Artemis Fowl Artemis Fowl is the twelve-year-old son of a European crime lord‚ Artemis Fowl Senior. After doing some research‚ Artemis believes that he has discovered the existence of faires. He tracks down a sprite pretending to be a healer in Ho Chi Minh City‚ Vietnam‚ and travels there with his friend and bodyguard‚ Butler‚ to obtain The Book of the People - the Fairy holy book that is written in Gnommish - from her. Meanwhile‚ Captain Holy Short of the Lower Elements police is tracking a rouge
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ARTEMIS’ POINT OF VIEW Info: 12 year old child prodigy‚ aces every test thrown at him‚ puzzles the greatest medical minds and sends them gibbering to their own hospitals. His father has disappeared in Russia (most likely dead or captured by the Russian mafiya) and his mom was bedridden with nervous tension over the loss of her husband. He also had a bodyguard whose name is Butler. He was as big and as strong as a mammoth. They were paired together at Artemis’ birth. His main problem is his own intelligence
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In the book "Artemis Fowl: the Opal Deception"‚ there are definite themes that have to do with the main character of book‚ Artemis Fowl. One theme is: friendship is more important than materialism. This theme is consistent throughout the whole story. The theme of Artemis Fowl is friendship is more important than materialism. The theme is very apparent‚ because in the beginning‚ all fourteen-year-old Artemis Fowl wants is gold. Artemis himself says‚ "If you guarantee me one metric ton of gold from
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Using History in Graphic Novels: Believing Batman Could Exist in the 19th Century Shawn Jackson Jr. Communication 222 Dr. Matthew Smith 10/28/12 Jackson 2 Batman‚ the Batman‚ the dark knight‚ the world’s greatest detective‚ and the caped crusader; he is known by many names and yet is still one of the most famous superheroes on the planet. Most people in the world can tell you the story of Batman. A young boy witnesses his mother and father killed by a mugger and vows to rid his city
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Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code To start this story‚ Eoin Colfer introduces the characters and setting in an unusual fashion. Since this book is a sequel‚ he has the difficult task of introducing the characters to new readers while still keeping it interesting for the ones who have stayed with him through the previous books. He accomplishes this masterfully and with a BANG. He immediately hooks the reader and simultaneously explains the complicated web of his excellent cast of characters
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Opal Deception By Eion Colfer In the story Artemis fowl and the Opal Deception BY Eion Colfer A short time ago a Fairy named holly was walking in haven city a under ground city. Heaven is where the fairies live there are gnomes‚ leprechauns‚ pixies‚ elves‚ and dwarfs they all live in Heaven. Where fairies live like leprechaun‚ pixies She proves she is emotional when her best friend might to die. She also proves she is brave when she fight a troll to save her friend. She proves caring Holly saved
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Graphic Novels: Literature without Text? Jan Baetens Literary graphic novels: adaptation‚ illustration‚ collaboration‚ and beyond More and more‚ the hype surrounding the graphic novel concerns its literary qualities. Many graphic novels appear to have a literary subtext (in the case of adaptations) or present themselves‚ in a more radical form‚ as the visual development of a literary text that is completely reproduced within the graphic novel. In the former case‚ the literary graphic novel
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Introduction to teaching graphic novels in the English Foreign Language Classroom There are many methods and strategies in teaching EFL learners. In this case teachers should be able to decide whether a method is appropriate or not‚ which is not always easy. Teaching graphic novels is a clever strategy to capture the interest of nearly all students in a class. In general this phenomenon is sometimes difficult to achieve due to the fact that there are various learning types and it is not always
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Graphic Novel Subject Guide 1 Graphic Novels Subject Guide Spring 2010 – Nova Scotia Public Libraries The Misunderstood Medium It is important to understand that the terms “comics” and “graphic novels” describe a medium rather than a genre. The difference is that a genre is a type of story‚ with certain rules that it must follow in order to fit into that genre. “Westerns‚” “mysteries‚” “romances” are examples of genre. A medium is a form of expression like movies‚ novels or poetry. Essentially
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get on in years | Someone who is getting on in years is growing old. My grandmother is getting on in years. She’s no longer able to look after her home without help. | knee-high to a grasshopper | This term refers to a very young and therefore small child. Look how tall you are! Last time I saw you‚ you were knee-high to a grasshopper! | long in the tooth | A person who is long in the tooth is a bit too old to do something. She’s a bit long in the tooth for a cabaret dancer‚ isn’t she? | mutton
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