28 placed in a special room as a prisoner, succeeded to plant the acorn and got
her magic power again and finally flew away from the special room after she mesmerized Juliet 2001: 127-129. The last one was LEP, under the
command of Lieutenant Cudgeon, sent a troll into the Manor to stop Artemis 2001: 140. This incident almost killed Butler, but Holly saved
him by using her magic 2001: 150-154.
4. Selfish
Artemis was a selfish person. He had no doubt in using some tricks to achieve his goal. He put a half pint of holy water inside the whiskey that
could kill the fairy 2001: 7. It was common because he was the son of a European Crime Lord. To achieve his goal, he usually used many negative
ways. Coming from a rich family may affect in this selfishness. He usually
got anything he wanted because he was rich. It made him looked greedy although he had already had everything he wanted.
Artemis’ decisions to abduct and get the demand from fairies, species that live underground peacefully for a long time, were also the
selfish ones. He did not care about the cause and effect of the two species would have if the fairies were exposed. Artemis only cared about himself
80. “The hide was ingenious in design and interest had already
been expressed in the manufacturing rights - mostly by military representatives - but Artemis had resolved to sell
the patent to a sporting-goods multinational.” 49
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From the quotation above, Artemis’ selfishness shown when he decided not to sell the rights of production for military but he sold it for
sports-goods multinational for more riches.
5. Genius
Artemis was depicted as a genius who capably used night-vision goggles and computer and digital technology to locate information on the
Internet, post his advertisement, and scan the fairy manual and sent it electronically to safe locations 2001: 6-13.
Artemis could also use appropriate computer knowledge to crack Gnommish, the fairy code, which he used to translate the fairys book thus
gaining power and control over those creatures. Artemis found some difficulties with that translation work, but powered by some motives he
finally succeeded in translating the book 2001: 19-22. He had access to any technological tools he needed. Although money was ample to fund his
interests, travels, and security, Artemis always wanted more. “Artemis?
Artemis looked up from the screen of his PowerBook. He was getting a head start on the translation.
Yes? The sprite. Why didnt we simply keep the Book and leave
her to die? A corpse is evidence, Butler. My way, the People will
have no reason to be suspicious. But the sprite?
I hardly think she will confess to showing humans the Book. In any case, I mixed a slight amnesiac into her
