The Titan's Curse (Week 5)

           Reading The Titan's Curse this week, I realized something very interesting. In the book, Percy (the protagonist) makes the decision to sneak away and follow his friends to a quest without being chosen to participate in the quest. His decision is also frowned upon because it would go against the prophecy that only four shall go on the quest. With there already being two hunters and two campers on the quest, Percy would make the odd number five. Percy ultimately makes this decision because Nico (whose sister is going on the quest) wants someone to look after his sister and make sure she is safe. The thing I realized is that Percy's leadership style is parallel to the president of The United States, Barack Obama. Barack Obama made the secretive decision to go after Osama Bin Laden. If the public had known his decision and planning, he most likely would have received criticism like: "He's already dead", "Why spend so much money on something you can't attain?" or "It's impossible to find him". But Obama was confident in his plan and he carried through. In the end, every thing he did, though in secrecy, was for the better of the people. And that is what Percy is trying to do for Nico and his sister.          

          There was also a serious sign of foreshadowing in this week's reading. While the 5 hunters and campers were battling some monsters, a giant boar saved them. When the giant boar came, Grover, whose mission in life is to find the nature god, Pan, felt a divine wind. He said it was an extraordinary gift from nature. He also said that for a split second, he had felt the mighty presence of Pan. Pan is supposed to be captured and it's a myth where he could possibly be. So possibly, this is foreshadowing of Grover finally finding his god.