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Final Teaching Task: Percy Jackson Lightning Thief references the legend of Perseus and Greek mythology throughout the film. Using textual evidence from both pieces to support your answer, describe how Percy Jackson Lightning Thief draws on and transforms the legend of Perseus. Consider the aspects of theme, events, and character types as you craft your response. **For a 7-8 you may read or reread the novel to incorporate into the teaching task (You must complete the reading log and provide your own copy) In order to complete your essay, you will need to use your notes, movie guide, and Perseus text. Step 1: Gather all materials Step 2: Write your thesis! Hint use the prompt to help start your thesis. The story of Perseus and Percy Jackson …show more content…

Evidence: Both stories are very similar so they share many theme concepts. They both have very similar parts of the story. For example, in both stories, the main character fought Medusa. Evidence: The entire theme concept is slightly different too because in the end of Percy Jackson and The Olympians, Percy talks to his father and it gives a feeling that you can not find anywhere else in that store or in the Perseus story. Evidence: In the story Percy Jackson and The Olympians, both Perseus and Percy Jackson have an abnormal life. That gives a different feeling on the story than some of the other hero stories where there life may not be normal, but in a good …show more content…

Percy Jackson and The Olympians is a lot more modern in many ways, but Danaus, Perseus, and The Gorgon is much more original and a lot shorter. Percy Jackson and The Olympians starts the action very abruptly without giving much of a backstory on how his life came to be the way it was or how he was born. While Danaus, Perseus, and The Gorgon told the backstory about the fifty sons and the fifty daughters. Step 7: Write your conclusion paragraph After all of the similarities of the two stories are recognized, neither of the stories are really very different. They both had basically the same plot, and they both ended mostly the same way. Some very big differences were in the story like Percy Jackson was the son of Poseidon while Perseus was the son of Zeus. Also, Percy Jackson met his father while Perseus did not. But there were similar in big ways like they both killed Medusa and they both got supernatural help. Step 8: Edit!! Make sure quotes are cited and you used your punctuation **For the 7-8: You will use the book instead of the movie (This should create deeper

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