In chapter nine of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Percy is moved to cabin three by Chiron, where he is not forced to share his space with anyone. Despite having his own breathing space, this makes Percy very unhappy:
Just when I'd started to feel accepted, to feel I had a home in cabin eleven and I might be a normal kid—or as normal as you can be when you're a...
In chapter nine of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Percy is moved to cabin three by Chiron, where he is not forced to share his space with anyone. Despite having his own breathing space, this makes Percy very unhappy:
Just when I'd started to feel accepted, to feel I had a home in cabin eleven and I might be a normal kid—or as normal as you can be when you're a half-blood—I'd been separated out as if I had some rare disease.
This chapter marks the continuation of Percy's struggle with his identity as a half-blood and the son of Poseidon, one of the Big Three gods. When Grover comes to fetch Percy to go see Mr. D, Percy thinks:
I figured it was a crime for me just to be alive.
Dionysus seems to reflect that negativity back to Percy, as he cruelly states:
If I had my way . . . I could cause your molecules to erupt in flames We'd seep up the ashes and be done with a lot of trouble. But Chiron seems to feel this would be against my mission at this cursed camp: to keep you little brats safe from harm.
During this chapter, Percy also gets confirmation that conflict is raging between Poseidon and Zeus. Zeus thinks that Poseidon has stolen his master bolt in order to have the Cyclops construct illegal copies of it in order to eventually stage a coup against Zeus and dethrone him. Zeus believes that Percy himself may have been responsible for sneaking into Olympus and stealing the weapon on behalf of his father. The war that may break out as a result is described as follows:
Imagine the world in chaos. Nature at war with itself. Olympians forced to choose sides between Zeus and Poseidon. Destruction. Carnage. Millions dead. Western civilization turned into a battleground so big it will make the Trojan War look like a water-balloon fight.
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