Family The Bad Treatments Experienced by Percy

get m any friends, and Percy will always be dominated by his “normal” friends because the people judge Percy as a troublemaker. It can be seen from what Mr. D said, “Typical” Riordan, 2005: 66. Mr. D is Percy’s teacher who teaches Latin language at Yancy school. Based on what the Mr. D said, the people who have the characteristic of dyslexia always have difficulty to interact with common communities. From those difficulties that Percy has experienced, it shows a bad treatment towards Percy because the communities do not want to interact with people like Percy. Then, the people who join the camp cannot join into one group directly, they should be quarantined or join a particular group, “Mr. D turned to me .”Cabin eleven, Percy Jackson. And mind your manners. Riordan, 2005: 71. It can be concluded that the people in the camp does not want to get in trouble or something that can happen by the arrival of new person or new student who is Percy. This treatment then shows a form of bad treatment from the teachers in the camp by putting Percy in cabin eleven. Cabin eleven is a form of bad treatment because the new people do not know his or her skill or what kind of habit that they have. Then the teachers put Percy or new people who join the camp to cabin eleven. The teachers put Percy in the cabin eleven because they worry that Percy can cause trouble. The worries are feared by the teachers at first since, the teachers do not know what Percy do with the other group. Next, the teachers know why Percy has been sent into this camp by his parents. Then, the teachers want Percy to know their friends in a small group. Although the teachers put Percy into cabin eleven, some of Percy’s friends are welcoming Percy well. They don’t know what cabin to put you in, so youre here. Cabin eleven takes all newcomers, all visitors. Riordan, 2005: 85. Based on that quotation, the campers in Cabin Eleven are willing to accept Percy to join in their cabin. However, a few from them start to not like Percy. They were staring at me, sizing me up. I looked around at the campers faces, some sullen and suspicious, some grinning stupidly, some eyeing me as if they were waiting for a chance to pick my pockets. Riordan, 2005: 84-85. Based on the quotation above, the reaction of people in the camp shows the bad treatment towards Percy. It can be concluded based on other campers who still cannot accept Percy to be part of the camp members. It can be seen through the reaction of Percy’s friends. The reaction that Percy’s friends shows are grinning stupidly, sullen, and suspicious. It shows a bad treatment towards Percy’s friends who also suffer dyslexic. Based on that reaction, Percy still cannot be accepted by his friends in the camp indirectly, even though they have the same background, which are dyslexia sufferers. Moreover, Percy also gets physical a bad treatment from his friends in the camp. It can be seen through this quotation, Clarisse had me by the neck and was dragging me toward a cinder- block building that I knew immediately was the bathroom. I was kicking and punching. Id been in plenty of fights before, but this big girl Clarisse had hands like iron. She dragged me into the girls bathroom Riordan, 2005: 90. Based on the quotation above, Percy gets physical getting violence from his friends at camp and bullied by his friends at the camp, Clarisse who is also a dyslexic. In that quotation, Clarisse attacks Percy because she is PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI jealous towards Percy, because he can kill the Minotaur and get the achievement which is horn of Minotaur. Besides Clarisse being jealous that Percy got an achievement, she also does not want Percy to always get the center of attention. According to the theory of dyslexia “Growing up with Dyslexia: Cognitive and Psychosocial Impact, and Salutogenic Factors by Gunnel, it is said that people who have dyslexia syndrome always get bullied even though they have reached achievement 2007: 31-32. In the novel, Percy kills the Minotaur successfully and he gets the achievement like the horn of Minotaur. From this situation, the writer can conclude the people who have dyslexia syndrome can still reach achievement and success. However, they may still also get bullied or bad treatment from normal people and other dyslexics. On the other side of the creek, the underbrush ex-ploded. Five Ares warriors came yelling and screaming out of the dark. Cream the punk Clarisse screamed. The flag is that way, I told her. The flag is that way, I told her Riordan, 2005: 120-121. Based on the quotation above, Percy becomes the object of bullying in his camp. It shows a bad treatment that Percy has experienced. Percy is discriminated by his own friend. At first, there is assumption that Clarisse always keeps an eye on Percy because she likes him and does not want to humiliate herself in front of her friends on the camp. However, the situation twists. Clarisse eventually bullies Percy by physically harming him. It means that Clarisse wants to take revenge on Percy. Not only the normal people who does not want get humiliated but also the people who have the dyslexia syndrome also does not want get the humiliation. However, in this case it is PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI