Lightning Thief Movie Vs Book

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Have you ever argued over which is better the book or the movie? Reading “The Lightning Thief” was a fun experience because we got to learn about Greek mythology. Sure, the book may take forever to read but, you get to do fun stuff along the way. For example, creating maps of Percy’s journey or acting out the story through reader’s theaters. Also, books are fun to read, especially when they have so much action like the Percy Jackson books! The reasons the book is better than the movie are because the book includes the characters Ares, Clarisse, and Cerberus. First, the book is better than the movie because it includes Ares. Ares is the god of war. Also, Ares tricked Percy by giving him the lightning bolt and having him take it to the Underworld. Finally, Ares and Percy have a battle on the beach. Even though the movie doesn’t have Ares the movie was still great. As you can see the book is better than the movie because the book includes Ares and the movie doesn’t. Next, the book is better than the movie because it includes Clarisse. Clarisse is the daughter of the god of war. Also, Clarisse does not like Percy and tries to humiliate him. Finally while Clarisse was trying to humiliate Percy, they ended up in the bathroom and had a fight. During this scene, Percy discovered his …show more content…

Cerberus is a three-headed dog that lives in the Underworld. Also, Cerberus is a security guard to Hades’ castle at the EZ death line. Cerberus is a fun character because when he was with Annabeth and the ball he loved to play with the ball. He was just lonely and wanted a friend. Even though Cerberus is not really an important character, it would be cool to see him at the EZ death line in the movie. Cerberus would be so cool in the movie and it would be enjoyable to see the EZ death line. In conclusion, Cerberus is one of the characters the movie left out, but the book did include him in it, which made it

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