In the book, “Percy Jackson and Olympians, the Lightning Thief” Percy Jackson makes a choice that maybe would have been better if he hadn’t been so rash and nervous. On chapter 3, page 29, after Grover told Percy to stay with him and go home together, Percy decides to just ditch Grover instead. I don’t think this idea of leaving Grover behind was very good because on page 19, Percy was “eavesdropping” on Grover and Mr. Brunner talking about him and the Kindly Ones. Then on page 24 and 25, Grover was talking about Half-Blood Hill. After that they saw some old witch-like ladies knitting socks, which Grover was really scared of. All of this shows that Grover knows something that Percy does not. Maybe if Percy had stayed with Grover, he could have asked him what Mr. Brunner and him were talking about. This action of ditching Grover had a big effect on Percy and Grover, Grover was kind of hurt by Percy emotionally when he got ditched and Percy kept on thinking about this moment, which bothered him a lot.

In the article, “Recognizing and Managing Emotions”,  on the subtitle, “Positives Actions to Help you Manage Emotions”, there are 11 tips to help with managing emotions. Out of these 11 tips, I think there are three major ones that can help Percy deal with his emotions so that next time, he wouldn’t be so rash. Tip number one by the article is to be open and a what is going on around you.

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.