Summary:
Artemis Fowl is introduced as the child/criminal prodigy and heir to the Fowl Estate. He is trying to revive his family’s criminal empire which had been in his family for generations. After research, He learns the existence of fairies and a bible of a sort called “The Book of the People” which is written in their language, Gnommish. He learns of locations that they go to replenish their magic.
There is a another occurring situation that happens during the time it is happening. Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon is tracking a rouge troll when she is low on magic. She is assisted by her commanding officer, Commander Root and the centaur Foaly and she manages to take down the troll. She is yelled at by her commander and is told to refill
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on magic. Meanwhile, Artemis Fowl and his bodyguard, Butler, are staking out a location by the name of Tara that Captain Short happens to go to refill her magic. They shoot her with a sleeping dart and take her to the Fowl Estate. LEPrecon sends in a team to the Fowl Manor to look for Captain Holly but Artemis assumed that they would do that. He installs a camera that can detect them and Butler shoots the ones that try to look inside the Manor for Captain Short. He leaves but one to send a message to the LEPrecon. Commander Root decides to negotiate for Captain Short’s release. When he does that, Artemis reveals his demands by telling him that he wants one ton of gold. Commander Root also employs a time-stop which allows him to do whatever is need to lay siege to the Fowl Estate to get Captain Short. They send a dwarf by the name of Mulch Diggums, who is a kleptomaniac. The LEPrecon cannot go into the Fowl Estate without permission or they will lose their powers. He goes into the basement and accidentally finds the source of Fowl’s knowledge of the Fairy World. He then relays the information to the LEPrecon and is led to believe that a sort of truth serum has been made for Holly. The Fairy council then realizes that nothing is working so they promote one of commander root’s lieutenants, Briar Cudegon making him commander temporarily. Meanwhile, Holly is able to regain her magic by cracking though the cell’s floors and using a acorn to complete her ritual for her renewal of magic. He sends in a troll that Holly had subdued early in the story, into the Fowl Manor to deal with Artemis and his associates. The plan is a failure as Butler is able to defeat the Troll with the help of Holly’s healing powers. The Fairy Council then revokes Cudegon’s promotion.Artemis is granted his ransom but he also wants help for his delusional mother. Holly makes Artemis’ mother once again sane for half of the gold. During the time that is happening, the LEPrecon decides to send in a bomb by the name of Blue Rinse which destroys all organic life, to eliminate Artemis and take the gold. He anticipates this and uses sleeping pills for him and associates to escape the Blue Rinse. Butler then demands a explanation about how Artemis came up with the plan to use sleeping pills, he tells him how he got the idea from old fairy tales. Artemis then finds out that how his mother is then once again sane after becoming delusional after Artemis’ father disappearance Analysis of Major Characters and their Archetypes: Artemis Fowl: He is a criminal prodigy who is trying to restore his family’s criminal empire.
He is a antihero archetype but he does not use violence but yet uses cunning to get away with things.
Butler: He is a sidekick archetype because he is the bodyguard to Artemis and helps him with his quest.
Captain Holly Short: She is a Heroic Archetype because she is compassionate and she is willing to do anything even to help Butler heal his wounds
Foaly: He is a sidekick archetype because he assists with helping invade Fowl Estate as well as extract Holly
Mulch Diggums: He is a Trickster Archetype because he takes items away from Artemis Fowl and escapes from LEP custody.
Analysis of the different conflicts within the book:
There are many different conflicts but the main one is Man vs. Supernatural. It is Man vs. Supernatural because Artemis Fowl is trying to go against Fairies which they are part of the Supernatural. He is trying to steal gold from them and they, in return, try their best to retrieve the gold that they had given away.
Interpretation of
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Themes: One of the main themes of the book is greed. He is a genius that tries to steal gold from the fairies. He thinks that everything is business when he trying to achieve items for his family and his personal self. “This was business.” He wants the gold for his family. “Gold, of course, was the objective.” These quotes entails that since that greed is one of the main themes, this is what he says to make the idea moral. He, himself is cocky when he has yet to be wrong. “Trust me, I haven’t been wrong yet.” But the theme of greed is not so much at the end of the book because Artemis get Holly to cure his mother of being delusional at the cost of half of the gold. Examples of author’s use of figurative language and explanation: “Tough Nuggets.” When Commander Root says it, he means by saying ‘Tough, you are just going to have to wait.’ “I hope this isn’t another wild goose chase, Butler.” When Artemis says that, it means that he does not want to get into a another dead end in his investigation of Fairies existing or not.
“Nice Peashooter.” This is what Butler says to Holly in comparison to their guns.
Analysis of Setting:
The setting of Artemis Fowl mainly takes place at Fowl Manor. It is used as a base for Artemis Fowl and is laid siege by the LEP. Artemis Fowl’s mother lives here while delusional after her husband was presumed dead after a ship accident. At Fowl Manor, it is there where Artemis tries to reclaim his family’s fortune and make a name for himself in the Criminal Underworld.
Analysis of Point of View:
The point of view in Artemis Fowl is Third-Person Omniscient because the author allows for us to see all the details within the story. He gives us the thoughts of the characters as the plot develops and how they react to it as well. He shows us what is happening to one person in another part of the world and shifts to somebody else as a situation is unfolding for
them.
First, the author uses conflict to show what the characters have to overcome throughout the course of the story, such as Mrs. Baker forcing Holling to do chores at school and
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