According to Adlit.org (2014), Rick Riordan admitted that he did not like books before he reached the age of 11 or 12 years old. ... Gradually, he found his interest in reading fantasy books and particularly fascinated to Greek and Norse mythology. ... His set his goal as a teacher that each of his students should have an interest in reading more books than reading less. ... According to Adam Furgang (2012, cited in Adlit.org. p.41), write that Rick Riordan missed some parts of being a teacher and he would like to go back teaching one day. ... On his website, he has stated that, "Hopefull...

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Although many people have cited Achilles as having superhuman strength and various other physical attributes, he appears to be lacking the qualities of a real Homeric Epic Hero. ... It is not until nine books of brooding and pouting passed for Achilles to realize how selfish and immature he was behaving. ... Achilles decides not to fight for Agamemnon or the Greeks for nine books. ... An Epic Hero was supposed to be above pettiness, but as we've seen in books one through nine, we know that Achilles is neither mature nor reasonable. ... Like his behavior for the first nine books with Agame...

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Introduction 1.1 Background Choosing the Subject This graduating paper deals with an American series entitled Percy Jackson and the Olympians, often shortened to just Percy Jackson, is a pentalogy of adventure and fiction books written by Rick Riordan. More than 20 million copies of the books have been sold in more than 35 countries. ... Aristotle also cites that hamartia was done by the tragic hero unintentionally and he must pay a great punishment for doing so. ... The focus of the papers also different, while Hikmat's paper deals with the first out of five books of the series, this ...

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Although many people have cited Achilles as having superhuman strength and various other physical attributes, he appears to be lacking the qualities of a real Homeric Epic Hero. ... It is not until nine books of brooding and pouting passed for Achilles to realize how selfish and immature he was behaving. ... Achilles decides not to fight for Agamemnon or the Greeks for nine books. ... An Epic Hero was supposed to be above pettiness, but as we've seen in books one through nine, we know that Achilles is neither mature nor reasonable. ... Like his behavior for the first nine books with Agame...

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