Percy Jackson

Hi! Today I am going to list ten differences in Percy Jackson in the book and the movie. After I watched the movie, I was quite reluctant to read the book as I thought the whole book would follow the movie's storyline. But, amazingly, I discovered that was not so. Here, let me list a few differences:

1. In the book, the scenario started with Percy going to the museum for a field trip.

In the movie, the scenario started with Poseidon walking out of the sea to meet Zeus.

2.In the book, Nancy Bobofit seemed to play quite an important character (she was Percy's classmate who liked to get Percy in trouble)

In the movie, there was no mention of Nancy Bobofit.

3.In the book, Percy was attacked by "Mrs Dodds" after they went for lunch.

In the movie, Mrs Dodds called Percy into a room where she attacked him.

4.In the book, Mr Brunner apparently threw the pen to Percy when the 'Kindly Ones' was attacking an dleft him to fend for himself (Percy later returned the pen)

In the movie, Mr Brunner gave the pen to Percy after he fended off the 'Kindly Ones'

5.In the book, when Percy was in Camp Half Blood, he was shown to a cabin by Annabeth.

In the movie,when Percy was in Camp Half Blood, Mr Brunner, a Centaur showed Percy to a house Poseidon built for him

6.In the book, Percy's first encouter with Annabeth was when she saved him after he fought the Minotaur.

In the movie, Percy's first encouter with Annabeth was when he regained conciousness and Grover took him for a tour.

7. In the book, Annabeth was in the same team as Percy in capture the flag.

In the movie, Annabeth was of the opposing team in capture the flag.

8.In the book, after capture the flag, hellhounds appeared to attack Percy.

In the movie, after capture the flag, Hades personally came to bargain with Percy to exchange the lightning bolt with his mother.

9.In the book, Percy was assigned a quest to go to the underworld to retreive the lightning bolt, thats why he went.

In the movie, Percy went to the underworld solely because he wanted to save his mother.

10. In the book, Luke gave Percy the flying shoes but Percy gave them to Grover.

In the movie, Luke gave Percy the flying shoes an dhe accepted it.

I prefer the movie version more as it gives a better mental picture and is definitely more interesting. I like the ending where Percy finally met Poseidon. Percy blamed Poseidon for ditching his mom and himself. There is a very emotional conversaton between the two of them. I think that was touching moment. Even though Poseidon was portrayed as a very powerful god, he actually felt guilty towards his own son not like other gods like Ares, god of war. Well, thats all for this post. See you next time!