When Percy finally meets his father, Poseidon seems distant and hard to read. Percy says that he is actually glad about this. “I
f he’d tried to apologize, or told me he loved me, or even smiled—that would have felt fake. Like a human dad, making some lame excuse for not being around.” Do you agree with Percy? Your answer:
I believe Percy makes a fair point. Seeing how Poseidon was distant and uncomfortable in there first meeting showed Percy that he wasn't trying to put on a fake front to make Percy feel better. Seeing the honest feelings of his father is better then being lied to because that would have been even worse then the truth.
