![]() ![]() Percy barely makes it out alive, and wouldn’t have survived if it wasn’t for the group of centaurs that came to his rescue. ![]() In the original work, the first real confrontation between Percy and Luke as a villain is at the end of the second book. Since Percy beats Luke before getting to Olympus in the movie, it completely undermines Luke as a villain, as audiences already know that when push comes to shove, Percy can beat the son of Hermes (played by Nathan Fillion). In the movie, he confesses to being the bad guy early in the second half, whereas the book had him come back in the last chapter, sending a monster from hell to poison Percy. The changes made to Luke's character were particularly detrimental. This gradual build makes sense for children who grow into young adults, but because the movies start with Annabeth and Percy as teenagers, they jumped towards romance without really having earned it. Since the characters in the Percy Jackson movie were 15 or 16 years old, Annabeth and Percy almost instantly developed romantic tension, whereas in the source material they barely like each other as friends and take four books to begin admitting the feelings they have – even to themselves. In addition to making the main characters from the books older, the movies also changed core aspects of their personalities and their relationships to one another. 12-year-olds falling off a bridge or fighting gigantic monsters and facing gods makes for more drama than teenagers (who are almost adults) doing the same. By contrast, The Lightning Thief movie made the age difference between Percy and Luke invisible, removing the tension in many moments. Ultimately, Percy feels as though he has friends and support for the first time, and he feels at home in his new world of the gods.Character changes aren't always bad, but Percy and other characters being 11 or 12 years old at the start of the books was an important part of their story. Completing his quest and meeting Poseidon along with Zeus helps Percy feel more secure with who he is and with his family situation-especially since Hades agrees to return Mom. An honorable person, Percy insists on carrying the bolt back to Zeus himself, even if it means taking the risk of flying and risking Zeus’s wrath. When, in the Underworld, Percy discovers that the god Ares tricked him by planting the thunderbolt with Percy, Percy takes it upon himself to figure out what happened. ![]() While Percy continues to feel abandoned by Poseidon and to focus more on rescuing Mom from the Underworld, Percy gradually becomes more accepting of his dad. He discovers that he’s a skilled swordsman with Riptide, a sword that Poseidon left for him, and he begins to rethink his thoughts on Poseidon. Along the journey, Percy shows himself to be impulsive, overly-trusting, and occasionally rash. Along with Grover and Annabeth, a daughter of Athena, Percy journeys west from New York to retrieve Zeus’s stolen thunderbolt from Hades. Because of Percy’s parentage, the centaur Chiron decides to send Percy on a quest. Percy’s dad, whom he thought died, is the Greek god Poseidon, who later claims him. Percy winds up at Camp Half-Blood and discovers that his ADHD and dyslexia aren’t problems like he thought they were they’re normal for kids who are demigods, or the children of one Greek god and one mortal parent. This begins to change when, after a year of seeing and experiencing odd things, the Minotaur interrupts Mom and Percy’s trip to the coast and seems to kill her. Because of this, at the start of the novel, the only bright spots in Percy’s life are his new friend Grover and his strong relationship with Mom he feels like a failure in many other ways. Percy struggles with ADHD, dyslexia, and getting into trouble, so he’s been expelled every year since he started school. Percy is the 12-year-old protagonist of the novel. ![]()
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