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Archetypes : The Lightning Thief

Archetypes : The Lightning Thief. Archetypes. A character, an event, or an image/symbol that recurs in different works, in different cultures, and in different time periods. Archetypes in The Lightning Thief. The number 3: 3 friends on a quest 3 pearls to escape the Underworld

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Archetypes : The Lightning Thief

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  1. Archetypes:The Lightning Thief

  2. Archetypes • A character, an event, or an image/symbol that recurs in different works, in different cultures, and in different time periods.

  3. Archetypes in The Lightning Thief • The number 3: • 3 friends on a quest • 3 pearls to escape the Underworld • 3 challenges that must be met to get the pearls • Father/Son conflict: • Cronus & Zeus/Poseidon/Hades • Hermes & Luke • Poseidon & Percy • Gabe & Percy

  4. Archetypes in The Lightning Thief • Quest • Save Sally from the Underworld • Save the world from a war between the gods • Haven vs. Wilderness • Time spent at camp before quest • Heaven vs. Hell • Olympus vs. the Underworld

  5. Archetypes in The Lightning Thief • The color Black (worn by): • Medusa • Hydra-men • Lotus Casino workers • Hades • Unfaithful wife • Persephone • Damsel in Distress • Sally needs to be rescued from Hades

  6. Archetypes in The Lightning Thief • Magic Weapon • Zeus’s Lightning Bolt • Percy’s pen/sword • Luke’s shield • Supernatural Intervention • Poseidon speaks to Percy • Athena speaks to Annabeth • Water heals Percy

  7. Archetypes in The Lightning Thief • Cross • Luke spreads his arms to form a cross when he calls his power and manipulates water in his battles • Loyal Retainer • Grover is Percy’s side-kick • Just End • Gabe is punished by being turned to stone at the end

  8. Archetypes in The Lightning Thief • Feathers • Hermes’s shoes have feathered wings that make them fly, symbolizing lightness and speed • Mentor • Chiron is the mentor to Percy—he is an older, father-like figure, and gives Percy gifts (pen) as well as guides and protects him • Both midnight and the summer solstice are symbolic, especially as a deadline due to the changing of day to night and spring to summer, but they are not archetypes!

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