Artemis Fowl Themes

The fairies pretty much think greed is the defining characteristic of humans in Artemis Fowl, especially since the rumors of gold at the end of the rainbow got started. When Holly finds out that sh...

Violence has a pretty epic range in Artemis Fowl—its most telling quality though, is that it's completely tailored to the person committing it. Artemis commits violence on a grand scale by issuin...

Artemis Fowl is chock-full of dude characters. The only three female characters in it (that get names, we're not counting the pink-wearing holiday sprite) are Holly, Juliet, and Angeline, and they...

You'd think with a whole gaggle of fairy creatures and even some human ones, Artemis Fowl would mostly deal with racism on a species-wide level between humans and magical creatures—a division bet...

We're not talking about religious morals here for this theme—we're talking about the basic difference between good and bad actions, and the characters' ongoing struggle with their consciences. Ar...

It's no surprise that Artemis Fowl—as a book with intelligent, non-human characters—hooks these characters up with advanced tech. It's a classic science fiction move (the aliens always reach us...

If greed is a way of telling who isn't living harmoniously, care for the environment has the opposite effect in Artemis Fowl. Obviously the fairies are more in touch with the environment and despis...

Family is everything to Artemis Fowl—or rather, family legacy is. He's all about restoring his family to its former glory through wealth, and succeeds in doing so because his accomplices (the But...