The ordinary world is when the character is introduced to an uneasy, uncomfortable, environment where he or she is introduced to the audience. The hero is shown against a background, environment, and personal history. Something going on in the hero's life is causing stress and their life is being pulled in multiple directions. In The Lightning Thief, this is where we meet Gabe (his step-dad), …show more content…
In Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Percy is first tested when Grover, Sally (his mom), and he are attacked by a minotaur and it seems it has killed his mom. Percy uses the pen he was given to attack the minotaur but in the end, kills it with its own horn and keeps it as a souvenir. Percy’s allies throughout the book are Grover Underwood and Annabelle Chase which he meets when he arrives at Camp Half-Blood. Similar to The Odyssey: Odysseus is tested by (Polyphemus, Cicones, Lotus Eaters, Laestrygonians, Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis, Circe, Calypso, and the cattle of Helios, the sun …show more content…
Out of the moment comes death and comes to a new life. In Percy Jackson, the Lightning Thief Percy’s ordeal starts in the underworld with Hades (the God of the underworld). Here Percy is tricked by Ares (the God of war). Ares placed the master bolt into Percy’s book bag without Percy noticing. This makes Hades (the God of the underworld) think that Percy really did steal the master bolt. In The Odyssey, Odysseus goes through something kind of similar. He disguised himself as a beggar and hides out near his home. When he talks to Telemachus (his son) he reveals himself. Odysseus then passes Penelope's (his wife) test by stringing his bow and shooting the arrow through twelve ax heads. He and his son (Telemachus) then kill all of the