Jackson Vs Perseus

Odysseus and Percy are similar because they both are stuck with the Lotus Eaters and must help their friends escape by forcing them. Odysseus must force his men off the island, “Those

Percy Jackson is the main character in this story, who is a demi god, who mortals are after. His name is short for Perseus and his father is one the big three gods, Poseidon. He is suffering from dyslexia and ADHD, which could be deliberately added to the

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.

In both the stories the main characters of Percy and Perseus really start to show their true colors on their quest. Both characters are Prodigies in there Hero types and act the same. One is just modernized as a teen from New York who travels the U.S with his friends. On the other hand, Perseus is a courageous son of Zeus who goes on a quest along to fight Medusa. For Percy he shows his true Prodigy Archetype when he gets to Camp Half-Blood. There, he was able to reveal his true ability to control water and use it in combat and healing (Percy Camp Half-Blood). For Perseus he know right from the start he is a prodigy of something great and uses his power to great things. “In his humble hut Perseus grew into a fine valiant youth, proud of being the son of Zeus and the Beautiful Danae.” (Perseus 6) Also, in both stories not only were Percy and Perseus Prodigy’s, but Perfect hero’s as well. Both heros grow up in a less than stellar place but still become perfect heros and go onto do there remarkable quest’s. For Percy, he grew up with Gabe Ugliano in his small New York apartment, where Gabe routinely miss treated him and his Mother. Which actually is the same in Perseus. Perseus grew up on a small Island in a humble hut, but after Perseus and his Mother got away from the King he ended up coming back. “The King pursued her and would have carried her off by force if Perseus had not protected her.” (Perseus 6) The resemblance is extremely close and that resemblance help the characters later on to be better people and become there “Perfect Hero” Archetype. In these stories the Hero theme is the same but that’s about the only theme that can be compared in these two very differently themed

Perseus is the son of Zeus and Danae, Zeus is a god and Danae is just a human, which makes Perseus a Demigod. Medusa is a beautiful woman but, she has serpents on her head. People turned into stone as soon as they saw Medusa’s face. The story of Perseus and Medusa always interested me. When I saw the sculpture of Perseus holding the head of Medusa and had his sword in the other had I got interested to know more about the story of Perseus and Medusa, I have always heard the story about Perseus and that he killed Medusa but I didn’t know how. I wanted to know more about the story in detail and how Perseus actually killed Medusa without turning into a stone. The sculpture itself looked beautiful, it was carved in Marble.

After being discovering that he’s a demigod of one of the three major Gods Poseidon, twelve year old Percy Jackson sets out a dangerous journey. A journey to save his mother from harm and to save the world from disaster from the Gods up above. This is a hero’s journey, a hero’s journey is someone who falls into adventure to slay the dragon and is idealized for his courage. The hero travels to one place to another going through a series of stages that help him complete his quest. It starts off first, the hero lives an ordinary life but is unique in some way that sets him apart from everyone else. The second stage he is then called for adventure where he leaves his ordinary life to the third stage crossing the threshold to a totally different

Jackson acted more like the president of the common man more than a king. There are three reasons why he acted more like a president. The first reason is because Jackson made equality happen for everyone. The second reason is because Jackson was able to expand the voting system. The last reason is because Jackson was able to stop nullification from happening.

In Ovid Metamorphoses, the Roman literature described the ruthless act of Pluto of rape, to seize and carry away Proserpine without the consent of Ceres and in parallel in the Homeric Hymns of Demeter; Persephone was seized and carried away by Hades without the consent of Demeter. The invariant theme that was identified in both the Greek and Roman literature was the loss of innocence of Persephone/Proserpine. Despite the various differences the story was presented, it reinforced the innocence that was stolen from the god of the underworld, Hades or also known as Pluto. Throughout this paper, it will discuss the similar characteristics of the two myths such as the motive that led and encouraged the god of the underworld to kidnap

In the movie Percy Jackson and the Olympians and the Lightning Thief the plot is very similar to the story “Danus, Perseus and the Gorgons” with similar character types of the perfect hero and prodigy and themes of brains over brawn and vengeance/revenge but with a few modern changes. They both are sons of gods and have a very similar story and plot line. First of all, “Perseus” and Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief have very similar plot lines and have events that are similar. The story of Perseus slays, “Medusa lived on an island far out at sea, but nobody knew just where.” (D’aulaires Page 116)

Within the myth of Perseus, the plot generally follows the structure of the archetypal hero’s journey. These aspects can be clearly identified throughout the lifetime of Perseus.

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

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.

Although both stories "The Possibility of Evil" by Shirley Jackson and "A Chip of Glass Ruby" by Nadine Gordimer are about two completely different stories, the authors added their own touch which ended up having a few similarities and differences in their writing, which makes the stories just a tad bit more interesting. Not only does this make reading the stories interesting it also helps the reader understand the imagery and tone of both the character and the authors. Jackson and Gordimer share a likeness in their descriptions of the settings yet a huge difference on their tones. A similarity between Jackson and Gordimer is their style of presenting a new subject using imagery.

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.

A twelve-year-old Percy Jackson believed that he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. He gets in trouble wherever he goes. He has a best friend Grover (who is also his protector) who’s always been with him.