Wrath of the Triple Goddess

Percy Jackson is the main protagonist and a demigod son of the sea god Poseidon and the mortal woman Sally Jackson. Across the four series in which he features, Percy consistently has a laid-back, improvisational approach to problem-solving. He jumps in and figures things out as he goes along rather than planning down to the minutest detail. In Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Rick Riordan contrasts Percy with Annabeth, a daughter of Athena, and in The Heroes of Olympus, Riordan contrasts him with the extreme discipline of the Roman demigods.

Across the four series, Percy grows in confidence as he achieves his goals but remains humble and down-to-earth, always quick to highlight the many times his friends have saved him from his own mistakes while downplaying his own role. In Wrath of the Triple Goddess, for example, Percy is the one who persuades Gale and Hecuba to return to Gramercy, and he is there to help Annabeth when she is unable to hold up the torches any longer. Nevertheless, he highlights how much others have contributed to his success: The trio was able to locate the animals in part because of Annabeth and Grover’s efforts. In this, he models

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