Character Essay

My characters name is Percy Jackson, from the series Percy Jackson and The Olympians. He is a very interesting and different main character from other books main character. He has many different moods and emotions. His moods and emotions usually depend on what his weaknesses and strengths are. His weaknesses as a hero are sometimes his strengths as a person.
Percy Jackson is a very loyal character. He loves his friends and family very much would sacrifice his life for them. In the first book The Lightning Thief Percy’s mom was going to bring Percy to Cam half blood, Percy did not know what was going on all he knew was that he needed to get to the top of the hill. When he saw his mother squeezed into dust he thought she was dead; when he got to the camp they told him that she was not dead. When he went on his quest to the underworld to get the lightning bolt he was told along the way that he could try to make a deal with Hades to get his mom back. That shows that he would do anything for family. In the second book The Sea of Monsters Percy has weird dreams where he can talk to his friend Grover, Grover tells him that he needs help and needs Percy to come and help him; Grover was searching for Pan, God of the Wild, Grover was led to a trap and was caught by a Cyclopes. The Cyclopes thought that Grover was a girl Cyclopes and said they were going to get married, Grover created a bond between himself and Percy. Percy went to find him and fought a really bad Cyclopes for his friend. That shows that he would do anything to save his friends. His friends and family are his weakness because if someone were to put them in danger he would try to save them. When Kronos wanted to get to get to Percy all he had to do was put one of Percy’s friends or a family member in danger.
Another one of Percy’s weaknesses is girls, being around them, talking to them or thinking about them. In the forth book The Battle of the Labyrinth Percy and Annabeth had to fight telekinesis and there was like five hundred of them. In order to save Annabeth, Percy had to distract the telekinesis while she ran to the tunnel of the labyrinth. Annabeth didn’t want to go through with it but she agreed. Before she put on her invisibility cap and ran she kissed Percy. He was so surprised and not ready for it, he could have sat there for the rest of his life because he was in so much shock. When it comes to girls, Percy is shy and nervous.
Percy has more weaknesses than strengths; his weaknesses as a hero are his strengths as a person. This is true because if a family or friend is in trouble he would try to get them to safety, that is a weakness as a hero but as a person it makes I friendships stronger to show that he cares so much.