Why Is Percy Jackson Better

When comparing Perseus to other heroes, the first person who usually comes to mind is Percy Jackson. Percy Jackson’s story has some similar points as the story of Perseus, but most of them are changed to be a little more kid friendly. I will be talking about the kinds of monsters that were battled in each of the stories, the Hero Archetypes, and themes. I will start with one of the most important things in any hero story, the monsters.

Percy “protects” Grover from the bullies. She goes around with her friends following her. Clarisse pushes Percy around by wanting to fight him all the time. Clarisse attacks Percy straight on. Clarisse walks around with her sisters and brothers from the Ares cabin.

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.

There are plenty of differences in the two books one being the fact that the people that want Percy dead are monsters but the people who want Katniss dead are monsters on the inside. Percy has powers so, yeah

The way they return it in the film is very different then the book, well in the film percy haves to fight

Initially, Percy Jackson, the main character, is described in the book to have jet-black hair and blue-green eyes. He is also gifted with the ability to control water. This similarity applies to both the book and the movie, otherwise the fans would be outrageous. Another similarity is that Percy is attacked by a demonic character

The book Percy Jackson and the movie are different in many ways, but also have many similarities. First, the book starts out with Percy on the first day of school, and not at school like he was in the movie. In the movie percy was attacked by the furies who acted like his substitute teacher but was not in the book. Percy still faced these monsters, but not at the same time. Second, Zeus’s bolt was stolen and he was going to go to war if it wasn’t returned by the summer solstice.

Percy Jackson comes from a human mother and Poseidon one of the elder gods, whereas as Harry Potter comes from a father who was a great Quidditch player and mother who was a great sorceress. So both were asked much from their surrounding world. This can be seen with Percy Jackson as it states in on page 132 that “Poseidon. Earthshaker. Stormbringer. Father of horses. Hail, Perseus Jackson, Son of the Sea God.” Showing the gravity of his true identity as the son of one of the elder gods. Finally, another similarity between the two books is that both protagonists have extremely abusive families in their lives until they found their true identity and found a new family. This is evident through the abuse from Percy's step-father Gabe who always threatened Percy physically. This can be seen through a conversation between Percy and Gabe in which he says “Maybe if I kick you in your soft spot, I thought. And make you sing Soprano for a week.”. As well as the abuse Harry received from the Dursleys because he is different from his Muggle family. This injustice can be seen through his living conditions as shown on page 13 it states “Harry was used to spiders, because the cupboard under the stairs was full of them, and that was where he

Percy Blakeney is The Scarlet Pimpernel, he along with his followers risks their lives to save those in line for the guillotine. Percy, the mysterious vigilante enters the book as a hero to the aristocrats sentenced to death by the revolutionary French government. During the revolution, many try to end the Pimpernel’s movement but find it

Each character is different in the story, but some can be really similar. The four protagonists are Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and Tyson. All of them go to the same camp, which is how they met. Grover and Tyson are both not humans. Grover is a satyr, and Tyson is a Cyclops. Percy and Annabeth have the most in common compared to anyone else. Sometimes, things can change like how Annabeth hates Rachel. An example of change is in the book, when it states, “To my surprise, Rachel and Annabeth started up a conversation as we walked.” (Riordan, 295). Annabeth changed because when they talked, they were able to get to know each other better, so Annabeth doesn’t really have any hatred against Rachel now. Also, in the beginning of the book, they trusted

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.

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

The film does a good job of accurately representing some of the minor characters from mythology as well. Percy’s friend Grover is a satyr, and displays a strong interest in many of the females in the film. Chiron, leader of the centaurs makes an appearance as well, disguised as one of Percy’s teachers. He later reveals himself to be a centaur and the leader of the Demigod Camp that Percy travels to. Charon also makes an appearance, and only allows Percy and his friends to travel to the Underworld once they have paid him. As mentioned before, Medusa appears in the film, and expresses her anger towards Athena for transforming her into a monster. She also tells Percy that she ‘used to date [Poseidon],’ which is a more family-friendly version of the Roman story where Poseidon rapes her in Athena’s temple.

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’s mum in the story is called Sally Jackson who was in a relationship with Poseidon, who left her to go on a journey across the Atlantic Ocean, and he never came back. Sally is now married to Gabe who wasn’t very nice, smelt and didn’t really care about Percy, but Sally may have married Gabe to protect Percy, because the smell may keep the monsters and bad away from him. We also get the feeling off Gabe that he doesn’t want Percy around (Riordan, 2005, p.32) ‘During school months, it was Gabe’s ‘study’. He didn’t study anything in there other than old car magazines, but he loved shoving my stuff in the closet, leaving his muddy boots on the windowsill.’ and would be happy to see him go, which is the same in the story of Perseus, where Polydectes tries to get rid of Perseus, because he doesn’t want Polydectes to be with Danae. Percy not liking Gabe could be part of a retelling of the story of Perseus. Where Zeus is portrayed as Gabe, and Danae is Sally, and Zeus sends Danae and her baby (Percy Jackson) to an island beach where a fisherman found them, took them home with him and looked after them. Where as in the Percy Jackson story, Sally takes Percy on a break to the beach (Long Island), much against Gabe’s wishes, and instead of a fisherman finding them; it was Grover who came to help them. The change to the myth story is because Riordan believes that this is the way this situation would be portrayed in a