Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief Character Analysis

Decent Essays
"Your half donkey?" Said Percy Jackson the protagonist of the book The Lightning Thief. Percy Jacksons personality is curious because he wanted to know where his mother was. He also wanted to know who his dad was. Percy wanted to discover why was he in camp half-blood too. He used to ask himself and other people who his dad was. He kept telling himself that she's not dust she's just in the underworld. He thought to himself that he doesn't belong there. Percy had many conflicts but one of them were that he got paranoid that all his teachers were monsters. In the book Percy said that all the teachers are monsters because they were mean. Percy also said that because they gave,to much Homework. He said they hated him.

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Originally from Selmer, Tennessee; Bond Little is twenty-eight years old. He has served in the military for the last decade, has resided in Florida for the past nine years and relishes it; nonetheless, misses his family. People take pleasure in talking to him, and during conversations he cuts straight to the point. To depict his personality, I would say that he is part “Jeffery Lebowski” and part “Urban Cowboy” and makes him a fascinating character. His reported height is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs in at 215 pounds, he is a little overweight.…

    • 497 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Other characters in the book have a solid definition of Ponyboy in their head because they have lived and been with him for a long time. However as shown through the question answers above Ponyboys definition or actions change throughout the book and since the book happened in the time span of a few weeks the changes that overcame Ponyboy were very sudden in appearance to the other characters in the story. These characters think of Ponyboy as a good kid that gets good grades in school and is like the baby the gang. A good example of Ponyboy’s change to be noticed by his friends would be when he breaks a pop bottle by his own free will to defend himself. This action leads to Two - Bit shocked at his sudden change in “Tuffness” and says “Ponyboy,…

    • 212 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Many stories that are famous today originated from past legends of greek mythology, so let’s take a closer look at the popular Percy Jackson series. In the book, The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, the quest plotline, perfect hero archetype, and the good vs. evil theme have been modernized from the myth “Danaüs, Perseus, and the Gorgon” by Edgar Parin D'aulaires. Devising the quest plotline was the heroes protecting their mother, help from gods (and goddesses), they kill the same monster, and the evil suitor is killed similarly. The perfect hero archetype the heroes have also house traits like an unusual birth, leaving their family, supernatural aid, and they prove themselves on a quest. In the corresponding themes they protect their friends and family, save an important person, and there is a villain that tries to rid themselves of the hero to gain advantages.…

    • 1530 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Percy Jackson Chapter 1-3

    • 637 Words
    • 3 Pages

    While he's excited to go home and see his mom, Percy knows he's going to miss certain aspects of Yancy. He's going to miss Mr. Brunner and Grover, and the pretty countryside around the campus. Finals are here, and Percy knows it's not going to be pretty. He's been failing his classes, and so taking these exams won't be fun.…

    • 637 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    About Percy Jackson personality was brave and curious. However he was brave because he fought the minitour . Also he killed the hound dog of the underworld. But he still he curious because he wants to know who's his dad.…

    • 159 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    “Close that curtain, Jessie, I have no wish to regard my garden and examine the destruction caused by that, horrible little boy.” “That’s more appropriate, now where’s my tea, go and fetch it at once!” “Maids, what’s becoming of them, acting as though they are equals to us white folk, it’s simply not allowed!” Crossing my arms I lean back and ponder the situation “It doesn’t help this situation when no one listens to my opinion, sure they believe there’s a difference between themselves and their maids, however they have no idea how alike they appear.” “Finally back Jessie?…

    • 653 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Percy Rodriguez Analysis

    • 512 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Rodriguez views his essay from a different point then Percy does. Therefore, where Percy may notice a flaw, Rodriguez may not notice it due to the difference in their opinions. Rodriguez may seem to have different point of view on his essay than Percy has, but that is expected because Percy focus on change in general experience, while Rodriguez focuses more on personal change. Rodriguez may agree with some of Percy’s points but, he also has the ability to rebut them especially when it comes in regard to his case. To get started, Percy viewed the separation between Rodriguez and his family as a loss of who he is.…

    • 512 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Aurora Dittberner Mrs Dittberner Literature and Composition (Finishing date) “Watership Down” The Qualities of a Leader In Richard Adams’s “Watership Down” the reader will be introduced to a multitude of characters, sub characters, places and colonies. The inhabitants and the culture of these colonies mainly depends on the leader and their morals, both in this book and in the real world as a result of their having been set examples, both admirable and unadmirable by their leaders, or, in some cases, they are too afraid of their leaders to resist them. In the greater amount of (or perhaps, all) of these colonies the leader believes that complacency is the best answer, that if they do nothing about the obstacle it will reseed.…

    • 779 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Hero's Journey (TKAM and F451) The Call The call is an event which "calls" the character into action or adventure. It is the start of the characters journey/adventure.…

    • 1478 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Very intelligent, skilled in architecture and strategy. Luke Castellan: age 19–23, demigod son of Hermes who is revealed to be working for Kronos. Thalia Grace: age 15 and one day from 16 (permanently), demigod daughter of Zeus, first appears at the end of The Sea of Monsters and becomes lieutenant of Artemis in The Titan's Curse, making her immortal with the exception of death in battle or breaking her vow to never date. Nico di Angelo: age 10–12 (75) , demigod son of Hades, holds a grudge against Percy temporarily, because he thinks his older sister Bianca died because of Percy, commands the dead and always wears…

    • 1040 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Percy Jackson the Lightning Thief is an overall fantastic book. Whether the book is being read for a school book report or just read for enjoyment, this book is a very solid and enjoyable choice. This book is comparable to the Harry Potter books for any Harry Potter lovers out there. It is very easy to recommend this book for anyone to read. Percy Jackson is just a regular kid.…

    • 253 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Great Essays

    Kyler Elliott Mrs. Romine English 3 19 October, 2017 Freedom from Greed Throughout the novel Seize the Storm by Michael Cadnum, the characters in the story display many different examples of freedom. In addition, he also shows how the characters change their outlooks on the different freedoms they have and use without being aware of it. Many of the antagonists use the different freedoms and privileges they have to increase the amount of crimes they commit and the efficiency at which they do them as well. In the novel, the characters use their many freedoms and rights throughout to help them escape things that have happened to them previously or to help them do actions more efficiently, all the while the author implies that the characters…

    • 1111 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Character Analysis Big hero 6 By:Disney Dess Etheridge Hiro is a very brilliant, open minded, creative boy he who always had a talent for building and fighting bots. He and his brother and aunt live in a house above the coffee shop that his aunt runs. Hiro and his brother go off to his college and Hiro gets an amazing surprise by one of Tadashi’s (Hiro’s brother) professors. Where after there is a tragedy and Tadashi is killed, and it is because of somebody that Hiro knows and was close to Tadashi, soon after Tadashi’s death he started experiencing and seeing some weird things and people.…

    • 774 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    My grandma and I have always had a strong relationship, she knew what I truly enjoyed. I received a book from here that I would hold deeply to me the rest of my life—Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief. My grandma knew how much I enjoyed an action filled adrenaline rushing story line. More importantly, she knew how it would affect my life for the better. Receiving The Lightning Thief did not excite me at the moment, but it eventually came to grow on me.…

    • 298 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief” takes place in modern day New York, in a world where Greek Gods rule the world from Mt Olympus. The star of the story Percy Jackson is just like your average teenager other than the fact that he is dyslectic and has a case of ADHD. Little does he know that he is actually the son of Poseidon, and also a demigod. In a matter of hours, his world will be turned upside down as he has to accept the responsibility to stop Zeus and Poseidon from going to war with each other, turning earth into a battle ground and wiping out all life on earth. As the story starts out, Poseidon the God of the sea is confronted by Zeus the God of the Sky.…

    • 1271 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays