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    Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief is a film, created by Michael Barnathan, that is filled with action, adventure, and water. This movie is okay, but I was not too interested in the plot of the film, but the action was pretty cool. This film is set in New York, following a 16-year old named Percy Jackson. When he is subjected to a school trip to a museum with his friend Grover, he finds out that he is the son of a god. After this, he meets another friend, Annabeth, and all three of them embark

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    Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief is a movie based off of the book series, Percy Jackson & The Olympians, written by Rick Riordan. Rick Riordan is an American author who is most famous for writing the Percy Jackson & The Olympians series, about a twelve year old boy who discovers that he is a son of Poseidon. His books have been translated into forty-two languages and sold more than thirty million copies in the United States. This movie is based on Greek mythology. The main character, Percy Jackson

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    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. So, when it came to giving

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    “I ACCIDENTALLY VAPORIZE MY PRE-ALGEBRA TEACHER”. Chapter titles usually go overlooked, but titling the first chapter with a statement so bold and outrageous made it impossible for me to not check out the The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan from my school library in fourth grade. Almost nine years later, I'm still a fan of the Percy Jackson series. I connected so strongly to this series because I saw myself in the main character, Percy Jackson. We were both born in August and lived in New York,

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    Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief are both interesting. It is about a boy named Percy Jackson who finds out that he is the son of the Greek god, Poseidon. He goes to this camp where he trains and learns to use his powers for good so that he could find his mother. The movie and the book talk about the same thing, but some of the characteristics and the themes are different. What are some of the similarities and differences between them? The book, Percy Jackson: The lightning

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    Have you ever noticed that the book and the movie of the same story have many similarities and differences? Perhaps you have. Well, I am about to tell you about one that has some right now, called The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan. The book was published June of 2005. The movie came out February of 2010. There are many differences and similarities to this book and movie, and I’m about to tell you about them. (Warning: Spoilers!) One difference between the movie and the book is that the movie

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    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. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief has very similar plot types and structures to the original “The Legend of Perseus”. However

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    In the book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, Nancy Bobofit and Clarisse are different in many ways. Clarisse is not like Nancy Bobofit because, Nancy is not a half-blood like Clarisse, Clarisse likes to fight with Percy while Nancy just wants to get people in trouble, and Clarisse is much larger and tougher than Nancy. One reason Nancy Bobofit and Clarisse are different is Clarisse is a half-blood while Nancy Bobofit is not. According to the book, a half-blood is half human

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    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

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    " Oh I wish I could spend all day in the water instead of this place", was said by Percy Jackson, the protagonist of Th Lightning Thief. Onto, Percy Jacksons personality was different than others. He is courageous, curious, and adventurous. He is very brave because he fought a lot of monsters and his mother vanished in thin air when the Minotaur got her. Percy is very curious of where his mom went, why monsters are going after him, and who his dad is. He goes around trying to stay alive and trying

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