For Anyone Who Doesn’t Believe Percy Sees Chiron As A Father Figure
In The Lightning Thief while Percy was still at Yancy academy Percy explains how he had gotten an entire book report/essay off of the internet.
He does this because reading is extremely discouraging with his dyslexia.
He thinks of how if he got caught he would rather face the consequences of plagiarizing (getting his grade taken away and the such) than having to read the book.
His exact words were “Or maybe they realized I got my essay on Tom Sawyer from the internet without ever reading the book and now they were going to take away my grade. Or worse, they were going to make me read the book.” - Page 12, The Lightning Thief
He talks about how it took him an hour to read a mini new article column later in the book (if you were curious about the severity of his dyslexia).
With all of this in mind look at how he tried relentlessly to study for his Latin test the next morning and goes as far to go down and see Mr. Brunner (Chiron) to ask for help.
Percy says he’s never gone to a teacher for help before because he’s never had that type of respect for a teacher before.
He even specifically goes to say how he will go down there to get help and to apologize in advance for him most likely not going to preform well on the exam.
While Percy only knows Chiron as Mr. Brunner he has a personal want to please him solely because how much Percy thought he was a fantastic teacher.
In the first half of the book Percy is only shown wanting to actually please and not disappoint two people, Sally and- oh, who else? Ding, ding, ding, MR. FREAKIN’ BRUNNER.
Percy loves his mother so very much and constantly thinks about her, she’s the only parental figure in his life, and Percy treats Chiron with the same exact respect as he does Sally. Just think about that for minute.
Percy repeatedly does things he wouldn’t do because of how much he disliked them (asking teachers for help and reading)
And Percy treats Chiron like a father figure and has his feelings deeply hurt when he hears Chiron say how him getting expelled may have been for the best.
IT SAYS HE GETS TEARY EYED AND FEELS HIS EYES START TO BURN.
MR. BUNNER WAS LITTERALLY THE ONLY OTHER PARENTAL FIGUREHEAD PERCY WANTED TO IMPRESS BESIDES HIS OWN MOTHER. YES HIS MOTHER.
THIS IS ALL ONLY IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE LIGHTNING THIEF.
YOU CAN VERBALLY FIGHT ME ON THIS BECAUSE Hey no violence here frens :)
This is literally only in the first half of the first book. Feel free to add on.
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