His lives in New York his has ADHD and dyslexia which made him read Greek his farther left him when he was little. He lives with his step-father Gabe who smells like sewer and keeps Percy safe the director shows us that Percy is an underdog and make us feel sorry for him. The film techniques the director used panning the city and
By: Liya Beyene Many characters have different ways they conquer feelings, such as uncertainty. Sally and Percy Jackson in The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, both have similarities and differences when it comes to their motivation to take action when faced with uncertainty. Percy uses his quick reflexes to conquer what he was feeling. On the contrary, Sally uses a caring personality to deal with uncertainty. Sally and Percy both put what is important to them first.
The text says “If you were-you know-you'd never ever be allowed a quest, and I'd never get my license.” Pg 121 (On the ebook) This explains that Grover also wants to go on a quest and that going on a quest with Percy would result in Grover receiving his searcher's license. In conclusion, Percy Jackson and Grover Underwood both want to go on a quest to save the world. In “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief”, Percy Jackson and Grover Underwood both want to go on the quest to save the world but they both have different motivations to go on the quest.
Percy Jackson is a 12 year old dyslexic boy, who is studying at Yancy Academy. He is living with his mother Sally Jackson and stepfather Gabe Ugliano or “smelly gabe” he called. He is a troubled dyslexic boy that always got expelled in every school he was enrolled but when he reached 6th grade at Yancy Academy, unnatural things started to happen. Percy and his class went to the museum where Greek and Roman gods and goddesses statues, paintings and other stuff has to be found. And his call to Adventure started when his pre-Algebra Teacher, Mrs. Dodds told Percy to come with her and without knowing it Mrs. Dodds turned to be a fury and attempted to kill Percy
Also, perc does not be the flying shoes Luke gave him in the book and Grover wears them but in the film, Percy uses them to get a pearl and he uses them. In the book after Percy decapitates Medusa head he mails it to Olympus but in the film, they keep the head and use it on the Hydra
Imagine discovering that the Greek gods of myths and monsters are real, and you're the son of one. Well that is exactly what happened in the story “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief” as well as the movie of the same name. Percy was the son of Poseidon. And Percy knew the Greek gods and monsters and fought them. There are many differences in the book and movie however including that in the book Percy lived in his mom’s house while in the movie he had his own place in the woods;
This may have been the initial instance for Percy to recognize his own potential. Also, after the pre-algebra teacher Percy’s friend, Grover, told him about the strange things Percy had been seeing. Just as Grover was explaining, three ancient women were knitting and cutting enormous socks.
Percy Jackson and the lightning thief is about the offspring of poseidon and a mortal, going on a quest with his friends to find Zeus’ missing lightning bolt. The bolt went missing and Percy Jackson is accused of taking it. This is an excellent book that was made into a film. Though the film was good it was very different from the book.
In this book Percy was 13. Rick Riordan was building up the story making the characters grow and change. The script writer made him 18 in the movie. There are 5 books in the series and Percy is supposed to fight Kronos, an evil Titan who want to take over the ‘gods,’ in the fifth book. In the movie he fights Kronos in the Sea of monsters when he’s 18.
Grover is on an island trapped with a Cyclops and Percy want to go save him but he can not figure out where the island is located. Percy wants to tell someone about the dreams but Annabeth, daughter of Athena, is the only one who will understand. The only problem is that she lives in a different state than Percy. It was the last day of school when three Laestrygonians monsters came to Percy’s school to assassinate him. Luckily Annabeth came just in time to save Percy and his friend Tyson.
The Lightning Thief, written by Rick Riordan, proceeds on an exhilarating speculation through the perspective of Percy Jackson, the protagonist, as he rendezvous a heap of challenges and distinguishing his inevitable legacy as a demigod. Throughout the novel, Percy undergoes phenomenal diversifications in his attitude and personality, shaped by experiences, provocations, and newborn self-awareness. At the beginning of the novel, Percy is introduced as a discombobulated twelve-year-old boy in 6th grade with little to no narcissism and self-morale mixed with ADHD and dyslexia. He struggles with reading English. Percy periodically runs into misconceived confrontations with school administrators at Yancy Academy.
Percy jackson in a 13 year old kid. Some people say that he is troubled. I would say percy jackson is not troubled because he does the right things when it's time. Percy jackson has been kicked out of 7 schools in 7 years.
"They had done nothing but save me, over and over, and now they wanted to sacrifice their lives for my mom." -Percy, page 330 This is when Percy, Grover, and Annabeth are in the Underworld with Hades. Percy realizes that Grover and Annabeth are true friends and have dedicated themselves to being his protector and making sure he's okay. Percy is very thankful for this.
At the beginning of the movie, Percy Jackson is shown as a normal and an average young teen. This scene tells the audience that there is nothing special about Percy except the fact that he can breathe
Again, Percy’s ability to communicate and coordinate a team are tested, but unlike the encounter with the furies, he is successful this time. Percy’s growth is especially clear when he acknowledges Annabeth’s successful calculations, saying “If we’d have jumped when I thought we should’ve, we would’ve crashed”, admitting that Annabeth saved their lives (240). Percy communicates well, delegating responsibilities— “‘Get into that booth! Find the ‘on’ switch’” he yells to Grover, “‘Unfasten your seatbelt’” he yells to Annabeth—to guide the group. The test of the waterpark displays Percy’s confident leadership abilities as he coordinates
