The Lightning Theif Character Analysis

In The Lightning Theif, a novel by Rick Riordan and in The Sword in the Stone, a novel by T. H. White, both of the main characters face some sort of life altering conflict which leads them to change and grow over a period of time. In The Lightning Thief the main character, Percy Jackson, discovers that he is the son of the god Poseidon, and must go on a quest to prove his innocence when he is accused of stealing Zeus’s master lightning bolt. In The Sword and the Stone the main character, called the Wart, must be tutored by an elderly wizard named Merlin, as requested by his adoptive father Sir Ector. Both Percy and Arthur (the Wart) go on their own individual journeys of self discovery which lead them to grow as people and become better versions
Percy, in a fit of rage for the miotaur that not only kidnapped his mother, but injured Grover as well, manages to kill the minotaur after breking off its horn; after the minotaur's defeat, Percy dragged Grover over a hill before falling unconscious on a doorstep. When Percy awoke the following morning, he was met by the beautiful grey-eyes of Annabeth Chase, and finds out he is in a place called Camp Half Blood, where demigods of all sorts gather in one, protected location. This is where Percy is given his quest to clear his name when he is accused of stealing Zeus's Master Bolt, and how Percy meets his father Poseidon, who is one of Zues's two brothers; the other being Hades. Percy is later accused of stealing the Helm of Darkness, which belongs to Hades, but Percy figures out that the thief of not just the Helm, but the Master Bolt as well is none other than Luke, who is the son of the god Hermes; the god of message carrying and thievery. Percy successfully proves himself innocent at the end of the novel, showing that he has come a long way from just being some troubled kid; Percy started out as a troublemaker who always had the courage to defend Grover, who was often bullied, but as Percy goes on, he becomes more and more