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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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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“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
The point of view is considered to be omniscient third person narrative, meaning that the narrator, in this case Preston, knows everything about what will happen at future points in the book, but decides not to let the reader know it all just yet. The novel is told as if a grandfather is sharing his childhood memories to his grandchildren, where he himself knows all how it will end, but his young listeners do not.
One such quote that supports the claim of third person omniscient is found in the 19th paragraph where the author describes how Paul feels; “Paul stopped short before the door. He felt that he could not be accosted by his father to-night, that he could not toss again on that miserable bed”(Cather). This quote depicts Paul’s emotions towards his father as fear. Third person omniscient allows us to better understand the motivations of every character, which can also explain the events of the plot as it develops throughout the
The main conflict of the story is one that affects everyone. Samuel Westing puts 16 heirs up to the task to find out who murdered him, but no one can solve this horrendous crime, this is the main conflict of the story. This type of conflict is person versus person, where it is each heir against the other. All of the heirs have the problem and the problem is not
The second conflict I found was character vs. self. Prue is fighting with herself about being able to unite the two makers of the Mobius Cog. She’s afraid that she wasn’t meant for this job and that innocent people have died for a hopeless cause. Prue thinks that she can’t save the people
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opposed to a first person point of view, a limited omniscient point of view gives the
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Another archetype seen in the novel is The Great Devil or Evil. An example of this is in the story Sweat. The character Sykes is evil
2) What is the main conflict in the book? Is it external or internal? How is this conflict resolved throughout the course of the book?
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
most evil characters and he is a character who stands out among all of the
By using the third person omniscient point of view, the narrator is able to render the characters with information related both from direct description and from the other character's revelations. This way, the description remains unbiased, but at the same time coherent with how the various characters see it. For example, after the narrator tells us that "He was an only child, eleven years old. She was a widow. She was determined to be neither possessive nor lacking in devotion.", we are able to understand why the boy is so emotionally attached to his mother and, at the beginning, unwilling to ask her for permission to go to his beach and, later in the story, unwilling to let her know about his adventure through the tunnel. This also explains why the mother let him go without questions, even if she was very worried about him.
2. The main conflict of this story is a result of the family's financial status. Father's greed, low income, and Pyotr's frustration are key points to the main conflict. The conflict has plagued Pyotr most, the hallucination of abandoning his family is the main conflict in the story.
Determine all of the story's conflicts. Determine the major conflict and state this in terms of protagonist versus antagonist.