The Trials Of Apollo Essay

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For my book report I read ‘The Trials of Apollo’ by Rick Riordan, it’s part of his very long storyline about a camp for Greek demigods. In this book the sun god Apollo is cast down to earth from mount Olympus as a mortal as punishment for starting a war, in the last series, with the earth goddess Gaea. In the begging of this book Apollo, aka Lester Papadopoulos, lands in an alley and is attacked by two thugs; Apollo, thinking he still has some godly powers, attempts to fight them and fails spectacularly. He ends up being saved by Meg, a young demigod on the streets who fights by throwing fruit at people. This scenario makes Apollo feel embarrassed because he is ashamed to be a mortal. It also makes him angry at Zeus, his father, because he was the one who blamed Apollo for starting the war between Gaea and the Olympians and also between the Greek and Roman demigods. Next, Apollo, after being saved by Meg, tells Meg who he is and that to get his godly powers back he must serve under a demigod and complete the tasks they give him. Then, Meg claims his service which binds his destiny to hers and also forces Apollo to obey her commands. This makes Apollo feel annoyed because, Meg is a …show more content…
This new series, the hidden oracle series, will follow Apollo as a mortal as he tries to complete the task laid out for him, as he gets closer to finishing it he gets more of his powers back. When they arrive at Percy’s house Apollo talks about how cute Percy’s mom is, but he is in a 16 year old boy’s body so then he thinks ‘she’s a mom’. Then Sally, Percy’s mom, tells Apollo to get cleaned up because Apollo got a nosebleed. After that Percy calls Apollo man and he flinches, this is because Apollo doesn’t want to be reminded that he is a ‘weak mortal’, in his words, and not a
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