In the movie Percy Jackson and the Olypians, The Lightning Thief, it transforms and modernizes the “ Danaüs, Perseus, and the Gorgon “ with events,hero types and archetypes, and theme development. This essay will tell you about all these subjects and how they change the story.
To start off with, Percy Jackson and the Olypians, The Lightning Thief transforms and modernizes “ Danaüs, Perseus, and the Gorgon “ with events. First, Persues is mentored by Athena and Hermes, but Percy is mentored by Anabeth, Athena’s daughter, and Luke, Hermes son. “... Athena and Hermes suddenly appeared. Zeus had sent them to help him. “ (D'aulaires, 117) and “ Hermes and Athena help Perseus, Hermes and Athena’s kids help Percy Jackson, Anabeth and Luke” (Percy
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First, they both leave their family’s - Percy has to flea and is separeted from his mom when he goes to camp half blood. Perseus is sent off to capture Medusa’s head and is separated from his mom. “ Perseus bid his mother good-by and set out to search for Medusa.” (D'aulaires, 117) and “ Everybody thinks Percy has the lightning bolt, so he has to go to camp half--blood to stay safe, but his mom gets captured by a minitar and is taken to the underworld.” (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Camp Half--Blood) Next, Supernatural help - Perseus is often helped by Athena and Hermes. Percy is talked to by his dad in his head (Posieden). “... Athena and Hermes suddenly appeared. Zeus had sent them to help him. “ (D'aulaires, 117) and “ Percy was training at camp half--blood and his dad told him in his head to use water to get powers.” (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Camp Half--Blood) Lastly, The Perfect Hero - They are both selfless and strong, putting others before themselves, both save their mom. “ The king pursued her and would have carried her off by force if Perseus had not protected her.” (D'aulaires, 116) and “ Percy finds his mom in the underworld and uses the three pearls to escape.” (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, The Underworld) Therefore, Percy Jackson and the Olypians, The Lightning Thief …show more content…
Evil. First, Persues is fighting the king, Percy is fighting Hades, Luke, and Gabe. “ The scheming king decided to get rid of Perseus….” (D'aulaires, 116) and “ Percy does not like Gabe, who is his step dad, Luke was the one with the lightning bolt and framed Percy, and Hades captured his mom.” (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Intro to Percy, Olympus, and The Underworld) Next, Percy saves his mom from the underworld, Perseus saves Princess from sea monster. “ ‘ I shall save you and you shal be mine,’ Perseus said” (D'aulaires,120) and “ Percy desends into the underworld and confronts Hades, he gets his mom and back and escapes.” (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, The Underworld) Lastly, Both find love (Percy and Anabeth) (Perseus and Andromeda). “ He gave Perseus and Andromeda the grandest of wedding feasts and everybody was happy.” (D'aulaires,120) and “ Percy and Anabeth fall in love and continue to train for things to come.” (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, The end) Overall, Percy Jackson and the Olypians, The Lightning Thief transforms and modernizes “ Danaüs, Perseus, and the Gorgon “ with the theme concept, Good vs.
Percy Percy provides the novel with the perfect parallel to Dunstan. He does, however, contrast in many ways to Dunstan. They are best friends, but Percy rivalry results in the formation of the main setting of the novel. Percy also feels more of an attachment to material goods than Dunstan does. He thinks only of himself and is in constant pursuit of total and utter control. Percy was low moral standards in comparison to Dunstan and in some ways, feels he is of a higher stature than other human beings. This awkward relationship between him and Dunstan forms the basis of the novel.
Percy Jackson is a very interesting character but he’s more interesting when they keep some his great characteristics in the movie. There are many differences along with similarities in the comparison between the book and the movie of Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief. One of the major differences between the two was how in the book Luke and Percy never fought for the bolt because Luke took it, but in the movie Luke and Percy have an epic battle for the bolt. A good similarity with the two is that they do a very good job in describing Percy’s background and how they were in the Lotus hotel and got stuck their for hours but realistically was 5 days. I will be discussing and some of the main similarities and differences
There are many other characters in the story the story, but there are a couple special one. Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena. So you can imagine she was one smart cookie. Percy’s father is Poseidon, god of the sea. Athena and Poseidon didn’t really get along. Annabeth and Percy have something in common: both have family issues and terrible step-parents. Her dad is a human, a professor at West Point who teaches American History. Annabeth is anger at his for rejecting her at a young
...th head towards the underworld were Percy’s mother is held in a cave. The reader is able to obverse that Percy as walking in to the most unsafe place and this could potentially be the most danger they have ever encountered. As they enter the secrete path to Hades layer Percy and his allies come across a guard with a boat man who does not allow any living people into the underworld. A problem is created as the man blocks the entrance to the underworld on the other hand Percy explains that nothing will stop him from get his mother back as he is will to do anything to obtain his mothers love. However Annabeth come up with an idea to gives him money. Her plan is successful as the man agrees to give them a ride over the underworld. The next step is get his mother back and return Zeus’s lightning bolt but in order to do that he must meet the god of the underworld hades.
The Lightning Thief is about Percy Jackson, a 12 year old boy who has troubles at home (violent step father) and troubles at school (dealing with ADHD). During what seems like another normal day, he's attacked by his math teacher, only to learn that she is a monster called a harpy. Things only get crazier when he is saved by his best friend Grover, who reveal he himself is not human either, but is in fact a satyr, a creature from Greek myths. Percy learns of a world he never knew existed. He is in fact the son of the Greek god Poseidon, and he is what is called a demi god, half god and half human. Grover takes Percy to Camp Half-Blood, a safe haven for demi gods that are hunted by monsters. There he meets other half bloods, like the daughter
Although everybody is different in their own way, Percy Jackson and Hercules are quite similar. One would think that two demi-gods would have a plethora of differences but that’s not the case here. From their blood lines, weaknesses, and early life, their lives thus far have not played out identically, but are in many ways alike.
“Being a half-blood is dangerous. It's scary. Most of the time, it gets you killed in painful, nasty ways.” (Riordan, 1) The Lightning Thief begins with the typical introduction of a potential hero, in this case, Percy Jackson who is described as an oddball. He believes that he has ADHD, is dyslexic, and does not really fit in with any crowd. (Riordan, 2) Not only does Percy have a rough life at school, but he never knows his birth father and his mother marries a creep that treats both of them poorly. (Riordan, 17) In the Iliad the hero Achilles is introduced, he too was born a demi-god but his fate is slightly different, he is born into a life of near immorality because the only way he is said to die is if Hector from Troy is killed. (Fagles 1990, 79) Achilles is the greatest warrior of the Greek and accepts his fate by setting out to kill Hector (greatest warrior of Troy), regardless of the inevitable outcome. This mindset is typical of that of a Hero. These depictions of Percy and Achilles parallel the lifestyle that Joseph Campbell describes as in a Hero’s Journey. Although every aspect of the Hero’s Journey is not touched upon by The Lightning Thief and The Iliad novels, Percy Jackson and Achilles are perfect candidates to be heroes. The early lifestyle of Percy being a misunderstood teenager and Achilles being a relentless great warrior sets the basis for them to separate from society, be tested and challenged by supernatural obstacles, conquer those obstacles, and in Percy’s case he could finally return home with a greater understanding of who he is, and in Achilles case he accepts the fate of death. Also, it is mind-boggling to see how the theory of a scholar can be applied to stories that were told long before and after h...
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan is a fantasy- adventure novel that is based on Greek mythology. It's the second novel in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Percy Jackson has been having nightmares about his satry friend Grover Underwood. The first dream involving Grover running from an unknown force and hiding in wedding shop. At school a group of Laestrygoians attack Percy and his classmates in a game of dodgeball, but is saved by one of his friends Tyson and Annabeth Chase, one of his friends from camp. Annabeth takes Percy and Tyson to Camp Half Blood, the only safe place for demigods, which are kids who are children of humans and gods. All three of them take the
Percy Jackson is a true hero. Imagine if you had the chance to save your mother, but put your own life at risk. When Percy was given this chance, he never even thought about his own life. When he saved the world, he didn't care if he put his own life in immense trouble. When he met his half brother, he stood up for him, not caring if no one liked him after. It is clear that there is no way that Percy Jackson can be thought of anything but a hero, which is what he truly
The settings are the Grey Sisters Place, some place with Athena, island of the Gorgons, Into the air, and Atlas’s island. The settings are different because it has more than Perseus. The events are that Perseus was sent off the quest, He then gets a lot of gifts after that he goes to see the Grey sisters and steals their eye then goes to see Atlas she gives him the hat of darkness. After that goes to Medusa’s cave and he cuts off Medusa’s head, he escapes Medusa's sisters. The event is different because he has a lot of things to do before going and killing medusa and in the poem Perseus he just got a shield and cut her head.
Overall, Riordan uses different mythological characters, to create a modern adaptation of the story of Perseus. Riordan does so in a way that a younger audience can understand and even relate to in this day and age. The main point Riordan is trying to get across, is this idea of heroism, and using children’s imaginations to make this happen. However, he doesn’t only use Percy to be portrayed as the hero, he also uses Grover, and also Annabeth, who both help Percy along his quest.
The legend of Perseus is told in many different ways, in two particular ways they are similar but yet quite different. The movie Clash of the Titans is primarily a story of Perseus and his dangerous journey to save the princess Andromeda, while the Edith Hamilton’s Mythology is a story of Perseus, his relationship with his mother and journeys to her.
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.
The fact that Percy Jackson has friends is incredible. It is an unshakable fact that any friend of his within a ten-mile radius will be in a life or death situation with him by dinner, and they are not always as lucky as he is. However, that is getting ahead of ourselves. Over the course of the five-part contemporary young adult series, Percy Jackson & The Olympians, the titular character, Percy Jackson, must embrace his Greek God parentage and save Olympus with the help of his fellow demigods. The aim of this paper is to discuss his Hero’s Journey throughout the series, provide an in-depth character analysis, and draw parallels between Percy and the three classic Greek heroes of mythology: Perseus, Theseus, and Hercules.
In the movie, Perseus, the mortal son of Zeus, fights the monsters of the underworld to stop them from taking over the heavens and earth. The story according to the Greeks, Perseus, the mortal son of Zeus, goes on an adventure to recieve the head of Medusa to save his mom from marrying King Polydectes and along the way falls in love Princess Andromeda. Between the two stories there are similarities and differences in each version.