Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief Analysis

Rick Riordan’s ‘Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief’ focuses on Greek mythology and interprets this into a children’s story. Throughout the story, there are many references and adaptations to mythological tales, and each one is portrayed in a different way. Riordan writes this story as though Hercules, Zeus and Poseidon were still around today, and this would be the effect they would have on people in this day and age.

For many years, stories have been a part of children’s childhood. The countless tales of magic and valiant heroes with daunting adventures have entertained and enlightened the minds of many people. In this generation, stories of warriors captivate heats with their selfless and their quests for a greater purpose. However, with the increase of stories told by authors, readers might realize that a hero might have similar characteristics to another. Perseus “Percy” Jackson and Harry Potter are two different heroes with many parallels in their stories.

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

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Aspects such as abnormality, the visits to the supernatural world, and greater knowledge gain than original expected of the epic hero archetype guide the reader through this story. Leading them to realize that without understanding the dangers of something irreversible mistakes may be made and yet at the same time wisdom allows for innovation and progress to

Jose de Alvare AP LIT Dr. Busse 08/14/17 How to Read Literature Like a Professor: by Thomas C. Foster Chapter 1-- Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It's Not) The five parts of a QUEST are The five aspects of the quest are: (a) a quester, (b) a place to go, (c) a stated reason to go there, (d) challenges and trials en route, (e) a real reason to go there. a quester - Percy Jackson a place to go - the underworld and mount olympus The stated reason to go there - to retrieve the stolen lightning bolt from Hades in the underworld for Zeus and to save his mother Challenges and trials en route - On his way to the underworld he has to face Medusa in New York , the Hydra and the Lotus Eaters in a Las Vegas casino. He also has to face Luke attempting to steal the lightning bolt and attempting to kill him.

In the beginning of the book. Percy believes that all he is, is a kid who loves his mother, has ADHD and dyslexia, and is not able to stay in the same boarding school for more than a year without being expelled. This is shown on page 10, where the narrator says, “..this was my sixth school in six years, and (I) was probably going to be kicked out again.” This quote shows that Percy does not have much confidence, and is expelled from school a lot. Also towards the beginning of the book, on page 44, Percy begins to recall multiple instances where “something creepy” had happened in a school, before he got expelled. Percy is beginning to understand that he is different, in a special way. In the middle of the book, Percy is introduced to new beliefs, a change in character, and he starts to develop a new attitude. He learns that he is a half-blood, which explains why he has ADHD and dyslexia, and also explains why he had to transfer schools so frequently. This is shown on page 93. Annabeth, Percy’s new half-blood friend, explains to Percy that most half-bloods move from school to school constantly, and are diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. Percy began to finally realize that he wasn’t just some strange kid, who had problems with reading and staying still. He was a half-blood, and there were tons of other kids just like him. He was more confident, brave, and more willing to take risks.

Have you ever wondered if gods were real? In “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” they are. There is a prophecy made at Camp Half-Blood, a place where half-bloods (people who have a mortal parent and a parent who is a god) live to stay safe from monsters that want to kill them. The prophecy is said by the Oracle, a magical being that inhibits a mummy’s body and spouts prophecies from time to time, telling what will happen during quests that half-bloods take. It stays in the attic of the “Big House” a place where the director of the camp lives. This particular prophecy revolves around Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon. The prophecy comes true, but in ways that surprise Percy and his friends: Annabeth, daughter of Athena and

First, one reason that Percy Jackson is a hero is because he is selfless. And The Lightning Thief, in the very beginning,

Being a hero isn't all about fighting monsters. In the novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, we watch as a 12-year-old boy named Percy Jackson has his world thrown upside down when he finds out he's part god. Everything rides on him, the son of Poseidon, to find the answer that will stop the war that brews between the gods. Heroes meet monsters, suffer from wounds, have remarkable ancestry, have a loyal band of companions, and wield a weapon only they can control.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth book in the Harry Potter series written by J.K Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany. More accurately, it is the script for the play that is currently playing in London's West End and is set to open on Broadway in April. The story follows Harry Potter nineteen years later after the end of the 7th book. The story focuses on Albus Potter, the middle child of the Potter Family, who are often bullied and made an outcast for being the only Potter to be sorted into Slytherin. The main plot of the cursed child is about Albus and Scorpius (the son of Draco Malfoy) using a time-turner to go back and bring back Cedric Diggory, a student who died in Harry’s fourth year during the Triwizard tournament. While the action in this story takes up most of the book, another recurring theme of the story is Albus’ broken and almost nonexistent relationship with his father. Harry throughout the majority of the book is emotionally and verbally abusive towards his son. (PG)

The hero’s journeys of Gilgamesh and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series shape the central characters and develop their qualities so they can rise to their station and overcome their difficult tasks along the way.

The film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone would fall into Chapter 29 of Roger Hickman’s Reel Music: Exploring 100 Years of Film Music (Second Edition). This is because the chapter is titled, “Blockbusters Fantasy and Adventures” and the film is set in a fantasy world where magic exists and the main character, Harry Potter goes through many adventures. The genre of the film is fantasy and adventure and, according to imdb.com, the film has won multiple awards including, a Saturn Award, a BMI Film & TV Awards, Young Artist Awards, and many many more (imdb.com). Additionally, J. K. Rowling was the mastermind author behind the entire Harry Potter series and there are no other versions of this film as of now.

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.

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.