Character Analysis: Artemis By Andy Weir

Imagine living in a city on the moon where there’s welders, electricians, and scientists; in Artemis by Andy Weir, that city comes to live. Jasmine or Jazz Bashara is a twenty-six year old porter living in the city of the Moon, Artemis. Her life though, as been nothing but a disappointment and a “waste of potential” as her father put it. Besides being a porter, she was a smuggler, as Jazz would smuggle cigars to a millionaire, Trond Landvik. But, Trond gets murdered while he and Jazz were in a scheme to destroy the Aluminum Company, Sanchez Aluminum. Now, Jazz is being chased by a killer that was sent by the owners of the Aluminum Company, O’Palacio. Jazz never a “good girl”, she always broke the law, now she must swallow her pride and try

This task required her to break the law, and if she got caught she would have been deported back to Saudi Arabia. (Her home country) She couldn’t do the task herself, she needed help. Jazz never asked for help from somebody, but to save her city, she needs to be an adult. As the author states on page 217, “This moment, this moment right now, is where we decide what kind of city Artemis is going to be.” This Contrast and Contradictions shows how Jazz is acting like an “adult”, which is different from how she was acting in the beginning of the book, a child. This shows how Jazz grew up and had to “swallow her pride” to save the city. Jazz, throughout the book, seemed to be acting like she should be for her age; acting like she’s twenty-six years old. Jazz also starts to realize that saving her town, Artemis, may involve sacrifice. The city’s oxygen was slowly leaking out of the city, and Jazz must find a way to get the oxygen back to the city. Jazz realizes that there is only one way for the townsfolk to live, she would have to sacrifice herself. As on page 283, the author states, “I knew what I had to do, but could me dying solve the problem? This Tough Question shows how Jazz is seeing that she needs to risk her life to save about ten-thousand. Jazz did do what she had to do, and surprisingly, she lived. This experience showed how Jazz was becoming more mature throughout the story. Also, Jazz risking her life may help

As mentioned in the first second paragraph, Jazz burned down her father’s second welding shop, and everything was burned. But, with Jazz’s new found money, she replaces everything she destroyed back when she was sixteen years old. As the author states on page 295, “So yeah. Everything I destroyed back on that day.” This Memory Moment shows how Jazz went the extra mile and tried to fix her relationship with her father. But, this is also important because it shows how Jazz still felt guilt about what happened a decade ago. Her father’s reaction came with tears as he said “I got my relationship back with my daughter.” (p296) This highlights that Jazz is not looking at her past mistakes, but looking toward the future, and she is pleased at herself that she changed as a person throughout the