Similarities Between Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief

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The myth of Cronus, a myth about a higher power getting struck down, and in “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief” are alike in theme and plot elements. One theme that reaches to both The Lightning Thief and Cronus is the struggle for power like the struggle for power between Cronus and the gods in both stories. And two elements are love and deception both being feeding material. By the end of this, I am hoping you know that The Lightning Thief and Cronus are same in plot elements, themes, and lessons.

In the myth of Cronus, the struggle for power is communicated by Zeus and Cronus’s battle. Zeus and Cronus are both fighting over the throne of Olympus and Earth. This quote shows the plot development and the wrapping up of the plot struggle for power “Zeus eventually dethroned his father”. This shows that Zeus won overall. There is also a struggle for power with fate, when Cronus attempts to escape fate but falls harder or that it made the overall end worse. This shows how when Cronus tempered fate, fate gave him a worse end. This quote shows how he worsened his fate “In order to be sure the prophecy did come untrue, Cronus tried to …show more content…

The plot is a struggle for power (obviously) like the Cronus VS. The Gods. This quote “war of the gods”. Also, there is a struggle for power in Luke’s mind; Luke is Percy’s trainer, by that is that Luke taught Percy the main C’s way of the Sword, the struggle is for Luke’s mind when in the end it is taken by Cronus. This quote shows that he has surrendered his mind to Cronus, “Kronos is who you serve”. But finally, there is a struggle for one’s love. This quote shows a struggle for Percy's love and the tearing of Poseidon's and Percy's relationship dying, “Poseidon's eye took on a tear”. This shows that The Lightning Thief has many struggles for power in the story and the

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