Percy jackson fans. read the modernized description of the underworld in ch. 18 – the ez death line, the security ghouls, the pollution in the river styx. what do you think of this portrayal of the afterlife? percy says asphodel makes him depressed because “so few people did good in their lives.” do you think believing in paradise and punishment makes people more likely to do good deeds? what do you think of the greek concept of asphodel, a neutral area where most of the dead are sent to do nothing for eternity?