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Analysis Of Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief

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The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is set in the 21st century, and is about a twelve year old half-blood boy named Percy Jackson who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and dyslexia. His father Poseidon, the god of the sea abandoned him before he was born so he would not be exposed to any danger. Percy is always getting into trouble and has to switch schools multiple times in the story. Zeus, the father of Ares, the god of war and Sparta finds out that his lightning bolt is stolen and Percy is the main suspect. After he and his two friends, Grover the satyr, and Annabeth, daughter of Athena, reach Camp Half Blood, he is sent on a quest to return the god of the sky Zeus' master bolt. He only has ten days to find and return this lightning
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In the '' Lightning Thief''' by Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and his two friends Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood went on a quest with him, helping Percy to find the stolen lightning bold, and to retrieve Zeus lighting bold. Lightning Thief novel and film are fantasy and Greek mythology. Because Percy Jackson went on a quest to prevent a war against the gods Zeus, Poseidon and Hades. The novel and the film has many similarities, but there are so many differences that set the two apart. There are many similarities between the novel ''Lightning Thief '' and the film.

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Percy Jackson, the main character in The Lightning Thief ,is following the path of the hero in “Hero’s journey” On Percy’s life a teacher has become his mentor. In the Lightning Thief Percy says “But Mr.Brunner expected me to be as good as everybody else, despite the fact that I have dyslexia and attention deficit disorder and I had never made above a C- in my life” In this quote, percy expresses his feelings on how he is frustrated with himself and his teacher. In hero's journey a quote shows about mentors, “Heroes are almost started on their journey by a character who has mastered the laws of the outside world and come back to bestow this wisdom upon them.” That is how The Lightning Thief is compared to hero's journey.

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