Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
In the book I read, Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception, there were many characters that interested me, but one stood out to me. This character was Opal Koboi, a genius fairy criminal. She is a devious criminal (although she appears as just a cute fairy) that is devoted to exposing the fairy world to the human world. The fairies live under the Earth's crust, so Opal appears as a human and hypnotizes a powerful company owner in Europe to control him so that she could use his company to dig into the Earth's crust, thus discovering the fairy world. Opal, in order to expose the fairy world, had to first escape a mental hospital which she was placed into after she was captured in the first book by fairy police. At first she was put into a prison, but she put herself into a self-induced coma so she could be placed into the mental hospital and she convinced the janitors to help her escape. Opal's high IQ is the main reason that I like this character so much. She is a great at devising strategies and smart in every situation presented to her. She takes into account every single possible flaw in any plan she has and does all she can to prevent it from happening. She is also very cocky because she knows how smart she is, making her an even more interesting character. She holds herself to a high standard and is so full of herself that she makes her helpers bow when talking to her and they aren't even allowed to look in her eyes. Her determination to carry out all of her plans, even if it gets close or dangerous, makes her an appealing character to read about.
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Opal genuinely does seem like an interesting character in my opinion. Although I do wonder why you chose her as your favorite character mainly for her IQ when, based on what you said, she really isn't a good person in the end. However, I shouldn't judge if I haven't actually read the book. Moving on, I really enjoyed reading your post and about your chosen character's personality as she does seem to resemble a few of the characters in the book I personally read 2nd quarter. Great job overall :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with you when you say that Opal is your favorite character because I also like the characters that are so intelligent they can predict every outcome, but I also like how she is super snobby and annoying because people like that are always funny. And I think it is insane how she made herself go into a coma then to a mental hospital just so that she could pursue her ambitions, of exposing the fairy world.
ReplyDeleteThis is Joshua Douglass btw
DeleteGood job, that was well worded. It isn't always that villains are meant to be loved, and from the description you give of her it doesn't seem like such a lovable villain. I haven't read the book, so I can't give my full opinion on this but just going off of what you said, it doesn't seem like Opal had what traits are usually found in beloved villains. Usually, they are cool, viewed as unstoppable, and/or have good reasoning behind their actions. Maybe she did exemplify some of these traits, but I did not get the impression that she did.
ReplyDeleteAgain though, good job on articulation