![]() Artemis says nothing about the mosquito nevertheless, it never bites him. Butler can anticipate these threats to Artemis without the boy having to point them out. He is there to shield Artemis from every threat-even one as innocuous as a mosquito. ![]() Second, it symbolizes the lengths to which Butler will go in order to protect Artemis. First, it demonstrates what will happen to Artemis's adversaries-they will be "squashed" by Butler as easily as if they are a mosquito. The mosquito in this scene works as a symbol on two levels. During their first meeting, Butler grabs a mosquito with his bare hand: "Butler snatched a mosquito out of the air beside his employer's ear" (6). In the first chapter, Artemis and Butler meet Nguyen Xuan, who has told them that he knows the location of a sprite. ![]()
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