In the family The Characteristic of Percy Jackson as Dyslexic

racing? No good either. The wood-nymph instructors left me in the dust. And wrestling? Forget it. Every time I got on the mat, Clarisse would pulverize me Riordan, 2005: 107-108. Based on the quotation above, it shows that Percy has curiosity to learn new things. Even though he wants to learn every new thing in camp, he still cannot do all of them because he does not have the skills. For example, Percy cannot do archery, wrestling and even running. According to the theory of dyslexia “Living with Dyslexia” by Hughes, the dyslexic has difficulties with unfamiliar material. The materials that Percy cannot do are archery, wrestling, and running. Even though Percy cannot not do those all activity, but he never gives up to try another activity that he can do until he finds what activity that is suitable for him . It can be seen through the story when Percy’s teacher Chiron tries to teach Percy archery. Percy at first tries archery, but Percy cannot do it. Then Percy tries another skill that is wrestling. In fact, Percy also cannot do it. He always loses when he tries to beat his friend, Clarisse. Finally Percy can find what he can do, which is canoeing. Based on the characteristics of Percy in the camp, it can be concluded that Percy can be “normal” teenage and enjoy his time when he is in camp rather than in his school or in his family. Percy becomes a better teenager who is self-controlled and curious in learning new and good things. First, Percy wants to try and learn Latin or Ancient Greek and other skill like canoeing, wrestling, etc. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI

B. The Bad Treatments Experienced by Percy

In this section, the writer analyzes the reaction of the society through Percy Jackson as a dyslexic. There are three parts of social circumstances that are analyzed because Percy becomes the part of them, they are; school, family and camp. The writer tries to reveal the bad treatment that happen to Percy in these three different social conditions.

1. At the school

In the school, Percy gets a bad treatment from his friends and his teachers because he has been dropped out from many schools every year for six years. Until one day, Percy wants to enter a new school, he has to struggle to be accepted in that school. It can be seen throu gh this quotation, “She’d send me right back to Yancy, remind me that I had to try harder, even if this was my sixth school in six years and I was probably going to be kicked out again” Riordan, 2005: 9. Based on the quotation above, that is how the educational institution society reacts towards Percy. In the novel, Percy has been moved to many schools for six times. It means that Percy’s old school could not accept him because the teachers and his friends judged Percy as a troublemaker and not a clever person. Percy is also known as a student who cannot be controlled. Therefore, Percy must move to another school. Based on the situation, it shows that school can only accept the students who do not act like Percy. From that explanation above, Percy suffers bad treatment at the school.