Despite the
circumstances, A Prayer for Owen Meany has been completed! I know we
haven’t been given work, but my mom wants me to stay productive, so the book is
done. Near the end it reminded me a bit of Slaughterhouse V, due to the
non-chronological order that was used. The final scene happened second to last
and the leading up to it happened at the very end. I thought this was strange
at first, but eventually saw why. Throughout the novel the idea of belief and
destiny was built up and used, and it was alluded to that the character Owen
Meany was supposed to be a symbol for Christ, or the savior. If this is what
the author intended, then the use of non-chronological ordering of events makes
sense, as the ending of each person was already predetermined. This is an idea
that I may explore further, if I can find some smaller details, but I don’t
want to focus on the main idea too heavily, as the minor details are a little
more interesting. Hope everyone is doing well in quarantine, or at least did
well when this is finally uploaded.
So the book is over, and my initial thoughts were in the 2nd microblog if you wanted to check that out, but overall it was a good book, despite the abrupt ending. What I thought was a bit weird was that toward the ending there were a lot of references to God and other religious aspects, whereas there was none int he first half. My thought was that Anne Frank and the others at the Annex got more comfortable and safe, which meant they could openly talk about their religion, of which they were being prosecuted. But after a bit of thought, I decided that was not the reason. Instead, I think it's due to the fact that Anne Frank is an oracle. Yes, an oracle, the prophecy making lady in mythology. This is more due to the fact that she had a feeling, instead of the gods bestowing information upon her, but the name still fits. I see it as Anne realizing what could potentially happen to her and her family, so she turns to rel...
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