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How Is Percy Jackson Modernize Perseus
In the movie Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Lightning Thief and “Danaus, Perseus , and the Gordon” this will compare to how “Percy Jackson” modernizes “Perseus” in events (The event that begins the adventure and when the two ran into Medusa), Character types (Unusual birth and Spiritual help), and the theme, Good vs. Evil. The first paragraph will talk about the events of Perseus and Percy.

The events from Perseus got modernized, the beginning of the adventure and one of the challenges of the adventure. When Perseus found Medusa it states that, “He looked, instead, into Athena’s polished shield, and shuddered at the sight he saw mirrored there. The three Gorgon sisters were lying on the shore, fast asleep.” (D'aulaires, 118).

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