Chapter 19

Q- What does the Field of Asphodel look like?

A- Imagine the largest concert crowd you've ever seen, a football field packed with a million fans. Now imagine a field 1 million times that big, packed with people, and the electricity has gone out. There is no light, and no beachball bouncing around.

Q- What do you have to do to enter the Isles of the Blest? 

A- To enter the Isles Of The Blest, you have to choose to be reborne three times.

Q- How do Grover, Percy and Annabeth end up at the pit of Tartarus? 

A- The shoes that Luke gave to Percy, suddenly started dragging Grover towards the pit.

Q- How is Hades’ aura different than Ares?  How does Percy feel when he’s in Hades’ presence?

A- Hades' aura is different to Ares in a way beacause Percy felt like Hades should be giving him orders. And Hades radiates power.

Q- Describe the guards at Hades’ palace. 

A-  The skeleton guards at Hades' palace were dressed in military gear, armed with weapons.

Q- What sort of problems does Hades complain about? 

A- Hades complains about the lack of space in Asphodel, and how he has to keep opening up new subdivisions. 

Q-Why was Percy’s backpack getting heavy? 

A- Percys backpack was getting heavier, because the closer he got to Hades, the faster the bolt was appearing in his backpack.

Q- What terrible choice faces Percy when he decides to use the pearls? Would you have made the same choice he does? Why or why not? 

A- Percy has the choice of saving 3 out of 4 people. Himself, Grover, Annabeth or his mum. If i was Percy I would have done the same thing, but I definately would return to get my mum.

Q- How do Annabeth and Grover prove themselves to be real friends to Percy? 

A- Annabeth and Grover prove themselves by urging Percy to sacrafise themselves to save his mother.

 Q- What is the power of the pearls?

 A-  The pearls are used to save somones life. They return you to the sea.

Chapter 18- Annabeth Does Obedience School.

Q- Why does the DOA security guard get annoyed with Percy?
A- Charon gets annoyed because of Percy not pronouncing his name right.

Q- How does Charon realise they are not dead?
A- Charon uses his senses and sniffs them out.

Q- How does Percy finally convince Charon to let him on the elevator?
A- Percy persuades him by bribeing him with drocmas, and convincing him to try get Hades to give him      a pay rise.

 Q- What dos the River Styx look like?
 A- The River Styx is surrounded with bones, oily water, and dirty plastic dolls, and soggy diplomas. Humans have been throwing in all of thier failed hopes and dreams.

Q- Describe the entrance to the Underworld?
A- The entrance looks like a cross between an airport runway, and a Spaghetti Junction with 3 entranceways all centered under a black archway. Surrounded in metal detecters and cameras.

Q- If you were standing in line, which line would you choose?
A- I would go to the one were you get judged and take the risk. ☺

Q- What is Percys Plan? Why dosent it work?
A-  Percy plan is to distract Ceberus, by playing fetch.

Q-How does Annabeth save them?
A- Annabeth has had experience with dogs because she used to have one herself.

Q- What does Percy realise about monsters at the end of this chapter?
A- Percy realises that monsters need attention every once in a while.

Q-Do you feel sorry for Ceberus?

Today is the first day of the week with a just about full classroom. Yesterday there were only 11 students in our classroom. Yesterday we played softball. I sucked.

The End

Thursday Proverb

To me this proverb means that everyone is different, but have thier own special talents :)

He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.

To me this means, that out of all of the things in the world, the world is nothing without people.

Monday Proverb

Nā tō rourou, nā taku rourou
ka ora ai te iwi

With your food basket and my food basket
the people will thrive.

- With your basket of knowledge and my basket of knowledge, we will be good.