Crossing The Return of The Threshold
45 represent Percy’s darkness. He may send his troops to search and kill Percy at first
time. He does that because he is being fooled and cornered with the loosing of his symbols of power.
“I have said nothing of the helms disappearance, because I had no illusions that anyone on Olympus would offer me the slightest justice,
the slightest help. I can ill afford for word to get out that my most powerful weapon of fear is missing. So I searched for you myself, and
when it was clear you were coming to me to deliver your threat, I did not try to stop you.
” Hades: 326 Even though Hades knows that he is the evil god and the symbol of
darkness in Greek mythology, he still keeps his promises to Percy that he will release Sally Jackson if Percy can bring his helm of darkness back to him.
Darkness is not always bad, it can be the meaning of sadness, loss and loneliness. His distrust for the justice of his two brothers is the proof that he feels alienated.
Percy rushes back to his family’s apartment, where he finds Medusa’s head is waiting for him. He realizes that he has the chance to petrify his stepfather
and save his mother from a miserable marriage. His mother implores him not to do it, however. She must break away from Gabe herself. Percy respects her
wishes, and thus breaks the mold of what the tragic hero might have done. The prophecy thus comes true in an unexpected way: Percy fails to save what matters
most by allowing his mother to save herself. The Ultimate Boon is the hero recuperation time of the hero. It is like the
reward for every efforts and sacrifices the hero made before. Percy successfully saves the world by preventing the war of gods. He becomes a big hero on earth as
well as to the gods. He earns his father recognition and he gets his world back his beloved mother.