Theory of Motivation REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

18 followed by two others in the series: Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident 2002; and Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code 2003. The fourth and fifth books in the Artemis series are Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception 2005, and Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony 2006. Artemis, a 12-year-old criminal genius, is an anti-hero who was inspired by the arrogant rich children Colfer used to teach in Saudi Arabia. During the writing process, Artemis evolved from a two- dimensional figure into a complex and fascinating character that readers could both love and hate. Colfer said in The Times, 10 January 2005: When I started to write I had no intentions of making Artemis the central character; he was just the bad guy Holly was up against and that was it. My real anxiety was whether readers would want to go on reading about someone they were meant to hate. But then parts of me started to go in, and he developed a conscience and it became a very interesting book to write.” A film about Artemis is currently being developed. He also wrote a series books for younger children, about brothers Will and Marty: The Legend of Spud Murphy 2004; The Legend of Captain Crows Teeth 2006; and The Legend of the Worst Boy in the World 2007. His other childrens novels include a sci-fi thriller, The Supernaturalist 2004, and Half Moon Investigations 2006, the story of 12-year-old Fletcher Moon, and the youngest qualified private detective in the world. His latest books are the sixth 19 in the Artemis Fowl series: Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox 2008; and a novel, Airman 2008. His influences are diverse: elements of Sherlock Holmes, The Simpsons and Batman comics combine with Colfer’s deep-rooted knowledge of Irish mythology and folktales. The result, like the work of Colfer’s hero, Terry Pratchett, is a modern, technological version of the fairytale. 2. Background of the Novel Artemis Fowl, published in 2001, was written by an Irish author, Eoin Colfer. It brought a phenomenal success and put Eoin Colfer in the same line with J.K. Rowling, the author of the most phenomenal novel, Harry Potter. Harry Potter itself is in the gold period at that time. The novel takes a setting in Ireland. Ireland is a crucial setting because it is fundamental to fairy legends and history. It is mentioned in the novel that “the old country, Eiriu, the land where time began. The most magical place on the planet.” It was there, 10,000 years ago, that the ancient fairy race, the De Danann, had battled against the demon Fomorians, carving the famous Giants Causeway with the strength of their magical blasts. It was here that the Lia Fáil stood, the rock at the centre of the universe, where the fairy kings and later the human Ard Rí were crowned. And it was also here, unfortunately, that the Mud People were most in tune with magic, which resulted in a far higher People-sighting rate than you got