The Lightning Thief

Courageous, not deterred by danger or pain; brave. In the book The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan, the author, shows the path of a hero’s journey through the characters. On the road to greatness, Percy Jackson, the protagonist, overcomes many obstacles. Throughout The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan, Percy faces many unusual creatures. One of those creatures was the Minotaur. Percy fights the Minotaur, a huge beast that is part man part bull after his car gets struck by lighting and goes…

Purugganan, Jeff André C. BSE32 Professor Jesser Eullo Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is a fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology that can be dissected using Joseph Campbell’s Hero Myth. The Hero’s Journey in the story is the following: I. Separation/Departure A. Call to Adventure Percy Jackson’s mundane existence is a troublesome kid with a peculiar case of dyslexia and ADHD. He gets himself kicked out of every school he has ever been to.…

all of it, there’s a whole lot more to her story than what meets the eye. When looking for a myth for this essay, I recalled that Medusa was a part of Greek mythology that I curious about ever since I watched ‘Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief’, which is where I was introduced to Medusa. From the information from the ancient history encyclopedia, saying that the myth of Medusa and Perseus is messed up is an understatement. What made the Greek gods think that it was okay to…

boring. They wouldn’t go on big expeditions to kill the bad guys or have to defend their loved ones, without villains they’d set on their couch watching tv alday. In the Percy Jackson series there are many antagonists. In the first book the Lightning Thief Percy’s teacher is the antagonist because…

Jackson and the Lightning thief By Rick Riordan The novel starts with a 12-year-old boy named Percy Jackson, a boarding student who suffered from dyslexia and ADHD at Yancy academy, which is a private school for troubled kids. He narrates about his life and how he transferred from school to school due to the bad things that happened in each school he attended, but not until this field trip at a museum, he discovered things he never knew existed. Percy Jackson and the Lighting thief is a roller…

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. I remember opening that first page and starting that first paragraph and…

Have you ever really liked a book and watched the movie, only to find out that the book is way better? In the book, "Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief" the book has a lot more details and backstory. There are a lot of things that can be confusing in the movie, if you haven't read the book. It is important that you read this essay because it will inspire you to read the book before watching the movie. Comparing the movie to the book, you will find some minor and major similarities and…

The Lightning Thief The Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief movie was very disappointing after reading the book. The movie was very awful compared to the book. The two are so different that it’s hard to believe the writers even read the book before writing the movie. For instance, the plot was watered down and changed, the way they showed the characters was inaccurate, additionally the movie is missing many details and events that were included in the book. For instance some the actors age…

movie from the book? Sometimes the book is so long the director needs to cut some parts out of the book. In the book and movie, “The Lightning Thief”, is a sci-fi book and movie that mainly takes place in New York, and the main character Percy has to learn who he really is, to only find out he is the lightning thief. In the movie and book version of “The Lightning Thief”, there are many differences which the director of the movie created in order to make the movie quicker and not boring. Since…

Throughout my middle school years the english department required all students to read a specific number of books every month, so there was no chance to get of staying away from it. In the end I would be acquainted with Percy Jackson, and The Lighting Thief , a book series that would soon change how I felt about reading all together. Author Rick Riordan began making stories for his child who had been determined to have ADHD, and…