Percy Jackson Lighting Thief Book Report

The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak. Liesel Meminger is a nine year old girl that was living in Germany in 1939. Her mother was taken away from Liesel and her brother. When Liesel and her brother where going to go see their mother Liesel brother died. She found a book called “The Grave Diggers Handbook”. Liesel was taken to a foster home. She gets along with her foster parents. The foster parent’s names are Hans and Rosa Hubermann. The foster parents of Liesel show her how to read and write. Liesel best friend name is Rudy Steiner they have many memories together. They both are thieves, Rudy and Liesel. Rudy has a big crush on Liesel. Max Vandenburg is a Jew being hidden in the basement of Liesel basement. Liesel and Rudy stole books from

Normally, when a movie is made about a story in a book the two stories are not exactly the same. The movie is adjusted by adding small details or leaving out some parts in order to make the story more

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.

When adapting a movie based on a book, there will be parts that are left out in the movie. These changes can either be good or bad, depending on how its executed. Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief fits under the latter category as the changes made were glaringly bad in my opinion and noticed by the fans of this book. In Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, I found three key differences compared to its film adaptation: how the journey started, the characters and their characterization, and missing plot points.

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.

Movies that are based on a book are not always the same. In social studies class, we read a book called Our America. The book is about two boys named LeAlan jones and Lloyd Newman becoming reporters and interviewing people in their neighborhood to show people what it’s like in the ghetto life. The movie that went with the book was very different. In the movie and the book Our America, there were many differences such as Principal Williams momentarily becoming an antagonist, Davis Isay was more important, and Lloyd’s life was focused on more in the movie.

There are also the some other details the film was different

Death describes himself a little; he doesn't carry a scythe, or wear a black robe unless its cold, and he looks like any person. 1942 is a very busy year for him, and he needs a vacation. There are so many humans to collect and colors to see. War is not Death's best friend, as the saying goes, but more like a demanding boss. When he remembers that year he likes to think of a little beauty as well, though, so he returns to the book thief's story.

The characters in the screenplay and the film are played by different individuals. During the screenplay only the main character's

For example in the book Winnie is only 10 but in the movie she was older(p.g.28). In addition the prologue in the move was a flash forward to jesse in the future, but the prologue in the book ( p, g, 3)was saying that 3 things were going to happen. Also only Jesse and Miles kidnap Winnie in the movie but Mae is also there. Furthermore, only Jesse is telling Winnie the story in the movie, but in the book mae and miles also help tell the story( p. g.37). Similarly the man in the yellow suit has, in the movie been following Jesse and Miles for some time, While in the book the man in the yellow suit has not found the tucks until he follows winnie when she is getting kidnapped (p. g.33). Another example of this is when in the book mae goes to jail( p. g. 103), in the movie tuck goes to jail with her. In addition the man in the yellow suit shoots jesse, and in the book no one is shot or even holding a gun expect the constable and mae. Also in the movie jesse and winnie kiss a lot, in the book nothing like that

The book starts off with Liesel, aka the book thief, on a train traveling to Munich with her brother named Werner and their mother. But on the way there the train stops working and Werner ends up dying, but while he is being buried Liesel takes a book from one of the gravediggers. After getting on another train they get to Munich where Liesel is giving away to foster care. She really doesn’t want to leave but she knows that it’s for the best that she leaves her mother and go into foster care.

Allie Yniguez Miss Frye AP Lit 16 August 2014 Summer Work: How to Read Literature Like a Professor 1. Chapter 1: Every Trip is a Quest (Except When it’s Not) Example text: Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan [Quester] - Percy Jackson [Place to go] - The Underworld and Mount Olympus [Stated reason to go there] - To retrieve the lightning bolt from the Underworld and return it to Zeus, in order to prevent a war of the gods from erupting.

A few factors in the movie are altered from what was in the book. In the book, there is a

The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke is the story of a few weeks of adventure in the lives of several people, living in Venice, Italy. Set in the autumn of 2000, the story highlights the adventures of 12-year-old Prosper and five-year-old Boniface and their new friends, as they are pursued by small time private detective Victor Getz. Funke begins the novel with Prosper’s and Boniface’s rich aunt and uncle (Ester and Max Hartlieb) going to see Victor Getz in order to find them. During the interview, the reader learns that the Hartliebs only want Boniface (also known as Bo) and want to put Prosper (also known as Prop) into boarding school. The reason that the boys went to Venice is that their mom would always talk about how amazing the city was. Right after this Funke describes

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.