Percy Jackson Chapter 1-3 Summary

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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.

Percy's mother refuses to stay behind, so she goes with Grover and Percy in horrible stepdad Gabe's car. Percy cannot stop staring at Grover from the waist down... He explains to him he is half-goat, a satyr in Greek mythology. Grover tells Percy they're headed for the camp he was supposed to be attending for the summer; this is the only way Percy will be safe. When all of a sudden, they wreck into a ditch injuring Grover. They aren't very far from the property line of the camp, Percy's mother wants him to run there, but he refuses to leave his mom. Something catches Percy's eye; it's the Minotaur. His mother seems to know how to handle this, so she tells Grover and Percy to separate. With his mother telling them to keep running, the Minotaur clasps his hands around her neck and disintegrates to dust.

The hero's journey is a process or cycle where the hero starts and ends in a place they are familiar with, but the middle of the actual journey it set in an unfamiliar place. The hero's journey was studied and made by Joseph Campbell. He studied myths and published his own book, on the topic of the hero's journey and how other stories follow it, named Hero with a Thousand Faces. Many books are known to follow the hero's journey including Homer's The Odyssey. The Odyssey is a book about a man named Odysseus who is on his way home from the Trojan war when his ship and story takes a different course and he spends the book trying to get home while coming across different creatures/beings that occupy

There was a boy named Percy Jackson. He was the son of Posiedon and a brave hero, having saved the world once before. He had two friends named Grover and Annabeth. The yall attended a camp for demigods called camp Half-Blood. Percy thought he wa the only son of Posiedon until he discoved his half brother Tyson. When they were at tthe camp catching up Luke, the son of Hermes and the lightning thief, poisioned Thalia, the tree that fueled the protective barrier around the camp. This caused Mr. D, Dionysus to send demigods after the golden fleece. This was not Percy’s quest, however he took Annabeth, Grover, and Tyson and headed to the sea of monsters to find the fleece. On the way Luke kidnapped Grover because he needed a satyr to find the fleece

She pretty much lives on her own as a 16 year old. She hopes that her mom will come home and actually be a mom. My heart hurts for her. I hear stories all the time of young girls or boys who parent (s) left them for drugs. I was one of those young girls, so I feel like I can connect to Percy on a personal level. Percy was really surprised when she heard her mom was at Shelton’s house. She never thought her mom would let her down like that. I understand what Percy is going through. I’ve also been let down and it sucks. I feel like I am there with Percy throughout the book. “As many times as Carletta let me down I still felt all gut-punched and woozy, like it was the first time she forgot to pick me up from school”

The god-teachers who were influential in helping Percy succeed in his quest were Grover and Poseidon. Without them, Percy would be unsuccessful. When Percy was first brought to camp half blood, Grover; Percy’s best friend, helps him get comfortable with the camp by showing him around. Grover is Percy’s best friend but he is also his protector. For example, Grover stays behind in the underworld because there was a shortage of pearls. He sacrifices himself for Percy’s safety which was very considerate of him. Percy’s father assists him during the capture the flag match, when Percy was weary and injured. He instructed Percy to put his hand in the water to heal and regain strength. Percy’s dad also helps him by telling him to not eat the lotus flower. The lotus flower was treacherous because it simulated Percy’s, Annabeth’s, and Grover’s brain into wanting to stay at the casino. This results in Percy and his friends escaping from the lotus layer. Although Percy’s dad was not there in person to accompany him, he still helped Percy through his thoughts. He even said to Percy at the end that “I’ll always be there in your heart and I’ll always be there when you need help.” Annabeth and Grover aid Percy in getting his mother back by collecting the pearls to travel to the underworld and back. The quest was very deadly but Percy’s mother needed help and the God’s were about to go at

Grover Underwood : Percy's best and only friend in the world. Grover has stuck by Percy throughout sixth grade and has kept watch over him. He is half human half goat.

First off, Percy entered camp halfblood not knowing what was going on with his mother and why she died. He started to then come aware

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.

that Greek gods exist, and have been closely observing western culture and ideas. The author draws parallels to Percy’s life, who is an American teenager, with that of Greek heroes. This parallel helps the readers to relate to the book, essentially engaging the young readers to learn about Greek mythology and the lessons of life that it teaches, in a not so bland way. The protagonist of the novel, Percy Jackson, is revealed to be special in some way. This section also develops other supporting characters, such as Chiron, Percy’s teacher, who also was mentor to Hercules and Grover, who is Percy’s sidekick, a multi-dimensional character with his own past, hopes and concerns. The association of Chiron and Percy foretells that Percy will carry on heroic deeds in future. Percy fights Minotaur, a monster that even Theseus fought and defeated. In the process of defeating Minotaur, Percy loses his mother, which he feels was his last hope to returning to his normal human life. By drawing parallels between Percy and various heroes of Greek Mythology, the author shows Percy in the light of a hero. A hero who is yet to prove his worth in the Camp Half-Blood. His encounter with Clarisse at a bathroom in camp, allows him to show his strength, which was very similar to that of his father Poseidon, but also instils in some ways fear amongst the camp

The film does a good job of accurately representing some of the minor characters from mythology as well. Percy’s friend Grover is a satyr, and displays a strong interest in many of the females in the film. Chiron, leader of the centaurs makes an appearance as well, disguised as one of Percy’s teachers. He later reveals himself to be a centaur and the leader of the Demigod Camp that Percy travels to. Charon also makes an appearance, and only allows Percy and his friends to travel to the Underworld once they have paid him. As mentioned before, Medusa appears in the film, and expresses her anger towards Athena for transforming her into a monster. She also tells Percy that she ‘used to date [Poseidon],’ which is a more family-friendly version of the Roman story where Poseidon rapes her in Athena’s temple.

In the book Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, Percy is your typical 12-year-old boy who is a troublemaker in school and lives with his mother’s abusive husband. Percy’s life changes when he accused of stealing Zeus’ master bolt and attacked by monsters. Percy’s mother is killed along the way towards a camp called Camp Half-Blood and trains his heritage as a demigod. Percy is then sent on a heroic quest, with friends, to prove his innocence and along the way, rescue his mother from Hades. After a long and arduous journey of being chased by monsters, Percy managed to return the lightning bolt and save his mother. Percy is then betrayed by a close friend, as the friend was the thief, and escaped while warning them of the true mastermind.

Percy Jackson’s mum in the story is called Sally Jackson who was in a relationship with Poseidon, who left her to go on a journey across the Atlantic Ocean, and he never came back. Sally is now married to Gabe who wasn’t very nice, smelt and didn’t really care about Percy, but Sally may have married Gabe to protect Percy, because the smell may keep the monsters and bad away from him. We also get the feeling off Gabe that he doesn’t want Percy around (Riordan, 2005, p.32) ‘During school months, it was Gabe’s ‘study’. He didn’t study anything in there other than old car magazines, but he loved shoving my stuff in the closet, leaving his muddy boots on the windowsill.’ and would be happy to see him go, which is the same in the story of Perseus, where Polydectes tries to get rid of Perseus, because he doesn’t want Polydectes to be with Danae. Percy not liking Gabe could be part of a retelling of the story of Perseus. Where Zeus is portrayed as Gabe, and Danae is Sally, and Zeus sends Danae and her baby (Percy Jackson) to an island beach where a fisherman found them, took them home with him and looked after them. Where as in the Percy Jackson story, Sally takes Percy on a break to the beach (Long Island), much against Gabe’s wishes, and instead of a fisherman finding them; it was Grover who came to help them. The change to the myth story is because Riordan believes that this is the way this situation would be portrayed in a