Student Question: Compare and contrast two characters in your book. The two protagonists in my book are Carter and Sadie Kane. Some things that they have in common are: both of their last names are "Kane", both are teenagers, both currently live in the US, both have the same parents, both are magicians (which, in the book's universe, are individuals who can channel the power of the Ancient Egyptian gods to summon magic), and both are very attracted to the opposite gender (emphasis on 'very'). Some things that make them different are: Carter is a male, while Sadie is a female (I think), Carter has dark skin and dark hair while Sadie has light skin and light-colored hair, Carter is the stereotypical "walking computer" while Sadie is the stereotypical "bratty white girl", Carter traveled with his father around the world during most of his childhood, while Sadie lived exclusively in England during most of her childhood, and Carter has been a loner all his life while Sadie has had relationships with other people for nearly her entire life.
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Student Question: Explain the main character's problem and then offer your character advice on how to solve his/her problem. The "main character" of my book is Carter Kane. His main problem in this book is his struggle to be an inspiring leader and inspiration to his colleagues because he hasn't interacted with very many people throughout his life besides his father (who is now dead) and his lack of general verbal skills and constant stuttering makes it difficult to sound confident. Advice that I would give may be to just give the job of leadership to someone else because they would be much better at the job than he is.
Student Question: How does this book explain previous events told in the books earlier in the series? This book does not blatantly explain every detail that happened in the past stories in the form of a prologue, and this book does not keep you in the dark about its past in order to make you read them to understand it either. Rather, this book tells you about these events but does not explain them in a way that makes it very clear of what actually happened. The way this happens is when the narrator tells the reader these things, they say that it is not important or just "a long story".
Student Question: How does this chapter remind you of something else? (ex. something you have read before, somewhere you have visited, someone you know) The first chapter of this book reminds heavily reminds me of the previous book in the series' first chapter. One reason for this is the setting, which is nighttime at a party in an Egyptian museum. Another thing that reminds me of this is the events, which are both about how the protagonists do something extremely stupid and this results in a lot of "supposed" innocent deaths.
Student Question: What about this book amazed, interested, or stood out to you as you read? The only thing in the book that I found particularly intriguing was the fact that the supposed Protagonist that the book is named after, Artemis Fowl, is actually the Antagonist of the book and the real Protagonists is a fairy that he kidnapped and her commanding officer.
One thing that stood out to me in the book was how different the writing style was from chapter books I read previously. For one, the book is written in third person Omniscient rather third person Limited, and second, The author either doesn't have as much skill in writing as other authors I have read from, or he is foreign. Student Question: How do you (I) compare to the main character of my book? I think that the main character (Artemis Fowl) have a lot of similarities and differences. One thing similar is that we are both males. Another thing similar is our ages, which are in close proximity of each other. The way our brains work is also similar because of their complexity in the way they function and connect unrelated ideas to absurdly complicated conclusions (I may think this because of my IQ placing in the 98 percentile). Another way we are similar is how we both would prefer to use death as a last resort when accomplishing our goals. Some differences include his lack of sympathy towards others outside his family, he lives in Europe, he is incredibly rich, and he has black hair.
Student Question: How accurate is this book to real life? A lot of this book is unrealistic. Some examples of this include fairies, leprechauns, living gnomes, goblins, dwarfs, trolls, sprites, etc. Even though this may be unrealistic, some of the book relates to real life, like gangs, billionaires, and families that have the sole purpose of serving rich families (The serving family is named "Butler" to make it even more obvious of their occupations).
Student Question: What events in this book reflect real-world events happening right now? In this book, the main characters usually blow up a famous landmark in the real world about every chapter. It is shown multiple times that most news channels attempt to explain how all of these events are due to terrorist attacks, which is a real-world threat today.
Student Question:What, if anything, did you gain by reading this book? (even if What I gained by reading this book was a lot of knowledge of Egyptian culture, mythology, and history. In this book, the characters refer to the "House of Life" many times throughout the story, which was a real thing in the ancient times of Egypt (even if, in reality, the so-called "magicians" in the House may not have had real magic, as they were represented in the book). Many of the Egyptian gods and goddesses are present in the book and almost always have their backstories explained in detail and the role they have as a god (ex: Ra; the sun god). The book also explains what many Ancient Egyptian terms mean (ex: Aten - the physical manifestation of the sun--as well as the Duat - a magical realm in Egyptian mythology).
Student Question:Put yourself in the authors shoes--Why do you think they wrote this book? I think the author wrote this book to use as a plot device for his highly successful series Percy Jackson. I think that he is trying to make some sort of "expanded universe" thing in books, similar to the Marvel expanded universe in movies. What I mean is that all of Riordan's books share the same universe and the characters can interact with each other throughout every book. I think that the author made this book to start this idea for his books.
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