Percy Jackson vs. Harry Potter: In a New Way
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Percy Jackson vs. Harry Potter: In a New Way
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From the get go Harry is very "Why me?" He is riddled with angst and anger lashing out left and right. He holds his friends and family high but won't hesitate to hurt their feelings if he feels displaced he feels like Dumbledore owes him attention because he's been through this tragic pain. When it comes to him and Draco he acts as if Draco could never become a good person.
Percy he kinda embraces the crap around him he has his own anger and angst about the prophecy and has some why me moments but never as much or pronounced as Harry. We rarely see Percy lash out even against his father. When it comes to Luke he waivers between disbelief he can be redeemed and mistrust and jealousy.
They're alike and different because of how Rowling and Rick wrote them and the trials they face. They both have a large fandom and they both came from different places. Like Zred13 said Harry goes off where adventures happen and Percy has to have adventures because that is the life of a demigod when the adventures stop death claims you.
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Well I think that they are a like because in the beginning their lives SUCKED they got bullied and parental issues. They are still different but yet somehow a little bit the same. Percy is more you could say timid and has milder emotions then Harry. Harry he is all over the place but part of it is from the cryptic hints from the other characters. I think Harry has it much worse that Percy. Still Harry is much younger than Percy so he doesn't have a lot of control.
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I enjoyed both series however and love how Riordan has been able to incorporate the characters from Greek and Roman mythology into the book.
Both Harry and Percy have good development arcs and it is nice to see how their development is influenced by the characters around them as well as their experiences.
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I think that the harry potter characters slightly were more relatable. In the harry potter books, you had three different personalities the audience could possibly identify with. you had Harry, a boy who came from a really bad home, but also has a lot of expectations to met, and worries about not meeting them. there's ron, a boy who feels kind of invisible underneath the weight of his brother's accomplishments. and finally, there is Hermione, a girl who at first seems to be annoying, but really smart, and uses that to have some sense of superiority. thus, she wouldn't feel so alone. I think at some point, most of us have been in one of those situations.
percy Jackson and annabeth are retable, but I don't think as much as harry, ron, and hermione. percy also comes from a bad home, but not as bad as harry's. and, at least in the first book, Harry's namesake proceeds him, setting expectations high, where as people seem to see percy's being poseidon's son as a bad thing(if I remember correctly?). although some girls can relate to annabeth, most people aren't incredibly smart and beautiful, and those who are usually have some horrible flaw to balance it out.
with that said, both of these book series had great values in them,are fun to read, and made many people happy. there's no reason why we can't enjoy both!
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On the other hand, while the character of Harry Potter are witches and wizards, that almost feels incidental. It is very much a story about growing up and dealing with loss and grief and finding your place in the world in a way that everyone has experienced and understands on a fundamental level. It resonated with me in a way that the Percy Jackson books never did. Harry and his friends grow up and evolve and realize that there is no black and white, people are never purely good or purely evil and sometimes you don't win in the end.
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