In the book, “Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Lightning Thief” Percy Jackson is a very troubled and confused kid. In the book, page 1 and 2 in chapter 1, Percy says that he has some life problems such as almost blowing up their school bus and making the whole class swim in water. He also says, “Am I (Percy Jackson) a troubled kid? Yeah. You could say that. I could start at any point in my short miserable life to prove it.” This shows that Percy’s life has been not so pleasant, as a lot of these “accidents” has been kind of weird. Later in the story, page 24 in chapter 2, Percy feels confused as why his best friend, Grover, says that he needs to protect Percy. Here is a part of the story where this shows. “He (Grover) nodded. ‘Or if you need me.’ ‘Why would I need you?’ It came out harsher than I meant it to. Grover blushed right down to his Adam’s apple. ‘Look, Percy, the truth is, I-I kind of have to protect you.’ I stared at him.” This shows that Percy is confused on why his friend is protecting him when this whole year, Percy thinks he’s the one that is protect Grover, not the other way around. All of these pieces lead to Percy being troubled and confused about the things that are happening around him.