Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief

The character I have chosen is fictional. He is from a series of books based on the Greek Gods. This character, who made his debut in 2005 in the Lightning Thief, goes by the name Percy Jackson. We follow Percy’s journey through five books by Rick Riordan in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, and in another 5 books in the Heroes of Olympus series. Percy’s odyssey includes overcoming many obstacles like finding his mother in the Underworld and finding his way through Daedalus’ Labyrinth, and meeting gods like his father Poseidon and the Queen Hera. Many of Percy’s characteristics lead him to be a successful leader.

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 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 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 - Percy Jackson is the twelve-year-old protagonist of The Lightning Thief. He is the narrator and the hero of The Lightning Thief. At the beginning of the story, Percy's life perspective is pretty negative. Percy is a 12-year-old boy who has been expelled from every school he has attended in the past 6 years. Percy is dyslexic and has ADHD. A scene that best shows this is when he says, “I could start at any point in my short and miserable life to prove it.” When he begins telling his story, he's a bit grumpy, angry, or even depressed. Percy comes from a very humble background, meaning he is grateful for the simple joys in life. Percy never knew his dad. His mother eventually married a guy named Gabe Ugliano, Percy calls him Smelly Gabe. They live in a small apartment in Queens, NY, and Gabe enjoys making Percy's life and Percy's mom's life miserable.

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

In the book The Lighting Thief, by Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson is a troubled, dyslexic kid who is soon to figure out he’s a demi-god. He has to return the Master Lightning Bolt back to Zeus before the summer solstice, and figure out the riddle of the Oracle which instates he will be betrayed. Also on his quest, he has to avoid monsters because he is a demi-god and monsters can sense him.

Percy Jackson from The Lightning Thief symbolizes the hero on a quest archetype. Percy Jackson is made up of Percy is on the quest on trying to get the Lighting to Zeus. There are 12 stages of archetype. The Archetype begins with the Ordinary world, Call to Adventure, Refuse love the call, Meeting with the mentor, crossing the first Threshold, test allies and enemies, approach, ordeal, reward, the road back, resurrection, and it tops off with the return of Elixir. Percy jackson thinks he’s a “Normal Human” who his dad left him at the age of 7 months. This is the beginning of the Hero's quest in a ordinary world. Percy Jackson follows these 12 stages of archetype which makes him the Hero of the film. The Three main stages of this archetype that Percy Jackson follows are the Ordinary World, Call to Adventure, and the Return of Elixir. These Three stages will prove the Archetype Of percy Jackson's quest.

Sally began the story. She told Paul about her first lover, how they had met at Montauk, and what happened to him. Then Annabeth took over, and told Paul about the Greek gods and goddesses, and that they followed Western Civilization and they were still very much alive. She also told him about demigods' ADHD and dyslexia, their battlefield reflexes and how they could all speak Ancient Greek fluently, including not all mortals being able to see anything because of the Mist. Finally, Percy took over, and told Paul about Camp Half-Blood, discovering who his father was, and all of his adventures and quests, up until this last summer, with the Labyrinth.

The lightning Thief teaches us you can do almost anything if you put your mind to it. As stated “You”ll meet worse Percy. Far worse, before your done.” Done … with what” “Your quest,

I watched the movie The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan I also read the book and watched a musical. Percy wanted to get his mom back but somebody stole the lightning bolt, then Percy goes on a quest to find the lightning bolt. I really didn't understand the book and the musical because I there is not that much of real life and special effects like in the movie. I liked the movie because i could see how it would be in the real life, it showed the mistic creatures. Also there were places that they went and in the play they didn't go, also some of the characters in the play they didn't exist in the movie The special effects were better than the play and the characters were different people and their customs were fit to their

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is based in the real world, with Greek mythology mixed into the storyline. Percy, son of Poseidon, must rescue his mother from Hades as well as preventing a feud from erupting between the Gods on Mount Olympus that would wreak havoc on the Earth. During this quest Percy Jackson and his friends are invited into the Lotus Hotel and Casino. There they are engaged in playing games and start to lose track of time, similar to losing oneself in a casino in the real world. The author of Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas, Natasha Dow Schull, researched why casinos were so addicting and the various elements that went into the building of the casinos in order to keep as many patrons for as long as possible. Casinos are an addicting technology, they are built for people to step inside and never want to leave. Casinos have been articulated with concepts of gambling addiction and people’s reluctance to step away from the games, whether it is written in a book or studied in real life.

Summary- In the book the lightning thief. Percy Jackson ends up in the camp called camp half-blood. He is soon brought to having to fight Zeus back for the famous lightning bolt. As him and 2 friends take big adventures and travel all over they eventually become to the war with them and Zeus. Using flying shoes and all of the other tricks they all have, they fight and fight and the big question is still upon us who will win? Will they get the lightning bolt and return it back to where it belongs. The underworld is a bad place and neither of them would like to go there.

Percy is a hero because he saved the world of WWIII of the gods. In chapter 9 Percy starts his path on the hero 's journey when he is called to complete a quest. The conversation is between the centaur Chiron and Percy. "Your quest, of course. Will you accept it?" I glanced at Grover, who was crossing his fingers. "Um, sir," I said, "you haven 't told me what it is yet." Chiron grimaced. "Well, that 's the hard part, the details."Thunder rumbled across the valley. The storm clouds had now reached the edge of the beach. As far as I could see, the sky and the sea were boiling together."Poseidon and Zeus," I said. "They 're fighting over something valuable ... something that was stolen, aren 't they?" This shows that Percy was just called to adventure. Percy was just given a task to stop a war between the gods. This shows that Percy just stepped foot on the hero 's journey since this was his call to adventure. “Percy starts his journey on the road of trials when HE ENCOUNTERS THE FURIES, WHO ARE HADES HELPERS. The text says “Annabeth and Grover moved up behind the Furies cautiously, looking for an opening. I took the ballpoint pen out of my pocket and uncapped it. Riptide elongated into a shimmering double-edged sword. The Furies hesitated. Mrs. Dodds had felt Riptide’s blade before. She obviously didn’t like seeing it again. “Submit now,” she hissed.

The Lightning Thief starts with Percy and his best friend Grover at a greek mythology museum when the assistant teacher attacks Percy and Chiron throws Percy a pen and tells him to click it and it turns into a pen.After defeating the assistant teacher Chiron tells him to go to camp half-blood where he will be safe.