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Chapter 4.13 - Family Values in Percy Jackson: Season 1
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Chapter 4.13 - Family Values in Percy Jackson: Season 1

How the television series based on the book series challenges both Greek and traditional American family values

Alicia and Sarah couldn’t wait to talk about all of the ways that Disney+ redeemed the visual telling of the Percy Jackson series. They discuss Greek and American family values and how Percy challenges the traditions of the Greek gods. At the end of this week’s discussion, they talk about the things they've been reading, watching, and analyzing outside of the classroom.

Literary terms of the week: Family Values

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Music by Craig Harmann

Cover art by Matt Holman


Show Notes:

Literary terms of the week:

  • Family values

    • Beliefs

      • Greek hero = unique, self-important, in touch with emotions, clever, immortality through stories of death

    • Ethics: “The gods are ‘all-powerful’ but they have to play by the rules & they create demigods so we can break the rules for them. But if we can break the rules & they can’t, shouldn’t they be just as afraid of us as we are of them?” 

    • Priorities = survival, passion

    • Worldview = warrior, survival

What are we enjoying right now?

  • Alicia: Making It So (Patrick Stewart), Fleabag (Amazon Prime)

  • Sarah: The Women (Kristin Hannah), 1923 (Paramount)

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