The Blood of Olympus By Rick Riordan: Using my New Strategies

Today, I decided to try and apply what I have learned to another book. In How to Read Literature like a Professor, I read that a book usually has one overarching structure. One of these such structures is the quester's journey. In this structure, the quester usually goes and does something unrelated to the actual quest. On that journey, the hero faces challenges that eventually lead to the "real" story. The quester is also going to be unknowingly thrust into a new environment. He will then go on the main journey to accomplish the end goal.

I realized that this plot structure could be found in a series I read. So, when I found out that the last book in the series came out, I wanted to read it to see if it fit the structure. I recalled the first book. In The Lost Hero, the first three steps happen. Jason, the first main character, is just on a regular field trip, and his main intention is to learn. Along the way, he faces many insignificant conflicts. By the time the first major conflict comes, when he is fighting the transformed monsters, he realizes he has powers. He is then introduced to his hidden identity and finds out that he needs to save the world. Typical of a quester's journey plot structure.. The rest of the books leading up to the last one, is all about new characters being dragged into the fray, and the ensuing journey to accomplish their goal; save the world of demigods.

So, in order for the quester's journey to come to a complete close, the quester's must accomplish their goal, through all the trials. That is why I want to read the last book in the series, The Blood of Olympus. I want to see if my newly learned strategies worked.

Let's see what happens.