Booky thoughts on some kidlit
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darkelf105So, this is just piffle but---
In Sea of Monsters, it has become clear that Annabeth, daughter of Athena, is actually way more closely related to the Greek ideal of the heroic than Percy is. She ties herself to the ship mast and listens to the sirens in the Sea of Monsters because it is the only to discover what her character flaw is, and being the daugher of Athena, she sees how listening to what the sirens have to say about desire is wise. So she finds out she is guilty of hubris. Which means she IS the Greek Hero, for their downfall is always hubris. Annabeth says that every Greek hero had a fatal flaw and that it is different from hero to hero, but no, really, it's always hubris. I will ignore that Percy had to go save her while no one had to save Odysseus....Odysseus never needed to be saved (after all he was wily Odysseus, backstabber, liar, and cheat extrodinaire). People, mostly his crew, had to be saved from his arrogance (but, let me tell you, compared to Anneas and Achilles, Odysseus looks like a humble, lovable character). Annabeth is my favorite character as of now, although I really kinda like Clarisse and I think Grover is a sweetie. And Percy is Harry Potter except minus the self-indulgent whining and, is, in general, a way less self-centered character. So despite the whole "Western Civ" thing I ranted about a few posts ago, I really like the series thus far.
The Mysterious Benedict Society....I am 200+ pages in and have finally figured out why the name Nomansan Island, the name of the island that the evil villain has a lair on, was bothering me.
Nomansan Island= No man's an island. Yay John Donne! Boo to Katie now wondering what other really clever stuff the author put in the book and I missed because I'm not so quick on the uptake. But all in all, what a charming series. I love it. Everyone should read it so we can all be charmed together.
In Sea of Monsters, it has become clear that Annabeth, daughter of Athena, is actually way more closely related to the Greek ideal of the heroic than Percy is. She ties herself to the ship mast and listens to the sirens in the Sea of Monsters because it is the only to discover what her character flaw is, and being the daugher of Athena, she sees how listening to what the sirens have to say about desire is wise. So she finds out she is guilty of hubris. Which means she IS the Greek Hero, for their downfall is always hubris. Annabeth says that every Greek hero had a fatal flaw and that it is different from hero to hero, but no, really, it's always hubris. I will ignore that Percy had to go save her while no one had to save Odysseus....Odysseus never needed to be saved (after all he was wily Odysseus, backstabber, liar, and cheat extrodinaire). People, mostly his crew, had to be saved from his arrogance (but, let me tell you, compared to Anneas and Achilles, Odysseus looks like a humble, lovable character). Annabeth is my favorite character as of now, although I really kinda like Clarisse and I think Grover is a sweetie. And Percy is Harry Potter except minus the self-indulgent whining and, is, in general, a way less self-centered character. So despite the whole "Western Civ" thing I ranted about a few posts ago, I really like the series thus far.
The Mysterious Benedict Society....I am 200+ pages in and have finally figured out why the name Nomansan Island, the name of the island that the evil villain has a lair on, was bothering me.
Nomansan Island= No man's an island. Yay John Donne! Boo to Katie now wondering what other really clever stuff the author put in the book and I missed because I'm not so quick on the uptake. But all in all, what a charming series. I love it. Everyone should read it so we can all be charmed together.
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