In chapter 1 of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians”, right before the trip has started, Percy had stated, “I hope the trip would be okay. At least I hoped that for once I wouldn’t get in trouble.” [Pg. 2] From Percy’s thoughts, you could tell automatically that this wasn’t the first trip that Percy has been on, the author, Riordian, also mentioned that, “he hoped”, meaning that there was nervousness inside him and also mentioned that, “I wouldn’t get in trouble”, meaning that he was nervous about the fact he wouldn’t get in trouble again. From the fact he thought he was going to get in trouble, he had gotten into trouble before. As a matter of fact, on the trip, Percy had thought “I knew that was coming.” [Pg. 7] when Mrs. Dodd’s “caught” him “pushing” Nancy, and “I did the safe thing.” [12] as Mrs. Dodd’s was talking with percy about what was wrong and right. The two sentences are used when someone has experienced, in this case, trouble, multiple times. He said, “I knew”, that meant that he had previous knowledge about this case. He also said, “I did the safe thing.” Which helped the readers know that he knows “the safe thing.” The author had used these quotes to give evidence as to how Percy has gotten into trouble before and show how many times, in this case, he had gotten use to this, being able to know front and back.

[pg.2] “I hope the trip would be okay. At least I hoped that for once I wouldn’t get in trouble.”

[Pg. 7] “I knew that was coming.”

[Pg. 12] “I did the safe thing.”