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Sport of Journal European test
September 4th, 2010
My siblings and I did not grow up in an overtly racist society (1950s rural Britain) though – to add to my credibility for some critics – we later lived in a part of the country where religious discrimination was rife and rabid. So, I know what it’s like to live in a divided society and to be criticised and even threatened for associating with people from the `wrong side’.
Anyway, before that, for some years we were raised by a young woman employee who was, by accident of birth, lower-class and less educated than my family had recently become. She was ostensibly ‘one of the family’ (who had to obey orders) but in the end was dismissed suddenly with no ‘goodbyes’ for an infringement of the social niceties that would not have been tolerated in Mississippi either. She was at that point, apparently, to my mother, as alien and as undeserving of human decency and kindness as any of the `maids’ in “Help”.
Clearly the book has as its central theme the racism of the American South at a particular – very important – point in history, but another significant theme is the love these caring and hard-working `coloured’ women had for their young charges, who often didn’t get nearly enough of their own mothers’ love or attention. The author’s post-script, about the black maid who raised her, makes it clear that this was also a major theme for her in writing the novel. There must have been many such women and children in the history of the human race (think of any society where `lower class’ or `racially inferior’ women do the domestic work, including rearing their employers’ children). In my opinion this tale has not just historical, but universal, significance.
On the question of the author’s portrayal of Southern Black vernacular, she has done her best. People speak differently (I was corrected for imitating my nursemaid’s accent), and it is as patronising to `clean up’ their utterances and convey them in `standard’ news-reader English as it is to fill their sentences with u
European Journal of Sport
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June 17th, 2010
By Jamie Poston
Artemis Fowl was written by Eoin Colfer in 2001 and published in New York City by Hyperion Books. Although this adventure/fantasy was written by an American it is staged mainly in Ireland. In the beginning of the book, Artemis travels to the sweltering city of Ho Chi Minh, which was called Saigon, and is located in Vietnam because he wants to find a fantastical fairy book. This lively, suspenseful and humorous book features the boy wonder, Artemis Fowl in his attempt to get gold from the fairies when he kidnaps one of them. Being the first book in a series of 6, this book starts the chronicles of the adventure for Artemis Fowl. Only 5 books are completed. Hopefully, the 6th book in the Artemis Fowl series by Colfer will be out soon.
Artemis Fowl, who is the central character, is a boy of 12, a genius, and a criminal mastermind. Accompanying him on all his adventures, his massive bodyguard and sidekick, Butler, protects Artemis, aids him, and obeys him on all his capers. In this 1st book, Artemis promptly discovers that fairies do exist when he finds their Fairy Book, which is the rule book for all fairies and called The Book. Artemis is greedy and decides to kidnap a fairy because he wants to ransom her for precious fairy gold. The fairy’s name is Holly. She has a centaur friend, Foaly and a disgusting dwarf digger named Mulch Diggums, to help her thwart Artemis’ plans. Sneakily, Foaly and Mulch Diggums try to free Holly from Artemis. In the end will Holly escape from the boy genius?
Thought provoking, enjoyable, and unique, Artemis Fowl is definitely a great children’s book. From the in-depth and captivating Artemis to the stubborn and green Holly, this book boasts a wide range of characters. This story will keep the reader guessing until the very last page because of its unique storyline. Excitingly, vividly, and startlingly, at one point a troll bursts into the Fowl Manor, which is Artemis’s house, and rampages around while
International Journal of Sport