Jessica’s Blog

We have been asked to write a post about heros and the journey they go on. Apparently, all heros have life lessons that prepare them for this journey, whether they planned to go on it or not. These are the heros that i think fit under the category:

 Clark Kent (AKA Superman). Clark, after all his hard years of being a teenager (this is portrayed in Smallville.) has learnt some hard lessons in his life. He is destined to be Superman, fighting evil and saving innocent people. His main lessons in life are that not everyone appreciates his superpowers, so as Superman he tends to keep it on a low.

 Zorro. I don’t know that much about Zorro, only that he is a master of swords and cuts a funny z shape into a woman’s top. So maybe he hasn’t learned that many lessons, being a total sleaze. Perhaps he grew too swollen headed over his incredible fighting skills and decided that he was God’s gift to woman, however he passes his knowledge on so that the legend of Zorro can be continued and Zorro can continue saving people. Also, Zorro is a remarkable horsemen and has learned from the death of his wife and the kidnapping of his daughter that you can’t always win.

Luke Skywalker. Luke has had a hard life. He grew up not knowing his father or his mother, and when he finally met his mother they spent about two minutes together before she died. As a result, Luke is quiet but confident, knowing that he must defend the Republic. He is extremely eager to be a Jedi, and sometimes makes mistakes, and that is why i like him because most of the Heros are portrayed as perfect, beautiful people with bulging muscles. Luke is scrawny and definetly not perfect, but his flaws make him much more realistic.

Spiderman. Spiderman (I don’t know his real name) must deal with being a freak. Before he was bitten by the radioactive spider (or whatever it was) he was just a normal man, and this makes him a lot easier to relate to as a superhero. He still has to deal with love, as well as hiding the fact that he’s a mutant. I love the fact that he doesn’t believe that every women will come running to him, instead he’s quite nervous and shy with relationships. His “normal” life is also part of his supernatural journey.

 Wow, that was a long post

 This book is the first in the series and has gone on to be a best-seller. It’s all about Artemis Fowl, a 12 year old genius. His father is also a genius, but a criminal genius, and has been missing for over a year, assumed dead. Perhaps his death has affected Artemis, as now he is following in his fathers shady footsteps; always wanting more and more money to add to the Fowl fortune. It is on the internet that Artemis discovers dodgy sites…ones about creatures supposed to have never existed. Artemis believes that there are fairies that live underground…and he also believes in their large hostage fund. So Artemis sets out to capture a fairy, and one night he succeeds. This is where Captain Holly Short of the Lower Elements Police enters the picture. They take Holly hostage and soon the fairies find out…but these aren’t the fairies of bedtime stories. They’re supremely intelligent, their technology is far more advanced than our own, and they don’t take humiliation lightly. They won’t pay the gold Artemis demands for Holly’s safe return. They have more dangerous ideas…ideas that spare no thought for Artemis’s life.