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Similarities Between Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief

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Motivations are things that can cause many actions and feelings. Percy Jackson and Grover from Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief conquer their feelings of uncertainty by having their own motivations. In Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Percy Jackson and his friend Grover, have different and similar motivations that cause them to take action in difficult situations. In Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Grover and Percy are similar in the way that they both want to save the world and return the symbols of power to their respective gods. Percy wants to go on the quest to save his mom and Grover wants to go on the quest to get his searchers license. In the text, Percy wanted to go on a quest to save the world and his mother. The text said that “I agreed to go to …show more content…

The text says “If you were-you know-you'd never ever be allowed a quest, and I'd never get my license.” Pg 121 (On the ebook) This explains that Grover also wants to go on a quest and that going on a quest with Percy would result in Grover receiving his searcher's license. In conclusion, Percy Jackson and Grover Underwood both want to go on a quest to save the world. In “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief”, Percy Jackson and Grover Underwood both want to go on the quest to save the world but they both have different motivations to go on the quest. Percy Jackson wants to go on a quest to save the world and does so to save his mother alongside the world. In the text, it says “I agreed to go to the underworld so I can bring back my mother.” (Pg 200 on ebook) This explains that he went on the quest to save his mother from the underworld. Grover Underwood wanted to go on the quest to save the world and to get his searchers license. The text supports this by saying “If you were-you know-you'd never ever be allowed a quest, and I'd never get my license.” Pg 121 (On the ebook) This supports that Grover wants to

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