My book, Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code takes place in Ireland and Chicago, during the year 2005 or so. The main characters are Artemis, the boy genius, Butler, his special-forces black belt bodyguard, Holly, a three-foot-tall fairy with, yes, magic, a dwarf with a special talent for burrowing underground, due to his species’ special physical attributes that allow them to ingest several kilos of dirt a second, strip it of any beneficial minerals, and eject it forcibly out the back end. The first, and one of the most important scenes, in the book, is when Artemis meets with Jon Spiro, to show him a blue cube, nicknamed the C Cube, made out of fairy technology, 50 years ahead of anything we have now, that has the power to do almost anything. Spiro misunderstands the deal, and thinks that Artemis is going to sell it to him. In reality, though, Artemis is offering to keep it off the market for a year, to let Spiro buy into his stock. Spiro gets mad, takes the Cube, and leaves, leaving his bodyguard to take care of Artemis and Butler. Butler protects Artemis, and nearly dies. An example of rising action is on page 102, when it says, “The message is, ‘Domovoi needs you.’” Juliet, Butler’s sister, who is almost as trained in martial arts as he is, knows that Butler would only reveal his name if he lay dying at Artemis’ side, or if it no longer mattered. Juliet, who is on the other side of the world, wants to get to her brother as soon a possible, as any loving, caring sibling would. Another example of rising action is on page 119, when it says, ”The house in the picture was Fowl Manor. Therefore Artemis was the target of this kidnapping.” Mulch, a dwarf on the shady side of the law, is hired to kidnap Artemis, to get him to open up t... ... middle of paper ... ...aracter follows the hero archetype. One example from the text is when Artemis goes to rescue the C Cube from Jon Spiro, just to ensure that the fairies, Holly and the rest of her species, don’t get discovered, and don’t die. this shows that he became compassionate, and cared about other people, and wasn’t selfish. Recommendation This month I read the book Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer. I loved this book because of its good, well-built characters, and twisting plot. This book would appeal to most preteens because the main character is a teen supergenius, and is young enough to believe in magic, but old enough to understand how it works. I would recommend this book because of its crazy events and weird twists. Out of five stars, I would give this book four stars, because of the good characters and plot, but also because it has a lot of humor in it.
This book was the Bible for fairies but it was just in Gnommish. This book provided everything Artemis needed to know about fairies but no computer could translate this book except for when Artemis’s brain clicked, a light flashed he had seen similarities between the Book and other characters, such as hieroglyphics. Every fairy has to do a ritual under certain circumstances such as picking an acorn from an ancient oak tree next to a riverbend, then burying it in another spot, saying "I return you to the earth, and claim the gift that is my right." Since there are only a few locations like this, Artemis and best friend and bodyguard Butler, Butler and his whole family and previous generations have been going through tough training to ensure the safety of their assigned Fowl. As Fowl and Butler hide trying to spot a fairy on one of the locations. In this book the story is told from to points of view, one from the fairies and one from Artemis. The author switches between the two points of view, very clearly without any confusion being created. This story is told from both sides in which we are aware what is happening in both sides but the characters do not. Holly Short, is the only female LEP officer and she has come to this location to regain her magic but before she is able to, she is confronted by Artemis and Butler in which she is taken
During the process of this research paper this semester sources we have been using different sources to create a strong argument and support my point of view regarding Mexican businessmen in El Paso. Among the sources we are using, primary and secondary, historian Mario T Garcia’s book, Dessert Immigrants: The Mexicans of El Paso, 1880-1920, is one of them, and most likely, the most important. The book was published on September 10, 1982. The book is an exceptional work dealing with details, statistics, and historical events related to the Mexican journey to the United States. In his book, Garcia spent an entire chapter talking about obreros y comerciantes (labors and merchants) and what their economic activities were in order to support their dream of getting enough money in the United States and come back to Mexico afterwards.
The purpose of this book is to tell us what happened in The Civil war era. The theme of the book is to teach about slavery. In addition, it talks about how slaves were treated. The civil war started April 12, 1861 and ended May 9, 1865. Abraham Lincoln thought slavery was wrong and worked hard to liberate the slaves.
I read the book entitled Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom. It was an amazing, non-fiction book about a dying old man and what he teaches to his student. Morrie Schwartz was one of Mitch’s professors at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. Morrie was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS, in 1994. This book is about the last few months of his life, and the interactions Morrie had with Mitch during that time.
Assault in the Senate by David E. Johnson describes the grueling debate between Representative Preston Brooks and Senator Charles Sumner. This argument took place in 1856 and has since become a pivotal moment during the civil war era.
In his book Biblical Foundations for Baptist Churches: A Contemporary Ecclesiology, John S. Hammett, professor of systematic theology at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, attempts to provide a biblical and distinctively Baptist ecclesiology that is relevant for the Church’s contemporary setting.
The film the Assassination of Jesse James - by the coward Robert Ford is a historical western drama based on a novel about a real American outlaw who lived during the 19th century . The novel, with the same title as the movie, is written by the author Ron Hansen and first published in 1983. The film is directed by Andrew Domnik and produced in 2007 by, among others, Brad Pitt, who even plays the main character Jesse James. Other characters are performed by Sam Shepard (Frank James), Casey Affleck (Robert ”Bob” Ford), Sam Rockwell (Charley Ford), Paul Schneider (James ”Dick” Liddil), Jeremy Renner (Wood Hite), Garret Dillahunt (Ed Miller) and Mary-Louise Parker (Zerelda ”Zee” James).
For people who are not statisticians, they may wonder what statisticians do, and how statistics could be applied in daily life. Statistics: A Guide to the Unknown is a supplementary reading materials designed for general readers even if he or she did not learn enough knowledge of statistics, mathematics and probability. Besides, it could give statisticians a general understanding of the important role of statistics in society. This book also analyzes how statistics assists people to gain useful information from massive data sets. In order to form a more respected book, the editors invite many distinguished researchers in statistics as authors. The book consists of twenty-five essays from different fields, including public policy and social science, science and technology, biology and medicine, business and industry, and hobbies and recreation. Each essay provides readers a description of how statistical methods are applied to solve issues in that field.
Rising action: Overlooking the grandmother's warning, the family decides to pursue their trip as planned. When the day arrives for the family to depart on their road trip, instead of arguing, the grandmother climbs in the car before anyone else, just as June Star predicts. "She wouldn't stay at home for a million bucks," June Star said. "Afraid she'd miss something. She has to go everywhere we go." She dresses in a manner so that if anyone finds her dead on the highway, they shall characterize her as a lady. She wore a navy blue sailor hat with white violets on the brim, to match her navy blue dress covered with tiny white polka-dots. Her white organdy, lacy collars and cuffs completed the outfit. But although she agrees to follow through with the excursion, she refuses to go with out her cat Pitty Sing. Afraid that the cat will accidentally asphyxiate himself on the gas stove if left behind, she secretly hides Pitty Sing in her basket. After driving down the road a while, the family passes a cotton field with five or six graves right in the middle of it. Coincidentally, five or six family members sit in the car: the grandmother, Bailey, the mother, the baby, June Starr, and John Wesley.
Rising Action- The father is awoken by the sound of a diesel motor. He and the boy crawl out of the car they had been sleeping in. They flee into the woods, and lie still on a slight incline. A man from the caravan walks to a tree that is merely five feet away from where the father and son clinch their lungs. He turns to take a pee when his eyes connect with the father's. The man lunges at the boy, and puts him into a choke hold. The father raises the gun and puts a pullet in between the mans eyes. The man collapses, blood flowing from the bullet's entry hole. The father and the boy are left with only one bullet in the
The exposition starts with a character named, Charlie Joe Jackson. He is in middle school and he hates reading. This all started when Charlie had to read a book for his language arts teacher; the book was called Billy’s Bargain. Billy’s Bargain was about the pitcher who throws a no hitter and made a bargain with the devil. Charlie does what he always does, and that was read the back of the book, the first chapter, the last chapter, and the inside flaps. Charlie always took shortcuts when it came to reading. In the rising action, Charlie has a friend named Timmy, and Timmy and Charlie have known each other for about two years. They have always made this deal if Charlie bought Timmy an ice cream sandwich, Timmy would tell Charlie what Billy’s Bargain was about. But one day Charlie see’s the look in Timmy’s eye’s, which was the look of blackmail. As he walked up he asked Timmy how was your day. He said, “Okay.” then he said, “ I’m really hungry today… I could eat one, or two, or three ice cream sandwiches.” Guess what Charlie had to do. He bought TImmy three ice cream sandwiches just so Timmy could tell Charlie about the book. This was the climax. The next day he went to the library and looked up the word blackmail. Under the word blackmail, Timmy’s picture was there. This was the falling action. He saw the librarian and she was an old friend of Charlie’s. In the first grade she tried over and over again to make him read but he didn’t. To Charlie she was evil because she was still librarian. The resolution is that, Charlie Joe has had a lot of devised ways to get out of reading. He has also made up a lot of tips, that can get you out of reading in a different way....
Conflict creates “rising action” leading the character towards the climax of the story. In the story it seemed that there was external conflict between Dr. Roylott, the stepfather and the two daughters. It appeared to be conflict of interest due to the inheritance of the money. He killed the first daughter and tried to kill the second daughter in order for him to receive all the money. The different conflict that was explored was man versus man, Sherlock Holmes versus Dr. Roylott. Dr. Roylott appears at Sherlocks Holmes’s home, frustrated because his stepdaughter went to Holmes for help; the quote used “I will do nothing of the kind. My stepdaughter has been here. I have traced her. What has she been saying to you?.” Roylott threatened Holmes to not interfere, but he does either way. Holmes going to Roylotts house made the story more interesting for the readers with regards the different finds that he saw. An internal conflict seems to arise with Helen and her stepfather. She loves her stepfather but is afraid that he might have something to do with her sister’s death. This causes Holmes to investigate the
Rich Dad, Poor Dad is a non-fiction book written by Robert Kiyosaki. Kiyosaki takes us into his life to describe to us the difference between two separate households and how they manage money. When you first open up the book, you are immediately shown the confliction Robert has between choosing whose advice to follow. His biological father is known as his poor dad who is highly educated but doesn’t make the right choices when it comes to money. His rich dad isn’t his father but is a childhood friend’s father who is also trying to teach Robert how to manage money. Rich dad has very little education background but the way he deals with money is what made him successful. Robert’s poor dad views education as the main principle to success. As long as you do well in school, you will have a good steady job thought poor dad. Poor dad always stated “I’m not interested in money”, and “money doesn’t matter.” Rich dad on the other hand knew how to make money work for him not the other way around. He felt that in order to succeed and make a lot of money, you need to work for yourself and not others. Robert learned many lessons from both dads and he feels he is very fortunate to have had two father figures to teach him and give him examples on how to become rich and successful.
The movie that I have chosen to review is called the League of their own, which was based on a true story took place in during World War 2. The main focus of this film is fore the view to see that although baseball was a sport that was designed for man, women would be able to be just as good at it, if not better than man. Although it was the women who were going to be playing a man's sport, they would still have to act and be a lady and fallow certain rules.
eyes absorbed all that was around her and seemed to know a great deal. Growing