvarez