Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Essay -- mytholog

My original thought when comparing Percy Jackson and the Olympians the Lightning Thief the video and Classical mythology was that there would be many more references to the myth of Perceus than any other myth through with(predicate)out the movie in its entirety. Thats where I was wrong. After watching the movie once again and researching the different hero myths my opinion has changed. My new thoughts are that the movie is not influenced by the myth of Perceus any more than other hero myths. The movie ties in concert many different heroes stories and mixes them together to make a wonderful story about a young boy. The movie was based on a prevail series written by Rick Riordan. Percy Jackson and the Olympians the Lightning Thief the movie is about a young boy who has just discovered that he is a demi-god Percy Jackson. His father is Poseidon and his mother has been keeping it from him for many years. There is a lightning bolt that is stolen from Zeus on Mt. Olympus and Zeus bel ieves that Percy has stolen it and demands its return by the summer solstice. In the concoct time Percy gets attacked by multiple magical and mythological beings. There is a camp that demi-gods are safe from these things which is where Percys mother and his protector, Grover, take him to. This is where Percys excursion begins. After a few days of being at the camp he realizes what he has to do. His mother was taken by Hades to the underworld and Percy has to deport her all while trying to prove to Zeus that he did not steal the Lighting bolt. This is the true start to Percys quest. He made a few friends in the camp and they agreed to go on this journey with him. Those accompanying him were his protector Grover and Athenas daughter Annabeth. They also get rough helpful tools fro... ...but they also believe that it is influenced by current day books such as Harry Potter more than Greek myth. Even though the movie and book may be influenced by these pop culture books that is to sa y that those books are not influenced by Greek myth. There are influences of mythology all through the world and most things in the world are influenced by mythology in some way. ReferencesPercy Jackson & the Olympians The Lightning Thief. IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 27 Nov. 2013. .Siegel, Dr. Janice. Dr. Js Illustrated Lectures. Dr. Js Illustrated Lectures. Dr. Janice Siegel, 26 Nov. 2005. Web. 30 Nov. 2013. .Camp Half-Blood Wiki. Wikia. Wiki, n.d. Web. 5 Dec. 2013. .