Essay On The Differences Between Percy Jackson Book And Movie

There are many differences between the Percy Jackson book and the Percy Jackson movie, so many in fact that if all the differences were listed there would not be enough paper. But that is not what this paper is about. What this is for is to not only contrast, but also compare them. Even though there are a few similarities. For instance, the names of the characters for one, the movie kept the names the same, such as Annabeth, Percy, Grover, Luke and Chiron. Who are some of the main characters.

One other factor the book and movie have in common is the fact that Percy’s hair was black. Something very small and something few would notice, but it is one of the few similarities.
Something else they have in common is something that could be difficult, especially with Greek Mythology, and despite the slight difficulty in this task, the movie makers did follow along with the books when placing the characters with their parents. Annabeth is the daughter of the goddess Athena, Percy is the son of the god Poseidon, Luke is the son of the god Hermes.
One last thing that the book and movie have in common: what happens throughout the story. Both tell the story of Percy finding out who his father is and his powers, while the gods are verging on a war.

The Percy Jackson book and movie have many differences, one of which is the age of the characters.

It says on the first page of the first chapter of the first book that Percy is twelve. And in chapter five on page sixty-three it says (describing Annabeth)“She was probably my age, maybe a couple of inches taller, and a whole lot more athletic looking.” clarifying that both Annabeth and Percy are young. Which also leads to the next point. In the first movie, The Lightning Thief, Annabeth has brown hair although page sixty-three of chapter five also states that Annabeth looks like “a stereotypical California girl” and describes her to have a deep tan and curly blonde

hair.

In the movie the movie makers set up the camp as a large forest when throughout all of the books Riordan describes Camp Half-Blood as more of a valley with the forest on the east side of the camp. [In book one after Percy wakes up he looks around the camp, the Big House is near Half-Blood Hill where the great oak tree stands protecting the camp, the arena is down below, the pavilion is out near the lake, and the forest is out to the east, the twelve cabins making a U at the edge of the forest.] Riordan describes the camp multiple times throughout the series, so the readers can hopefully have an image of the camp in their minds.

The last big difference that will be listed is the Percabeth (Percy shipped with Annabeth) shipping in the first movie. We first see signs of Percabeth once Percy sees Annabeth sparring with other demigods in the first movie. However in the book, readers don’t see any Percabeth until the fourth book when Annabeth gives Percy a kiss on the cheek.

As you can see, there are both similarities and differences between the Percy Jackson book and movie. Some may find it hard to find similarities between the book and the movie but similarities are there, just like the many differences. Of course we couldn't expect Hollywood to get everything spot on, though viewers did expect a little more similarity.