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A Prayer for Owen Meany
Title: A Prayer for Owen Meany
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 1023 | Pages: 4.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
The main theme of A Prayer for Owen Meany is religious faith -- specifically, the relationship between faith and doubt in a world in which there is no obvious evidence for the existence of God. John writes on the first page of the book that Owen Meany is the reason that he is a Christian, and ensuing story is presented as an explanation of the reason why. Though the plot of the novel is quite complicated, …showed first 75 words of 1023 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1023 total…his protestations of religious faith, he is a deeply damaged and bitter man as he narrates the story. Throughout much of the book, Johnny's anger about America seems to stem from his feelings of loss and outrage about the death of Owen Meany; whatever else has happened to him, it is clear that he has been unable to move beyond the events that he narrates in the novel. He continues to live in the past.
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