Similarities Between Perseus And Percy Jackson

Rough draft.

In the legend of Perseus and in Percy Jackson they both have the same plot type. They talk abou many of the same topics. Even in the modern re-telling they are similar.

The story line in The legend of perseus and Percy Jackson the stories are the same. Percy Jackson is given winged shoes(Percy Jackson and the lightning thief 2010). In this part of both stories they are the same and different. Perseus is given winged sandals. While percy is given winged converses. Perseus is given a pair of winged sandals. “.. a pair of winged sandals to carry him through the air..” (Danaus, Perseus, and the gorgon 117) Also, both use a mirror to look at or look for Medusa. Both Perseus and Percy use Medusa's head as a weapon . To wrap this up both go on quests throughout the story. This is just a few ways the stories are similar.

Throughout both of the stories both characters share the same hero archetype. In the legend of Perseus he is the misfit. He isn't really wanted on his island, he doesn't really belong. “The scheming king decided to get rid of

perseus….” ( Danaus,Perseus, and the gorgon 116). In Percy Jackson he doesn't belong at school,he cannot read.He also doesn't really belong at his home. Gabe makes him feel unwanted at his house.
In the legend of perseus and Percy Jackson both stories have the same theme brains over brawn.

In the story Legend of Perseus, Perseus uses brain over brawn when he took the gorgon's eye to find Nymphs North.”As one sister was handing the eye to another, Perseus sprang forward and grabbed it” (Danaus, Perseus, and the gorgon 117). He also used Brains over brawn when he used the shields reflection to see Medusa. “Looking into the mirroring shield, Perseus swooped down and with one left stroke he cut off the Medusa’s head” (Danaus,Perseus, and the gorgon 118). These examples in the story show brains over brawn because he thought of ways to defeat medusa without being strong. Percy Jackson shows brain over brawn when he is fighting medusa and he uses his phones reflection to see where medusa is. This is smart because in order to find where she is he cant look at her directly so he thinks outside of the

box.
In Conclusion, both the Legend of Perseus and Percy Jackson are very much similar. Even though Percy Jackson is a modern day retelling. There are similarities and a few differences. For example instead of a mirroring shield there's a phone used. Overall the stories have the same plot, themes, and hero archetypes.