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  • This is a quick summary and analysis of Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer.

  • This is a story about a boy named Artemis Fowl the second, a smart young man with plenty

  • of money and resources who likes to commit crimes.

  • After getting The Book of the People - a mystical fairy book - Artemis plans to get gold from

  • the leprechauns.

  • He kidnaps one of the fairies, Holly Short, a captain that works for the Lower Elements

  • Police, or LEP, an organization that polices mythical beings like trolls, goblins, and

  • fairies.

  • Holly tries to escape, but because Artemis has read the fairy lore, he is familiar with

  • all of her tricks.

  • With the assistance of his family helpers, Butler and Juliet, Artemis begins negotiating

  • with the LEP: gold for Holly.

  • The LEP sends in their tactical team, but they are defeated by Butler. They decide to

  • time-freeze the area, threatening to destroy all living things in Artemis' house with a

  • bio-bomb. The LEP then hire a convict named Mulch, a dwarf with a natural ability to dig,

  • to scout the house. He later fakes his death and escapes.

  • As the pressure of the situation escalates, the LEP approves a new commander whose plan

  • is to send in a troll to destroy everything. The troll is sent in and he creates havoc,

  • even killing Butler. However, after Holly attempts to fight the troll, she accidentally

  • revives Butler and he defeats the troll in a suit of armor.

  • The LEP decide to pay the ransom, knowing that they can detonate the bomb once Holly

  • is safe. Artemis is given the gold and surprisingly releases Holly. And although no one has ever

  • escaped the time-freeze and bio-bomb combination before, Artemis finds a way to escape using

  • sleeping pills.

  • In the end, Artemis escapes.

  • As always a lot can be said about this story, but what draws my interest and attention is

  • the idea of Artemis as an anti-hero.

  • For the entire story, Artemis is driven to get the gold no matter how many people get

  • hurt. This is typically not the attitude of the protagonist of the story, but he's not

  • the antagonist either.

  • Throughout the story, readers can admire his drive and ambition to take on a race of supernatural

  • beings with only his human ingenuity. That's admirable, although, again, his intent is

  • questionable.

  • And so this brings authorial perspective as something that is important to this story.

  • If this story were told only from the perspective of the leprechauns, Artemis is clearly the

  • villain. However, because the story jumps from the leprechauns' perspective and Artemis'

  • perspective, readers can understand where Artemis is coming, which de-villainizes his

  • actions.

  • What did you think of the story? Let me know in the comments below.

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This is a quick summary and analysis of Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer.

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Eoin Colfer的《Artemis Fowl》(書摘和評論)--一分鐘讀書報告。 (Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (Book Summary and Review) - Minute Book Report)

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    林宜悉 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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