The Titan's Curse Dialectical Journal

Journal 2

There will have to be strenuous decisions made throughout ones life. In the book, The Titan’s Curse, the characters make these decisions often. They are constantly determining which route gives them the best chance to succeed in their conquest, and more importantly, which path will give them the best chance in living. In this book in particular, Percy lost his best friend Annabeth from a monster, who took her from a school dance. Percy and his gang, which consisted of two hunters, Grover, and Thalia went out to locate Annabeth’s whereabouts. Throughout the book, there were multiple lessons that taught the characters and myself a life lesson. The first lesson in the book is always trust your companions. While the group was racing

While Percy and his posse were stuck in the middle of nowhere, the goddess of war paid them an unpredicted visit. She had a few words of wisdom to Percy himself. She told Percy that he should not listen to the hunters and to basically make his own plans on how they find Annabeth. She even insisted that Percy has feelings for Annabeth. It is clear that Percy has feelings for Annabeth: “I have to help her, I’ve been having these dreams” (Riordan 185). Annabeth was planning on leaving camp and becoming a hunter, but if Percy rescues her, she will definitely stay at camp and Percy will profess his love to her. In the mean time, Percy will run through all his options and decide whether it is a good idea to turn on his group and do the conquest on his own, or to find Annabeth as a

In many occasions throughout the novel, Percy has had to be patient and wait for the right moment to destroy his opponent. In Percy’s latest altercation with the giant tin monster, Percy’s only hope to destroy it was to be patient: “Distract it, I’ll just have to tie it right” (Riordan 196). The gang encountered a tin monster at a junkyard while in Arizona. Bianca stole a little figurine that she coveted and the monster sensed an object was missing. He fought for his life to kill his intruders and to get the figurine back. While the gang tried fighting off the monster, Grover was playing his bagpipes trying to distract the giant tin monster, but his method of distraction was pointless. Grover is a wastrel and not helping the group at all. Finally the group found the right moment to take down the monster, and they succeeded. Sadly, Bianca was taken down with him and she was gone forever. Although they lost a group member and a friend, their patience paid off in the long