Comparison Of Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief

Throughout the novel, Percy Jackson is a known trouble-maker, sent to a school for troubled kids, called “Yancy Academy’. He is out casted from classmates and sees very unusual things during his time at Yancy Academy. His teacher Mr. Brunner and his friend Grover act very unusual after Percy spies on them during the night. During Percy’s summer his father

My original thought when comparing Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Lightning Thief the movie and Classical mythology was that there would be many more references to the myth of Perceus than any other myth throughout the movie in its entirety. That’s where I was wrong. After watching the movie again and researching the different hero myths my opinion has changed. My new thoughts are that the movie is not influenced by the myth of Perceus any more than other hero myths. The movie ties together many different heroes’ stories and mixes them together to make a wonderful story about a young boy. The movie was based on a book series written by Rick Riordan.

I read the Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. In Percy Jackson he doesn’t want to be a demigod and in the Hunger Games Katniss doesn’t want to be a tribute but they both had no choice. In both books plenty of people are trying to kill them both, but they always prevail in the end. They are both brave and both will do anything for their family’s like go to the Underworld or volunteer for your death sentence. Also they both have special skills only one was inherited and the other was learned.

Percy allows us to view a common reader as someone who reads a text and doesn’t question it, doesn’t dig deep into details, and has little to no sovereignty. Having little to no sovereignty means that you don’t have

Evidently, he grows to be a man of the traits that make a perfect example of a spoiled brat. In most senses, he is the polar opposite of Dunstan, he is extroverted, he has a one-dimensional way of looking at situations, and he is obsessed with the idea of being royalty. Percy knows exactly what he wants, and does not hesitate to defeat anyone in his way to obtain what he desires. Percy can be described as a man of little to no emotion even after recreating himself as the man known as Boy Staunton. Ramsay discovers “Boy Staunton had reached a point in life where he no longer tried to conceal his naked wish to dominate everybody and was angry and ugly when things went against him”(Davies, 232). This shows that Percy is slightly obsessed with power. Percy has an extreme desire to live like royalty, even forcing his wife Leola to learn and act the way that rich people do, forcing her into depression. As a result of both his desire and coming from a rich family, Percy becomes an entitled megalomaniac. This can also be described as the role of the egotist, an archetype that comes with many negative connotations, mainly being self-absorbed. The archetype affects Percy in such a way that he is a perfect example of any trait of the egotist. He is somewhat intelligent, self-centered, emotionally deprived, a know it all and lacks interest in other’s opinions. Percy

which is the prime mover in the action of the novel which force's Percy to allow

Another piece of evidence that Percy is an outsider is that he has a D+ grade average on his report card. Also he is a dyslexic and a hyperactive boy. For example, “I wondered how she could say that. What was so great about me? A dyslexic, hyperactive boy with

The Odyssey, an epic poem written by Homer in the eighth century, tells the story of Odysseus, a bigger than life hero. Odysseus must embark on a twenty year long journey to get back to his home, fighting mythological monsters and creatures. Over the course of this quest he had to overcome many obstacles, including a monstrous cyclops, terrible cannibals, alluring sirens, and swaggering suitors. During this time he shows a multitude of impressive characteristics, including perseverance, the ability to learn from his mistakes, and self discipline. Throughout my three years in middle school, I too had to overcome my fair share of obstacles. Middle school is often portrayed as one of the worst experiences of your life, but I would disagree. Although

The reason Percy was there was because he got into a lot of trouble in all of his other schools, leading to him being kicked out and put into Yancy. Percy also displayed thoughts of frightful feelings towards his friend Grover announcing he had “ditched Grover” (29) showing that he may have felt scared from Grover saying “Why does this always happen?” and “Why does it always have to be in sixth grade?” (29). Percy was a very loyal son to his mother by expressing how he wanted to be with her in saying “ I wanted to be with my mom in our little apartment on the Upper East Side, even if I had to go to public school and

So the main story is about this kid names Percy Jackson(like the title).His Mom(Sally) is a very nice women who ended up being with this mean guy which is Percy’s Step dad.He never knew who his dad was until.But his teacher(Grover) is a secret demigod that was sent to the world to protect Percy and Percy doesn’t know.But when him and his mom go out of town the waves start attacking them and brings them to this camp with only demigods but his mom dies saving Percy,and then once Zeus's lightning rod gets stolen and was supposedly in L.A and him and posieden.So he goes with Annabeth and Lucas(he doesn't make it very far) who they meet at the camp of demigods to go with them.In the middle he kills medusa.Then once they get to Hades after realizing

Rick Riordan. Many things are to be said about such an amazing author. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief , being a New York Times Best-Seller, is what first broke him out into the flow of mainstream literature. Although Riordan is now a very beloved author he was not always that way, having many stories before his breakout series, Percy Jackson, that were turned down by publishers. Riordan grew up just as normal as any of us, went to school and learned just like we have to, and finally after all of the time building up to this and all his effort and lost hope he became a legend with hard work and dedication and never giving up on his dreams.

How can we modernize a story to make it more relatable and understanding to a new generation of learners? The book, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief based on the original,“The Legend of Perseus,” is taken and molded into a new take on ancient greek mythology. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief draws on and adds to the original characters, uses similarities and creates differences to rejuvenate the old story.

I love reading!! Series are some of my favorite thing to read , specifically the Percy Jackson and Selection series. Overall my favorite genre is historical fiction, but dystopian comes in a clos second. I am a very fast reader. I can sometime get through an entire book in one sitting, especially if I like the book. In sixth and seventh grade I was in Reading Olympics for the school. Personally I love to get lost in time and read about things that happened so long ago or is just something we hear about in history books, but I also enjoy to read about what could be and what might be.

As for the movie, Percy is your stereotypical 16-year-old teenager who also lives with an abusive stepdad. Similar to the book, Percy is attacked by a monster and his life forever changes. Percy’s

Percy Jackson is a twelve year old boy that lives in New York, in modern time. He has attended a few private schools for troubled students (Riordan 1). In fact, he describes himself as a “troubled kid” with dyslexia and ADHD (Riordan 7). Percy is used to being the loner of the group, after attending six schools in the past six years which probably means he doesn’t make many friends. (Schmoop). His classmates do not have a need to scramble for money.