The five aspects of a quest novel are:
1) A protagonist that goes on the quest
2) The place the protagonist is going
3) A stated reason to go to that place
4) Challenges and trials that occur on the way to that place
5) The real reason to go to that place, which always self knowledge
The book “The Lightning Thief” by Rick Riordan easily falls into the quest category. Percy Jackson, the demigod quester, travels west to Los Angeles with the end goal of retrieving the stolen lightning bolt of Zeus from Hades. Along the way, he fights of mythical monsters. Although he succeeds, he finds it wasn’t hades who stole the bolt in the first place, but another demi god. In the story, he learns more about the dynamic of the gods and their power, and how he stands among them, other demigods, and evil forces at work.
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