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    In the novel The Titan's Curse, Percy Jackson and his friends went on a dangerous quest to save Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, from the grasp of the titans. They didn't know where she was and who guarded her. But, during the quest, they figured it out. Which but them in even more danger. However, gods like Zeus, Posiedon and even Hades helped them throughout the quest, mostly without even showing their faces. When the group was at the Hover dam, they accidentally created a scene when they…

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    Do you want to know what the difference and the similarities are of the book and the movie of Percy Jackson the Lighting Thief. Some of the similarities are that in the movie and in the book they are trying to get to the underworld because they think that Hades took the lighting bolt. In the book they ride in the back of a truck to get to the underworld and in the movie they steal a truck and drive all the way there. The difference is in the book they say they are 12 years old but in the movie…

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    Shakespeare, Macbeth, the main character, betrays one person after another. Amy tan’s novel, The Kitchen God’s Wife, a historical fiction, novel consists of a character named Winnie who’s betrayed by her own loved ones. In the series Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Luke, the antagonists, betrays the protagonists in many ways without seeing it as wrong. Human emotions and desires such as greed, revenge, and fear lead one towards deterioration of character, elimination of oneself and the…

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    The Titan's Curse Essay

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    "The Titan's Curse" is a young adult/fantasy literature novel written by Rick Riordan. It is the 3rd book in the Percy Jackson series. It was published on may 11th 2007. The book commences as Percy Jackson, the main character, is being driven to a boarding school along with his friends, answering a call of distress from his satyr friend Grover Underwood. Percy and his friends make their way over to a boarding school in which is thought by Grover to have a manticore posing as the school's vice…

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    Have you ever felt confused about who you really are? The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is a based on Greek myth. Percy Jackson goes on a journey in which he discovers his true identity. When the story begins, Percy Jackson is unaware of who his father is or that he has special powers. He views himself as a "bad kid," one who always is always getting into trouble. Over the course of the story, however, he learns things about himself that he never thought possible. What he thought were…

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    Does Percy Jackson have ADHD? A typical FAQ that people ask about the novel Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief is does our protagonist have ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). Percy Jackson was a fictional series written by Rick Riordan, the same author for “The Red Pyramid”. The main characters of the story are Percy (son of Poseidon the sea god), Annabeth (daughter of Athena the wisdom goddess), grover (a satyr who wants to be a searcher. My claim is that Percy Jackson does not…

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    “Family Luke. You promised.” This is a quote from The Last Olympian, the final book in the Percy Jackson series. However, this quote, and the book it comes from, are not included in the movie franchise. The Percy Jackson books are about love, family, identity, isolation, deceit, and trust. They transport you into an intense world of adventure and danger. The movies destroy this point of view. Not only are the Percy Jackson movies a disgrace to its fandom because it completely changes the plot…

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    There are many people who have read or seen The Lightning Theif. If you don’t already know, the book is about a twelve year old boy named Percy Jackson and what happens when he is flung into a world that he didn’t know existed - let alone know that he was a part of. As with most movie adaptations, a lot of changes were made to get the most action possible. In this case, however, there are so many changes to the point where the plots could almost be two completely different stories. Beyond…

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    Percy Jackson Hero Journey

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    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’…

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    Rick Riordan the Myth Thief The movie, Percy Jackson and the Olympians; The Lightning Thief, is an interesting adaptation of many Greek myths. The major plot line isn’t actually an ancient myth at all. This movie, based off the book by Rick Riordan, creates the perfect blend of Hollywood and Greek myth. It follows the main character, Percy Jackson, through many different myths and legends in a tangled story about the Olympic Gods and their wrath. The main storyline is that Percy Jackson, son…

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