Greek Mythology in Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is about a 12 year old boy named Percy Jackson who's getting chased by mythological monsters and his two friends Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, and Grover Underwood a satyr who is Percy's protector. Percy was in 6th grade and had just gotten out of school for summer break, when he found out that he was a half-blood, his mother was Sally Jackson, a mortal and his father was Poseidon, king of the sea. Percy got sent to camp Half-Blood for protection from monsters and got assigned a mission to find a lightning bolt that the gods think he stole and prevent a war between the gods, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus.

In the movie, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief draws on and transforms The Legend of Perseus, by connecting to the hero's journey, hero archetypes, and the basic plots. In the hero’s journey, Percy Jackson starts off in the ordinary world as a basic teenager that has ADHD and Dyslexia. In the Legend of Perseus, Perseus starts off in the ordinary world by growing up with a fisherman that had pulled in the chest that had Danae and Perseus. Perseus grew up being poor.

The book Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is story about Greek Gods and Demi Gods. Percy Jackson is the main character and also a Demi God. Annabeth is Percy’s friend and also a Demi God. Tyson is a big strong Cyclops and also Percy’s friend. The story takes you through their adventure of finding the Golden fleece to save to save camp Half-blood from being exposed to the mortal world.

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 and the Lightning Thief has very similar plot types and structures to the original “The Legend of Perseus”. However, there are a few essential changes to help restore the original. To start, in the call to adventure Percy Jackson’s mother is taking Percy to the beach and cabin to relax and get his favorite blue candies.

Percy Jackson and the Story of Perseus in Greek Mythology are both very well known. But taking a closer look they are more than a movie and a greek legend. They are stories that draw off each other and change the story to fit the time. For Percy it’s Modernized, but for Perseus it was in the Greek era. In this essay you will learn that Percy Jackson draws on the original legend of Perseus by generally keeping the plot the same and the characters. Although, the characters are a bit more modernized to be easier to connect to. It changes the legend in adding on a couple of other greek legends to add depth. This is shown through the plot modernization that takes place in real places, the Characters that are modernized but are the same on the inside,

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

Outside of the museum Percy gets into a fight with the local bully and ends up knocking her down with water from the fountain, although no one really understands what has happened. This is a manifestation of Percy’s powers. It turns out he is a Half-Blood-half-human and half Greek God.

Percy wakes up at a place called camp half-blood. Camp half-blood is created by magical borders in order to protect demigods so they can continue to train while being safe. After entering camp half-blood Percy learns about his identity of being a demigod. A demigod is child from a human and Greek god parent. He learns that he’s the son of one the three major Gods, Poseidon. Also, that his mother is very much alive but is kidnapped by Hades one of the three major Gods as well. Percy then goes into training and utilizes his dragon to be a positive trait that helps him settle into his new life. As his dyslexia functions for mythology and his ADHD helps him keep moving in

The movie Percy Jackson Lightning thief transforms the legend of perseus by modernization of the hero's journey, the hero archetypes, and classic hero themes. Percy Jackson is not the same hero as perseus, but they do have a lot of things in common. The movie, Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief directed by Christopher Colombus was about how Hades, took Percy's mom because he thinks that Percy has Zeus’s lightning bolt. The story of Perseus published by D'Aulaire is about how the hero Perseus needed a wedding gift for polydectes, so he whent to kill medusa.

Do all the lines of Percy's prophecy in the book Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief really come true? In this book Percy Jackson lives with his mom and jerk step dad in new york, he gets sent to a summer camp and while his mom was bringing him there they got attacked by a monster and his mom got taken away right before she would have died by Hades. Percy goes to the camp and finds out that greek gods are real and his real dad is poseidon. He gets a prophecy to go on a quest for the gods to find out who stole Zeus's master bolt and he gets to take his friend annabeth and grover with him on the way they find out that someone took Hades Helm of darkness too they end up finding it all and giving it back just in time. There are a few ways that each line of the prophecy comes true and this is how they all come true.

The Odyssey, written by Homer, tells the story of the hero Odysseus as he tries to make his way home from the battle at Troy. His journey is filled with hardships and opportunities to grow and change as a man and become a better person. Percy Jackson and The Olympians: Sea of Monsters, written by Rick Riordan, is about two 12/13-year-old friends, Percy and Annabeth, who are children of Poseidon and Athena respectively. They go on a quest to rescue their friends and the camp they attend, where children of the gods are protected. Percy and Annabeth also go through hardships which help them to grow and develop characteristics that are valued in society. Both Homer and Riordan reveal the personality traits of their characters, and the

Where we came from defines us as people. Percy Jackson is the son of his mortal mother and god of the sea, Poseidon. Being half mortal, half god, Percy is a so-called “Half Blood”. Percy is very different from everyday mortals. Being the son of the God Poseidon, Percy has several immortal abilities.

Something we all know about the Greek Gods is that there are a lot of them. From the God of Wine, to the Goddess of childbirth, there is a God or Goddess for everything. The main ones are the twelve with thrones made in Mount Olympus. And whom could be a better story teller of these then Percy Jackson? Percy takes the tales of how the world began, to each god and their personal battles, whether it was in war or love. With some side jests, and remarks for the readers, Percy takes each tale and gives it its own unique twist, keeping you captured till the end.

Through films, poetry, and art, mythology has become synonymous with an alternate telling of historical events, or explaining events previously misunderstood by the general public. Although it may seem like simple fiction to most, mythology has become intertwined with the Greek culture, and is key in an overall understanding of how the world works. The book I have read is “Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief”. Through the eyes of Rick Riordan, a simple story of an ordinary student begins to unravel, and discusses several key figures and moments of ancient Greek culture, and therefore, mythological beings of grand power. Close to the beginning of the book, the main character, Percy Jackson, visits a museum and is asked to explain an event depicted in one of the picture. Afterwards, he is asked why knowledge of these mythological events would matter in reality (Riordan 5,6). This exact question is the central theme throughout the book, and is what I pondered throughout the story.