Percy Jackson's Th Lightning Thief

We have all read books about heroes and monsters and princesses in towers, one of these books that I have read is Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief. Many people like this book, and here are a couple reason why I loved reading this story. Including how the hero defeats the evil, and how he saves the world. A modern life high school boy who gets thrown into chaos.

As for the movie, Percy is your stereotypical 16-year-old teenager who also lives with an abusive stepdad. Similar to the book, Percy is attacked by a monster and his life forever changes. Percy’s

Percy Jackson from Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief displays many qualities of being a hero. According to the article, “The Hero’s Journey”, there are many different stages of being a hero. Percy acquires many characteristics of being a hero. Some of the stages that Percy relates to are: “The Ordinary World”, “The Call to Adventure”, “Allies/ Helpers”, and “Master of Two Worlds/ Restoring the World”. Therefore, Percy Jackson is presented as a hero from the different stages of “The Hero’s Journey”.

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.

Also Percy and Thalia received a few problems of their own. During a game of capture the flag between the half bloods and the hunters Thalia and Percy had a misunderstanding. During the game Thalia and five others from halfblood team went out to capture the flag and Percy got put on defence. From their Percy decided because there were no one attacking happening so he went out for the attack. But little did Percy know the hunters were just in the coast of the forest which is right by their flag. So the hunters were able to ctf because Percy left and Thalia got mad because Thalia and her group of half bloods were about to cross the line. The passage states “‘Percy what are you doing me and my squad were about to strike and capture the flag, and now because of you we lost the game”(Page 156 ) This evidence shows that Percy and Thalia were having problems which was unintentional a good thing because later in the book because they realized they are best friends. The passage states “Thalia, Percy that’s enough you both just had a little misunderstanding”’ scolded zoe“(Page 157) This evidence shows Percy and Thalia realized that they were overreacting and that they both had good intentions.

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

Percy and his class are on a field trip. He has a friend called Grover ( who turns out to be a satyr sent to look after him and a teacher he feels he can trust and who believes in him( who turns out to be the centaur, Chiron)

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

which is the prime mover in the action of the novel which force's Percy to allow

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.

Another piece of evidence that Percy is an outsider is that he has a D+ grade average on his report card. Also he is a dyslexic and a hyperactive boy. For example, “I wondered how she could say that. What was so great about me? A dyslexic, hyperactive boy with

Do you believe that it would be an advantage or an disadvantage to be a demigod or halfblood. Anyways, In the book Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief, a young demigod in high school learns about his secret life and is forced to come to camp halfblood, for his protection from the outside world. As he becomes accustomed to the camp, both the counselors and Percy start to detect his special powers and that he might be a child of the big three. The “Big Three” referring to the three most powerful gods of olympus, which are Zeus, Poseidon and Hades. Although Percy demonstrates many signs of being a child of the big three, the camp still is not sure what god he belongs too.

To begin with, Percy is not hyperactive. A child that has ADHD is claimed to be hyperactive while Percy is not hyperactive. In an article called “ADD/ADHD in Children Signs and Symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder in Kids” it states “Some children with ADHD are hyperactive, but many others with attention problems are not.” Though Percy claims he is hyperactive he has no real evidence saying how he

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.

Percy Jackson thinks he is a normal twelve years old student. Well, not normal because he has Dyslexia and ADHD. One day, after encountering a mythological creature, chasing after him for an unknown reason, he learns that he is not ordinary, after all. He is a son of an Olympian God, Poseidon, and his best friend, Grover, is not a boy, but a satyr in disguise. He does not have Dyslexia and ADHD, he just has the ability to read Ancient Greek, and act like a warrior. His mother kept