Im Going to the Metropolitan Museum of Arts I Think
"I could start at whatsoever betoken in my short miserable life to prove information technology, simply things really started going bad concluding May, when our sixth-form class took a field trip to Manhatten- twenty-8 mental-case kids and 2 teachers on a yellow school passenger vehicle, heading to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to expect at aboriginal Greek and Roman stuff."
This is the quotation that appears at the kickoff of the volume Percy Jackson and the Olympians : The Lightening Thief. Percy and his form went to the field trip to the Metropolitan Museum. In the field trip his Pre-Algebra instructor turns into a deadly monster and then tried to impale him. Only Percy vaporized her eventually since Percy got a statuary sword from Mr.Brunner, who abruptly came into the scene and hand him a sword.
So today, I'm going to introduce the place where the battle between Percy and his Pre-algebra instructor took place, which is Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Metropolitan Museum of Fine art
Built : 1874
Location : 5thursday Avenue and 82nd Street, Manhattan, New York
Visitor figures : Ranked 1st Nationally, and Ranked threerd globally
Art works : It contains more than ii 1000000 art works
In the very first section of the book, there's the part while Mr. Brunners are talking about the Greek funeral art and about the girl stele at Metropolitan Museum of Art to his students. Based on the clarification appeared in the book, I looked for that thirteen human foot tall greek funeral art piece that he was talking nigh, and this is the picture of information technology.
By looking at it, we can hands estimate where Percy was at that fourth dimension. The fine art piece is located at gallery 154, which is placed in beginning floor, adequately close to the main gate. This is the map of the museum. And the Gallery 154 that I was talking about is the place where the red circles are drawn.
It's on the first flooring, quite close to the Main Entrance, which is represented as a red pointer.
In addition, I recollect the battle between Mrs.Dodds (Percy's Pre-algebra teacher) and Percy took place in that gallary besides. Since he commented that Mrs. Dodds lead him back to the Greek and Roman galleries. So when y'all accept a chance to get to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, check out Galleries 154. Where Percy start his kickoff Half-Blood battle with Monster.
During lunch in that field trip, Nancy, Percy's biggest enemy in Yancy Academy, irritates his temper and he unconsciously controlled the water from fountain to grab Nancy and pulled her into the fountain. Based on the description, I decided to guess the place where Grover and Percy was sitting while they are eating luncheon by looking at the maps. The first map below is the satellite map, and other motion-picture show is the street view of the front steps infront of the Metropolitan Museum of Fine art.
Satellite map
Street view of front end steps:
Every bit the fountain is on the both sides of the front steps, it doesn't aid the states to narrow down where did they take sat during lunch. Merely I got another clue in the text. The fact that he was looking at the numerous amounts of taxi passing the 5th artery. That should meant that he should be facing the 5th avenue which excludes the option for sitting down in the sided stairs since it'south hard to meet the taxi when a person is sitting there. As well there's another clue from the Mr.Brunner's position, which he parked his wheelchair at the base of operations of the handicapped ramp. According to New Mobility, the electronic magazine for active wheelchair users, the Metropolitan Museum of Art locates handicapped ramp at the left side of the chief entrance. Equally Mr. Brunner's seemed didn't notice anything happened during dejeuner when he was at that place, It's clear that Grover and Percy sat at the right side of the main entrance, which narrows down a lot. Considering another conditions, I estimate that they are sitting effectually the place where the crimson circle is drawn:
So adjacent fourth dimension, when y'all become to Metropolitan Museum of Fine art check forepart steps out too. And perchance sitting at that place and eat Apples and modest sandwiches? Just what Percy and Grover did.
Overall, don't think Metropolitan Museum as a place full of hard and boring museum filled with about 2 meg fine art works that sickens yous already. Tried to view this place as a setting of the Percy Jackson, the significant identify that changed Percy'due south life completely. I will be back in one week or 2 weeks subsequently!
Citations
New Mobility. (2001). New York Metropolis: Admission in the Big Apple. Retrieved from
http://www.newmobility.com/articleView.cfm?id=426&srch=Travel
The Metropolitan Museum of Fine art. (2000-2012). Gallery 154 – Greek Art: Sixth
Century B.C. Retrieved from http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/galleries/
greek-and-roman/154
VisitingDC. (2012). Metropolitan Museum of Art Accost. Retrieved from
http://world wide web.visitingdc.com/new-york/metropolitan-museum-of-fine art-address.asp
Wikipedia. (n.d.). Metropolitan Museum of Fine art. Retrieved Apr ane, 2012, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
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