Friday, May 20, 2011
Artemis Fowl 5
Artemis Fowl 4
For once what I had predicted did not happe. I thought that since the entirety of LEPeracon or i guess their version of the FBI. They are like the police for the fairy world and they donot have restictions they make their own rules. I thought that it was very similiar to the United States FBI because they are very secretive and if any police investigation gets out of hand they come in and investigate.
Fairies have special rules that everyone must abide byan and no one can break them no matter what circumstances they are in. One such rule is that they can not enter someones house unless they are invited by the owner of the house. As a result even thoug the entire LEP unit is standing out side the house they cannot go in to save Holly. Juluis Root the captian of the LEP says "Looks like the gang's all here. And guess what? I don't like gangs." because he does not want to draw attention to the fact that everyone is standing oust side the this kid house in the middle of the day. So he authorizes a time stop which stops time around his mansion until they can figure things out. Artemis are makes a ransome deals with the captian saying he will trade her for 1 ton fo 24 karat gold.
Artemis Fowl 3
Just as I had previously predicted artemis has kidnapped the fariy captian and is keeping her hostage in his mansion. he is anticipating everything the faires would do to try and get her back. Since she has no magic left in her and desperately needs to finish the ritual she brings an acorn back with her. this process reminds me of the various times when humans need to sleeep and regain their engergy before going out and doing something such ridiculous. linked to a sleeping baby that shows how precious it is. 
And if some people don't get enoughsleep they drag their feet and slouch and fall asleep on the job and other such stuff.(http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/sleep-apnea/sleep-apnea) I attached a link for sleep apnea to see some of the other side effects of not sleepig. Afterwards when they sleep they become refreshed with life. Similarly the faires are the same way Captian Holly Short who barely has energy to protect her self was kidnapped by Artemis when he found out that faries need a tree in order to complete the restoring ritual.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Artemis Fowl 2
From the secret book Artemis learns the specific ritual used by fairies to renew their powers. I predict that with this information he will probably try to find a fairy and try to learn all their culture or ways. The secret book reminds me of ancient text from the Egypt and such countries that developed writing for their own rituals and stories. Similarity the fairies used their writing for the same thing and was very difficult to decode for Artemis. An interesting quote i found in the book which depicts the pride and ego Artemis fowl had in his ability to find the what he wanted the most. "I never tell anyone exactly how smart I am, they would be too scared."- Artemis Fowl II His ego and pride reminds me of an epic poem we had read as sophomores about a man who had too much hubris and ended up killing his mother and father. The story was known as Oedipus Rex. He also had a complex named after himself known as the Oedipus complex which dictates that every child would like to kill their father and marry their mother. A complex is a way of thinking in phycscology terms.
Artemis Fowl
As I was walking in the library when I was young I found a very interesting book called Artemis Fowl. Today was one of the first day where I remember and now going to read this book.http://www.amazon.com/Artemis-Fowl-French-Eoin-Colfer/dp/2070546810/ref=sr_1_35?ie=UTF8&qid=1305855908&sr=8-35 Thought the book in the link leads to a french version I could not find an actual English version on amazon. This is a very popular book and the first of a five part series from a successful Irish author Eion Colfer. Into the first few chapters it is about a eccentric young man, about twelve years old, who believes in fairies.
The story opens up to Artemis who travels to Vietnam to investigate a suspected fairy sighting. It turns out that a fairy who has been kicked out from the fairy world lives on alcohol and acts as healer to the local village. Artemis gets interested when finds out that she can heal cancer and other life-threatening diseases for only a bottle of wine. Imagine that all diseases can be cured by a simple incantations from a fairy. This part of the story reminds me of silly games that can heal a person without any repercussions.
Stories like this can only be true i with imagination or in games and other such stuff. And yet Artemis is still able to manipulate her into giving her book of secrets that each fairy has.
The story opens up to Artemis who travels to Vietnam to investigate a suspected fairy sighting. It turns out that a fairy who has been kicked out from the fairy world lives on alcohol and acts as healer to the local village. Artemis gets interested when finds out that she can heal cancer and other life-threatening diseases for only a bottle of wine. Imagine that all diseases can be cured by a simple incantations from a fairy. This part of the story reminds me of silly games that can heal a person without any repercussions.
Stories like this can only be true i with imagination or in games and other such stuff. And yet Artemis is still able to manipulate her into giving her book of secrets that each fairy has.
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