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How Is Percy Jackson Selfish
Do you know who said "From her first day, Mrs. Dodds would point her crooked finger at me and say Now, honey"? It was Percy Jackson, the protagonist of The Lightning Thief. Percy Jackson's personality was very confused, because he wanted to know where he was , and what was going on. In the book Percy was confused because he was questioning on every thing, the weather, Grover, where he was. He wanted to know why people wanted to kill him. Also that every one seems to not like him.
Percy's conflict was that he wanted to know who his dad was. When Percy was little his dad left him. He never knew who he was until he's arrived at camp Half-Blood. All Percy's life he was waiting to see/find his dad.
Percy's had a strong motive to find out is his
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