Kyle+B~+Percy

Kyle Bambu May 25, 2010 Pd.3



**__ Percy Jackson and Ko Kawishima __** Ko= Brown Percy= Blue Sometimes, characters in totally different books have the same character traits and sometimes they don’t. Ko, a young Japanese girl, in the book So Far From the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins, goes on a dangerous adventure to Japan from Korea. During World War II she and her family try to escape Korea because Korean soldiers are killing all the Japanese people. In the book The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan, Percy a very special boy whose father is the Greek god Poseidon, has to protect Olympus from Kronos, lord of the Titans. If Olympus falls so will the Greek gods. Both are trying to protect things they love, their family. **__ Carefulness vs. Risk-taking __** Ko shows the character trait of being ** careful **. When Ko, her sister, and her mother were walking along train tracks they came across a bridge. It would be dangerous to walk on a bridge when there is a possibility of a train coming. Ko put her ear on the track to listen for vibrations. If she heard anything that would most likely mean a train was coming. She heard nothing so they crossed the bridge. Percy, on the other hand, does very ** risky things .** One time when he was in the underworld he went to bathe in the river Styx. If he did not think of a spot to ground him to the earth he would disintegrate. A ghost warned him that he would most likely die and if he did survive he would bear the curse of Achilles. By going in this river he could become almost invincible, but it came at a cost. He would become very tired very fast in battle. He would only die if someone pierced the spot that was grounding him to the earth. This is why I think Percy is ** risk-taking **. In the sequel My Brother, My Sister, and I by Yoko Watkins, Ko is very ** brave **. She jumps into a fire and goes up a flight of stairs to a room where all of her family’s possessions are. Ko wants to save her mother’s ashes and their possessions. Ko does this because she and her family brought certain things all the way from Nanam. She did not want to lose all those things that caused very hard work and reminded her of her old house. Mother’s ashes was all that was left of their mother and Ko did not want to lose her mother a second time. Nevertheless Percy is ** brave ** too. He did not accept a treaty with the enemy army; instead he was ready to fight till his death. He new his army was way outnumbered against Kronos'. Also the enemy had strong titans. When Percy was against one of the titans, a titan that controlled fire, he used water from a pond to splash on the titan. Percy should have lost because he was only half god and half human but his bravery kept him alive. Though Percy and Ko are set in two different stories they are similar to each other in some ways and yet sometimes they are not. Percy, a fictional character, is so real by the character traits he possesses. A normal person would have those types of traits. Ko, a nonfictional character, possesses almost the same character traits as Percy. If you relate Percy to Ko you can see Percy is like a real person.
 * __Leadership__** Ko also shows ** leadership **. She lead her family to Japan when their train was bombed. When her family was in Seoul Ko went to find food. She got food from garbage cans and farms. Another example is when Mother died Ko took charge of the family money and their possessions. Ko made decisions that helped the family like onetime when people came to drive Ko and Yoko to a place where they could incinerate Mother. They wanted a lot of money and Ko did not like that and turned down the deal. Then a kind lady came and drove them for free to a place where they could incinerate Mother. Ko was a good example for Yoko by going to school and selling goods she made. Percy likewise shows ** leadership **. When Kronos’ army was going to march into New York, Percy was eager to stop him. He told the children of the same god to go to a bridge or road to stop Kronos’ army at all costs. He went to places where his army needed him most. Percy went to Apollo’s children to help out because they were being pushed back. He fixed the problem very easy. **__ Bravery __**