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Annabeth Chase
Mr. Brunner is Percy’s mentor. Mr. Brunner is first Percy’s Latin teacher at Yancy Academy. He’s in a wheelchair, owns a number of Greek battle replicas that he uses for study games, and takes a special interest in Percy that Percy doesn’t quite understand. However, Mr. Brunner is the only teacher whom Percy cares about impressing. Once Percy ends up at Camp Half-Blood, he discovers that Mr. Brunner was just a disguise—Mr. Brunner is actually Chiron, the mythical centaur who trained classical Greek heroes like Theseus and Hercules. When in his Mr. Brunner form, which he often takes so he fits in buildings, Chiron’s horse body folds up into the wheelchair. Chiron is calm and kind, but he’s also exacting and he demands a high level of performance from his mentees. He also seems to know more than he lets on; Percy suspects that Chiron has heard a prophecy from the Oracle that mentions him, Annabeth, and Kronos, but Chiron is forbidden from talking explicitly about it. Instead, he contents himself with doing what he can to prepare Percy for his quest, including by passing on Poseidon’s sword, Riptide. Chiron is unable to provide assistance during Percy’s quest, but he helps Percy interpret events after his return. He warns Percy that Percy must wait and rack up training hours if he wishes to take on Kronos and Luke, since he’s not in a place yet to successfully face them. Despite Percy’s admiration for and trust of Chiron, he chooses to go against what he thinks Chiron wants and goes home for the school year.
Chiron/Mr. Brunner Quotes in The Lightning Thief
The The Lightning Thief quotes below are all either spoken by Chiron/Mr. Brunner or refer to Chiron/Mr. Brunner. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5
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“Will Grover be okay?” I asked Chiron.
Chiron nodded, though he looked a bit troubled. “Old Dionysus isn’t really mad. He just hates his job. He’s been...ah, grounded, I guess you would say, and he can’t stand waiting another century before he’s allowed to go back to Olympus.”
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“You mean the Greek gods are here? Like...in America?”
“Well, certainly. The gods move with the heart of the West.”
“The what?”
“Come now, Percy. What you call ‘Western civilization.’ Do you think it’s just an abstract concept? No, it’s a living force. A collective consciousness that has burned bright for thousands of years. The gods are part of it.”
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Chapter 9
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I felt so relieved I wanted to cry, though I didn’t think that would be very heroic. Grover was the only friend I’d ever had for longer than a few months. I wasn’t sure what good a satyr could do against the forces of the dead, but I felt better knowing he’d be with me.
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Chiron/Mr. Brunner Quotes in The Lightning Thief
The The Lightning Thief quotes below are all either spoken by Chiron/Mr. Brunner or refer to Chiron/Mr. Brunner. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5
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“Will Grover be okay?” I asked Chiron.
Chiron nodded, though he looked a bit troubled. “Old Dionysus isn’t really mad. He just hates his job. He’s been...ah, grounded, I guess you would say, and he can’t stand waiting another century before he’s allowed to go back to Olympus.”
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“You mean the Greek gods are here? Like...in America?”
“Well, certainly. The gods move with the heart of the West.”
“The what?”
“Come now, Percy. What you call ‘Western civilization.’ Do you think it’s just an abstract concept? No, it’s a living force. A collective consciousness that has burned bright for thousands of years. The gods are part of it.”
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Chapter 9
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I felt so relieved I wanted to cry, though I didn’t think that would be very heroic. Grover was the only friend I’d ever had for longer than a few months. I wasn’t sure what good a satyr could do against the forces of the dead, but I felt better knowing he’d be with me.
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