Percy's Point Of View In The Lightning Thief

In this expert from the “Lightning Thief,” the author uses Percy’s point of view to achieve his purpose, of creating suspense. The author uses first person point of view. This limits us to know only know what the narrator, Percy knows. If it were in a different point of view, for example third person omniscient, we would not have suspense. This is because we would know his mom knows, and she seems to know a lot more than Percy knows. This would not allow suspense, since we would always know what is going on at all times, which could make the story boring, and even ruin it. When the author used first person, it created suspense, which lead which leads to readers not knowing why Percy doesn’t seem normal. Percy had a “weird hallucination that” he “had sliced” his “math teacher to dust with a sword.” Some people may have hallucinations, but never as extreme as that. Percy wonders why he has this extreme hallucination that is not very normal. Weird things happened to him all throughout his life. Like when third, a man in a trench coat stalked him on the playground. Young Percy noticed that the man only had one eye. However he tried to tell people

Readers aren’t sure what it is, because Percy doesn’t. Since the author used first person to achieve his goal of suspense. Percy has a purpose for believing this though. His mom keeps telling him weird things like “I thought you’d finally be safe,” and when she talks about a summer camp she says, “I couldn’t send you to that place. It might mean sending you away for good.” This leaves readers and Percy thinking, “what is this place,” and “keep him (or from Percy’s prospective me) safe from what?” This makes readers want to read on to find out the answers to their questions. Rick Riordian (the author) creates suspense by using point of view, since we don’t know what Percy’s mom is thinking, and makes readers want to read