Comparing Persey Jackson and the Odysseus Essay

A hero must never leave his friends behind even if he must force them to go with him.

In The Odyssey by Homer, in the chapter “The Lotus Eaters” Odysseus arrives on an island were three of his crew eat the Lotus and fight to stay on the island. In The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan when Percy goes to the Lotus Casino his friends are stuck and he must force them out. Odysseus and Percy are similar because they are heroes who encounter the Lotus Eaters while on a quest, but they are different because Odysseus is on an island, while Percy is in a casino.Odysseus and Percy are similar because they both are stuck with the Lotus Eaters and must help their friends escape by forcing them. Odysseus must force his men off the island, “Those who ate this honeyed plant, the Lotus, never cared to report, nor to return; they longed to stay forever. ” Odysseus forces his men on to the boat and away from the island “ I drove them, all three wailing, to the ships, tied them down under their rowing benches. ” He has to force his friends off while they are fighting to stay on.Odysseus is a hero since instead of leaving his men he took them against their will as they screamed and fought.

Similarly, Percy has to force his friends away from the Lotus. Percy has to force his friends away, “I looked at Annabeth, and together we took Grover by the arms and dragged him away. His flying shoes sprang to life and started tugging his legs in the other direction as he shouted, “No! I just got a new level! No! ” He is like Odysseus since he had to force Grover away from there after he finds out it’s a trap. Percy is a hero because, like Odysseus, he didn’t leave his friend behind.Both of them have many similarities like being heroes, however they also have many differences from each other. Odysseus and Percy are different because Percy is at a hotel while Odysseus is on a island. Odysseus was never affected by the lotus.

He was never affected and had to help his friends get away from the Lotus, “All hands aboard; come, clear the beach and no one taste the Lotus, or you lose your hope of home . ‘” Odysseus didn’t taste so the Lotus so he wasn’t trapped he was just helping his friends. This means this makes him a savior who was not affected or fooled by the Lotus.On the other hand, Percy was affected by the Lotus and had to shake out of it before helping his friends. Percy was affected but slowly noticed “I tried to remember why we were here.

We were going to Los Angeles. We were supposed to find the entrance to the Underworld. My mother . . . For a scary second, I had trouble remembering her name.

Sally. Sally Jackson. I had to find her, I had to stop Hades from causing World War III.

” This shows Percy awakening from the Lotus, and remembering his mission, unlike Odysseus who was never affected or blinded.While he was fooled and blinded, Percy still woke from the affects and helped his friends wake up and escape. Percy and Odysseus were different from one another in many ways. Odysseus and Percy both similarly encountered the Lotus Eaters while on a quest and must rescue their friends, but they meet them in different places and save their friends differently.

Both heroes had saved their friends from the Lotus, but their saving methods differed from the others. Many heroes have similarities but they are also different from one another even in their similarities. Xocoxic