Percy Jackson Myths

An example of an actual mythology in the first movie of Percy Jackson, The Lightning Thief, is Medusa. In Mythology, Medusa and her two sisters were once very beautiful Gorgons, but were punished by Athena. Athena gave them snakes for hair and Medusa was the only one of the three Gorgons that wasn’t immortal. If anyone looked into Medusa’s eyes, they would be turned to stone. Later on, the demigod Perseus went to the Gorgon's cave and killed Medusa. In the movie, Percy and his friends must find a pearl and one is at a statue garden. They soon find out that it is Medusa’s lair and a fight ensues. After a lot of running and Medusa getting hit by Grover’s car, Percy chops off Medusa’s head. This is effective because of the correct myths and facts …show more content…
Some other similarities are that they were both leaders and they had to deal with sacrifice. They were both leaders because they led their men/friends into whatever they were doing and they were somewhat of the main character. They both had to deal with sacrifice because Odysseus had to leave his wife and son and he also had to keep the secret from his men that they were going to die. Percy had to make a sacrifice because he left Grover in the underworld to get his mom home. A contrast against the two character was that Percy was very humble, while Odysseus was very hubris. Percy was very shy at the beginning but slowly got more confident, but he never boasted about his accomplishments. For example, when they defeated Medusa, he just brushed it off as a team effort and they moved on. Odysseus, however, always thought highly of himself and always boasted about things he has done. For example, when he defeated the cyclops, instead of carrying on with the mission, he taunted the cyclops and let his name be known. Another contrast is their “powers”. Odysseus had the power of being more intelligent and wise than all other men, while Percy had the power to breathe underwater and control/create water from his father,