Chapters 1 and 2 Journal Response

In the first chapter, Percy is about to finish his first full year at a school in New York City without getting expelled. On the last day, a group of kids come to visit the school and are giving Percy and his friend a hard time. Percy's best friend is Tyson, who is about six feet tall and has no home. When the class plays dodgeball, the visitors turn into cannibal giants and try to kill Percy and Tyson with flaming dodgeballs. Percy remembers that his sword, Riptide, is in the change room and has to get the door blown off to get it. Tyson killed a few of the giants and then gets hit by one of the flaming dodgeballs and makes a hole in the wall. Percy's old friend, Annabeth then shows up and kills the final giant. The three then jumped through the wall and onto the street. At this point, the characters and Percy, Annabeth and Tyson. Percy is very brave and Tyson is very big and strong. Annabeth is very smart and wise. At this point, we can tell that Annabeth does not like Tyson very much. A quote that describes Annabeth is when she says "Lay off my friend" to the bully Matt Sloan. A quote for Percy is when he says "Let them go" to the cannibal giants when they locked the other kids in the gym. A quote for Tyson is when he asks Percy "I... I am a freak" which shows that even though he is really big, he is very sensitive.