Comparitive Essay

Comparing the Percy Jackson series to the Harry Potter series, you can see that they both have some serious parent issues. Percy thinks his father is dead, and his stepdad is the meanest person on the planet, and Harry knows his parents are dead and has to live with his horrible aunt and uncle. After experiences like these, new places to stay will seem like heaven.

Percy lived in a small apartment in New York, not knowing he was a half-blood until he was 13. Then he got chased to Camp Half-Blood and he started his life. Harry lived in the UK, knowing there was something different about him but didn’t know what until Hagrid came and gave him the summons to Hogwarts.

                Harry and Percy have very similar lives. The parent(s) are gone, either dead or just gone, and they kind of have to fend for themselves. They both also have extreme powers because of their missing parents. They were given to them by their parents. Harry was able to avoid death from the Killing curse because of his mother’s protection spell, and Percy is the son of the Sea God, so he could do things with water nobody else could at camp. They both were destined for something. Percy was destined to save or destroy Mount Olympus, and Harry had to kill Voldemort. Because of these cool powers, they are both admired and envied by many people, but both know that they don’t really want to have the enormous burden they have on their shoulders.

This is where differences come in. The first is obvious. Harry is a wizard, and Percy is a half-blood. But there are other ones too. Percy has immense fighting skills with a sword and shield, while Harry relies on his wand immensely. If Percy got his sword knocked away, he could still dodge the swings from his opponent. It’s a bit harder for a Harry to dodge spells flying at him every which way. Another difference is that at Camp Half-blood, Percy is pretty safe, because no monster could cross the borders of camp. Hogwarts isn’t that protected. Though nobody can Apparate in and out, they could Apparate close and just walk up to the doors. Harry is provoked in fights more, and they are not allowed. At camp, though you shouldn’t kill anyone, you can fight and practice.

So yes, I think though they are similar, they have different lives. They both finish the duty they were assigned to when they were born. Kill the enemy that has risen.  They both end in happy endings. Their lives are ok.