Percy Jackson and the last Olympian, 3rd post

In this post I am going to speak about the environment and how it's described.

The most detailed descriptions in the book is about people and monsters. No wonder, because the environments is shifting too fast for the author to actually have to describe it properly. Mostly, they simply don't play such an important role for the events, rather than people and creatures. Maybe this is also because the book is last of five, and some places have already been described.

Another thing to keep in mind is that the book is more or less described from Percy's point of view, although Percy is mentioned as "Percy", and not "I" or "me". This affects the telling, and thereby the descriptions. This is a quote from the beginning:

"It was almost dark by the time we spotted our target. The Princess Andromeda glowed on the horizon - a huge cruise ship lit up yellow and white. From a distance, you'd think it was just a party ship, not the headquarters for the Titan lord. Then, as you got closer, you might notice the giant figurehead - a dark maiden in a Greek chiton, wrapped in chains with a look of horror on her face, as if she could smell the stench of all the monsters she was being forced to carry."

This tells us about a ship in a pretty typical way by Percy, with a sense of humor but still a bit scary. As I said, creatures are often described much, but not as much the look of the monster species as the feeling you get when you see them, or the mood they are in, even still often with a sense of humor.

/Justin Bieber