Stories from the beginning of time to now have used a structure to make plots exciting even for the modern reader. One story of old is the story known as The Odyssey, a story that uses a certain template. While the story that is well known by some as Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief has something the same. Though many have read both stories, they may not notice that both protagonists follow the structure of the hero’s journey. The Hero’s journey system is usually 12 steps that make up a story. So many similarities between a piece from ages ago and a story of modern times appear, as both follow a Hero’s journey.
One of the stories that has the Hero’s journey is Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. The ordinary …show more content…
For example, the normal world is Ithaca while with Percy Jackson it’s New York City. The ways they get sent off in their adventures are not that different. For Odysseus, he is called into the war between Troy and his army. Similarly, Percy had been pushed into a battle of the Greeks because he is a demi-god. Then there was the idea of them not wanting to go to the adventure. Odysseus was reluctant to go because of his newborn son and Percy because he wanted to be in a normal life. They both have mythical mentors: Odysseus has Athena, Goddess of War and Percy has Chiron, son of Kronos. Percy goes through several challenges like the Furies, but Odysseus had to face the gigantic monsters. For example, “we found were Cyclopes, giants, louts, without a law to bless them…. but each one dwells in his own mountain cave dealing out rough justice to wife and child.”(Homer, pg.374)They both then had to face multiple tests and see who their allies are. For Odysseus, it was meeting Circe and Aeolus. Circe the witch tries to make them to a pig: “Down to the ship Eurylochus came running to cry alarm, foul magic doomed his men! But working with… we heard the tale: our friends were gone….”(Homer, pg.387)Then there was Aeolus who helped Odysseus by giving him wind to send him back to Ithaca, but after a ferocious windstorm made by Odysseus’ sidekicks he pronounced their trip to
One of the stories that has the Hero’s journey is Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. The ordinary …show more content…
For example, the normal world is Ithaca while with Percy Jackson it’s New York City. The ways they get sent off in their adventures are not that different. For Odysseus, he is called into the war between Troy and his army. Similarly, Percy had been pushed into a battle of the Greeks because he is a demi-god. Then there was the idea of them not wanting to go to the adventure. Odysseus was reluctant to go because of his newborn son and Percy because he wanted to be in a normal life. They both have mythical mentors: Odysseus has Athena, Goddess of War and Percy has Chiron, son of Kronos. Percy goes through several challenges like the Furies, but Odysseus had to face the gigantic monsters. For example, “we found were Cyclopes, giants, louts, without a law to bless them…. but each one dwells in his own mountain cave dealing out rough justice to wife and child.”(Homer, pg.374)They both then had to face multiple tests and see who their allies are. For Odysseus, it was meeting Circe and Aeolus. Circe the witch tries to make them to a pig: “Down to the ship Eurylochus came running to cry alarm, foul magic doomed his men! But working with… we heard the tale: our friends were gone….”(Homer, pg.387)Then there was Aeolus who helped Odysseus by giving him wind to send him back to Ithaca, but after a ferocious windstorm made by Odysseus’ sidekicks he pronounced their trip to