1. Q) After reading the first quarter of the book we now know about Percy's situation and why he's a troubled kid, this being that he is a half-blood, now that we know this do you believe that his small apartment in the middle of New York is significant?
A) Yes i believe that it is significant because if he lived somewhere that is less populated and less busy monsters would be able to find him or catch his scent easier. Where as in the middle of New York there are so many people that his scent will be mixed in with so many other people that monsters will have a tough time finding him.
2. Q) At the start of the book Percy and his class are on a field trip to the museum, the author talks about them being in the ancient greek part of the tour. How does this foreshadow the events to come?
A) This foreshadows events to come because we find out later that Percy is a demi-god(half mortal, half god) which means that ancient greek is going to be very important in Percy's life.
3. Q) At the museum, just before Mrs.Dodds tells Percy to follow her into the museum, What happens to the weather that foreshadows what will happen inside the museum?
A) Just before Percy goes into the museum behind Mrs.Dodds the weather gets very stormy, this foreshadows that something very bad is going to happen. Which it did, Mrs.Dodds tries to kill Percy inside the museum.
4. Q) When Percy returns home at the end of the school year to his apartment, it is very smelly and dirty because of Gabe. Why is this trait of the apartment so important for Percy's safety?
A) This trait of the apartment is important because the smell of Gabe and the appartement stay on Percy, this smell overwhelms Percy half-blood scent which keeps him safe from monsters before he has been trained.
5. Q) When Percy and Grover are on the bus back to New York at the end of the school year, the bus breaks down in the middle of nowhere. How does this show that something significant is going to happen? What happens?
A) When the bus breaks down black smoke billows out from the dashboard,this symbolizes that something bad is going to happen. When Percy and grover get off the bus they see the three Fates, they look directly at Percy and cut a piece of yarn. If the Fates cut yarn it's like them cutting your "lifeline", it means that you are going to die.
6. Q) The night that Percy and his mother stay at the beach cabin at Montauk is described as one of the worst storms that New York has ever seen. This foreshadows that something bad is going to happen, What happens?
A) Percy and his mother are awoken by grover who is being chased by a monster from the underworld. The monster chases them all the way to Half-Blood Hill, we find out that the monster is the Minotaur and Percy later defeats him but loses his mother in the process.
7. Q) Half-Blood Hill is the only safe place for half-bloods. It is a stereotypical heart warming farm house in a valley surrounded by strawberry fields. Why do you think that the author would pick this as the safe place for half bloods?
A) I think that the author chose this as the safe place for half-bloods because i think that it is a very easy setting for readers to picture and relate to. I also think that he chose this because a lot of people would think about this as a sort of paradise that they can relate to as being a very safe place.
8. Q) This part of the story takes place i New York, New York does not have a very warm climate, not really ideal for growing strawberry's, what is revealed about how and why the strawberry fields are there?
A) We learn a little bit later in the story that the strawberry fields can grow there for two reasons. First because the climate at Half-Blood Hill is whatever the people there want it to be, therefore it is nice and mostly warm all year. Second, the camp director is Dionysus, the god of wine, which also means that he can make things grow very easily. The reason that the strawberry fields are there instead of grape fields(for the god of wine) is because he is not aloud to grow grapes or drink wine until his punishment from Zeus is over.
9. Q) When Percy is receiving his tour of the camp we learn that the number 1, 2, and 3 cabins are empty. If you were a demigod would you want to be a child of the big three?
A) No, i wouldn't want to be a child of the big three. Even though these half-bloods are the most powerful, they are also very dangerous and they are often in danger. Also i would not want to live alone in a cabin all summer, or possibly all year. I would much rather be a child of Athena or Ares where you are still powerful but also have people to live with, and i would not be in as much danger as a child of the big three.
10. Q) When Percy and his mother spend the night at Montauk Percy talks about all of his good experiences there and all of his fond memories and it is described as such a peaceful place. Did yo have any predictions about how their time spent their would play out? Were your predictions right?
A) Yes, i thought that because of the way that this place was described and the events leading up to it i thought that it would be spent peacefully and be a nice trip and there would be more conflict when their trip was over. My prediction was wrong! During the first night they are abruptly awaken and chased by the Minotaur all the way toHalf-Blood Hill.
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