In the story of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, it includes aspects of the legend of Perseus and Greek mythology throughout the whole story and it alters/renders the events leading up to and after killing different kinds of evil within their journey to protect their mom-- while also saving the world, the character archetype and traits of being the Perfect Hero, and the theme concept of The Underdog to modernize the story to best fit/adapt to the readers’ interests. In both Perseus’ and Percy’s journey-- although they had quite different beginnings, they had a similar destiny, which ultimately lead to similar events that happened to them throughout their lives, leading them both into a quest to save their
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This eventually lead to first idea of revamping Perseus’ events to fit Percy’s story and the era that it is set in. Moreover, “When Danaë had told him her story, he took her and little Perseus to his hut and cared for them as if they were his own, for he was kind old man and childless.” (D'aulaires, 3) In the Stage: Departure of both, Perseus’ and Percy’s hero journey, they meet/have someone in their lives that tried to help and protect them from unknown dangers. Although, Perseus and his mother met a fisherman that took him and his mother in and let them stay in his home, Percy met Grover-- a satyr, his protector, and his best friend. It was more fitting for Percy’s generation to meet someone his age and cared about his well being like the fisherman with Perseus. Grover did not help or protect Percy like the fisherman did by being a father figure, but since Percy was a demigod-- his genetics made him in danger of more variations of supernatural monsters that Grover tried to keep away from him by staying by his side through all the hardships and trying to let him …show more content…
Furthermore, “... I have dyslexia and attention deficit disorder and I had never made above a C- in my life.” (Riordan, 8) Nobody expected much from Perseus since he was raised by a fisherman without attending to any special schools or training to fight any battles, but people will soon realize the potential he has to become a great hero one day. In Percy’s era, it was a requirement to go to school and so the author gave him the privilege of having an education, but Percy failed to live up to the teachers’ standards when it came to the department of intelligence and he had different kinds of disorders, causing teachers to often give up on him and others to bully him. When at Camp Half-Blood, Percy learns that his disorders were traits of him being a demigod. He develops those traits while at Camp Half-Blood, which helped him in battle when he came across evil on his quest. Ares and Luke underestimated Percy’s abilities and skills; therefore, their plan to frame him for being the thief of Zeus’ lightning bolt and Hades’ helm of darkness failed. Likewise, “No man who had ever set out to kill Medusa had come back, and the king was sure that now he was forever rid of Perseus.” (D'aulaires, 3) The king underestimated Perseus’ abilities
This eventually lead to first idea of revamping Perseus’ events to fit Percy’s story and the era that it is set in. Moreover, “When Danaë had told him her story, he took her and little Perseus to his hut and cared for them as if they were his own, for he was kind old man and childless.” (D'aulaires, 3) In the Stage: Departure of both, Perseus’ and Percy’s hero journey, they meet/have someone in their lives that tried to help and protect them from unknown dangers. Although, Perseus and his mother met a fisherman that took him and his mother in and let them stay in his home, Percy met Grover-- a satyr, his protector, and his best friend. It was more fitting for Percy’s generation to meet someone his age and cared about his well being like the fisherman with Perseus. Grover did not help or protect Percy like the fisherman did by being a father figure, but since Percy was a demigod-- his genetics made him in danger of more variations of supernatural monsters that Grover tried to keep away from him by staying by his side through all the hardships and trying to let him …show more content…
Furthermore, “... I have dyslexia and attention deficit disorder and I had never made above a C- in my life.” (Riordan, 8) Nobody expected much from Perseus since he was raised by a fisherman without attending to any special schools or training to fight any battles, but people will soon realize the potential he has to become a great hero one day. In Percy’s era, it was a requirement to go to school and so the author gave him the privilege of having an education, but Percy failed to live up to the teachers’ standards when it came to the department of intelligence and he had different kinds of disorders, causing teachers to often give up on him and others to bully him. When at Camp Half-Blood, Percy learns that his disorders were traits of him being a demigod. He develops those traits while at Camp Half-Blood, which helped him in battle when he came across evil on his quest. Ares and Luke underestimated Percy’s abilities and skills; therefore, their plan to frame him for being the thief of Zeus’ lightning bolt and Hades’ helm of darkness failed. Likewise, “No man who had ever set out to kill Medusa had come back, and the king was sure that now he was forever rid of Perseus.” (D'aulaires, 3) The king underestimated Perseus’ abilities