Monday, 7 December 2015

Artemis Fowl Reviewed By Ian Hunter


 Artemis Fowl Reviewed By Ian Hunter

Artemis Fowl is a fantasy adventure novel. It was written by Eoin Colfer. The main characters are Artemis Fowl and Holly Short, who is an elven fairy. The story is in modern day times and takes place in Dublin, Ireland, and a little bit under ground. The story is about a rich Irish family whose father is lost and presumed dead in a criminal enterprise and whose wealth was cut in half. Their genius son tries to restore the family’s wealth by abducting a fairy by the name of Holly Short and demanding a ransom for her return to her people.

I think that the main idea of the story is growing up and being mature as well as having morals. During the story it states that Artemis is only twelve years old. It also states that he seems mentally older than a normal kid his age. He might be more intellectually advanced than a normal twelve-year-old but he is still struggling with his morality. After all he did grow up in a house filled with greed and criminal activity. So it is no wonder that he is having problems with his morality and his psyche. That is probably why he started to feel remorse for kidnapping the fairy Holly after she started to show obvious distress. The conflict in the story is between Artemis and Holly, but also between the humans and the fairies.

I think that growing up was a very good theme / main idea for the story Artemis Fowl. It is shown very well how Artemis grows and develops through the story. As the story advances you can tell that it starts to bother him that the fairy is in distress and he starts to realize that it is wrong to keep a creature of intelligence in a cell. He also starts to realize that morals don’t just separate good and bad; they define who you are. At the beginning of the story he has an an ends justify the means mentality, but as he grows up towards the end of the story he realizes that maybe the ends don’t justify the means and sometimes the means are just not justified no matter what.

After reading this book, I feel differently about morals and justice. It really made me think about people’s intents and ambitions and how moral they are.
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13 comments:

  1. Anonymous10 December 2015 at 17:26

    Dear Ian,

    Your book review was very well written. I think this is one of the best ones that I have read! My question is this: How do you think the author reacted to the theme “growing up” while writing this novel? Do you think the author wanted us to feel that way? I enjoyed your review very much!

    Sincerely,
    Habin Choi

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    1. Anonymous13 December 2015 at 07:56

      Dear Habin, Thank you for your comment. I think that the author probably felt like they were also growing up as the novel progresses. I do think that the author wanted us to feel as they did during the the creation of the book.

      Thank you very much
      Sincerely Ian H.

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  2. Anonymous12 December 2015 at 06:05

    Dear Ian,

    You have indicated that the theme of this novel is "growing up". Can you please provide one example that would support this theme?

    Thank you

    Mr. King

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    1. Anonymous13 December 2015 at 17:03

      Hi Mr. King, thank you for your comment. Towards the beginning of the book,Artemis is only interested in replenishing his families wealth in fairy gold and does not spend any time with his mentally ill mother. but in the end of the story he releases that family is more important than gold, and gives back half in exchange for Holly cursing his mother. I think that that is very mature, and highly doubt that he would have done this in the beginning of the book.

      Thank you very much
      Sincerely Ian H.

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  3. Anonymous12 December 2015 at 06:08

    Hi Ian,

    There are a number of literary devices used in this novel by Eoin Colfer. I am pleased you mentioned theme as a major device in your review. Can you provide me with another device that is presented by Colfer and perhaps one example to support this.

    Sincerely,

    Mr. King

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    1. Anonymous13 December 2015 at 17:26

      Hi Mr. King, thank you for your comment. Another literary device that Colfer used was imagery. They used this when they talked about Mulch Digums' tunnelling or when they describe the troll. A shaggy foul smelling 10 foot beats with bore like tusks dripping with venom.

      Thank you very much
      sincerely Ian H.

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  4. Anonymous12 December 2015 at 06:11

    Dear Ian,

    I have read this novel many times over the years. It appears to get better and better each time I read it. Another theme I notice in this novel is the importance of "equality". Can you please provide an example that would support this very important message.

    Thank you

    Mr. King

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    1. Anonymous13 December 2015 at 17:41

      Hi Mr. King thank you for commenting. I think that one of the examples of equality (or the lack of it) is when you see root discriminating against Holly because she is a girl and she is the only one in the LEP. But there s almost no other lack of equality in the entire fairy world even though there are so many different raises and spices living there together.

      Thank you very much
      Sincerely Ian H.

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  5. Anonymous12 December 2015 at 06:16

    Dear Ian,

    You would have to agree that Artemis is a criminal mastermind. Can you please provide me with 3 other character traits that come to mind regarding Artemis. With these traits can you provide an example for each from the story.

    Thanks

    Mr. King

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    1. Anonymous15 December 2015 at 13:09

      Hi Mr. King thanks for your comment. I think some of Artemis's other traits are patience (he waited for weeks on stake out wile waiting for a fairy). Resourcefulness (when he discovered that one needed fairy tools to open the transmitter and that he did not have any, he used a magnet to open it). Determination (no matter how bad or hard things get during the book, Artemis never give up).

      Thank you very much
      Sincerely Ian H.

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  6. Anonymous12 December 2015 at 06:19

    Hi Ian,

    I think you would agree that Artemis is a criminal mastermind. Can you please provide me with 3 other character traits that describe Artemis. For each of these traits please provide me with an example from the story.

    Thank you

    Mr. King

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    1. Anonymous15 December 2015 at 13:10

      Hi Mr. King thanks for your comment. I think some of Artemis's other traits are patience (he waited for weeks on stake out wile waiting for a fairy). Resourcefulness (when he discovered that one needed fairy tools to open the transmitter and that he did not have any, he used a magnet to open it). Determination (no matter how bad or hard things get during the book, Artemis never give up).

      Thank you very much
      Sincerely Ian H.

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  7. Anonymous15 December 2015 at 16:52

    Dear Hunter,

    This book seems very good. I was just wondering, what were some of the problems Lina and Doon had to face in the new city?

    Thank-you,
    Elena

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