Strength In Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief

Strength is a quality exhibited and possessed by the characters in Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief. While on a chase during a rainstorm to escape a monster from taking them alive, lightning strikes their car and are stuck to fight with the monster itself. His mother is killed after the monster takes her in his grip and Percy furiously takes on the monster and grabs its horn to stab it, even if it was twice his size. Even if the monster is something nearly impossible to win against, he pushes himself to fight the monster with his best ability. While still grieving over his dead mother, Percy learns to adapt and get used to Camp Half-Blood as he realizes that the blood of the Gods run through his veins. In the midst of being trampled on by
his opposing team during a game of capture the flag, he gathers up the courage to fight a creature once he comes in contact with water and realizes he becomes stronger in water due to Poseidon, the God of water being his father. Even if his enemies and fellow campers who dislike him greatly are picking on him, he uses his newly found power to win against them. Furthermore, when he figures out the real truth about who really stole the Lightning Bolt, he takes the challenge even up against the God of War. Percy realizes that Ares set him up due to jealousy towards his father and is determined to make things right. The protagonist of the book shows a great amount of strength throughout his quest in finding himself and his true identity.