Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (Book Worksheet)

Main Character: Artemis Fowl
Summary: Artemis Fowl is back to being a criminal again because of the mind wipe that made him forget everything about the existence of fairies and dwarves. Opal Koboi was in coma ever since her plan was foiled by Artemis Fowl and the LEPrecon Police. But while in coma, Opal Koboi had been creating a plan. Opal creates a clone of herself to replace her in the J. Argon Clinic, and leaves to dominate the world. She gets surgery to become a human (remove pointy ears and put in growing genes) and plans to make the "mud" people discover the "regular" (fairy) people and give them weapons to destroy everybody. Then she plans to make herself the ruler of all people. Opal sets up a trap that Captain Holly Short and Commander Julius Root of the LEPrecon police fall for and she has Commander Root killed. But to all the other police officers it looks as though Captain Holly has killed her own commander and she is the suspect of a murder. Commander Root's last command was to save Artemis Fowl, who was being targeted by Opal. When Captain Holly goes to save Artemis, it looks as though she was running away, making her an outlaw. Butler, Artemis Fowl's bodyguard, is seperated from Artemis and has his memory returned by Mulch Diggums as Artemis had planned before the memory wipe. Artemis, Captain Holly, Butler, and Mulch Diggums must save the fairy world before Opal destroys everything.


1. power


2. If you have a gift, don't use it for bad, use it for good.


3. Artemis Fowl: clever, sneaky, intelligent


3a. I think Foaly (a friend of Holly who refused to believe that she shot Julius) is a good friend. Even though the evidence had clearly showed that Holly was shot Julius, he believed that she didn't and checked every single piece of evidence. Because of Foaly's loyalty to his friends, he discovered the truth about Opal Koboi's escape.

4. Julius Root's death was memorable. Opal Koboi was laughing and telling Holly that she had a chance to save Root's life and Root was telling Holly to save Artemis, but it was a trick to make it look like Holly was shooting Commander Root.

This scene was memorable because even though, Julius Root disliked Artemis Fowl, he actually admired his intelligence and quick decisions.



5. The author is trying to tell you that if you were born with talent or a gift, you should use it for good and not bad. Artemis originally used his genius for stealing and getting money, but after he met fairies, he changed and began doing good. Opal was using her genius for evil and therefore, she was caught and arrested. Good is better motivation than bad. Artemis had noticed that himself.


6. I would rate this book a 8 because the plot was interesting with lots of actions and cool parts, but it was a bit shallow.


7.
Beginning: Opal escapes the hospital and kills Julius Root

Climax: Mulch, Artemis, Holly, and Butler try to stop Opal and succeed

Ending: Holly quits LEPrecon police and becomes a detective with her partner, Mulch.