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Prayer for Owen Meany
Title: Prayer for Owen Meany
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 919 | Pages: 3.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Prayer for Owen Meany
In the novel A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, the character of Owen Meany makes a significant impact on the narrator John Wheelwright throughout the novel. Early in the novel, Owen claims to be an instrument of God, and that he is to carry out a special mission before he dies. He also claims to know the exact date of his death. Nearly no one believes Owen when he insists that he knows …showed first 75 words of 919 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 919 total…at an airport where a crazed anti-war teen endangers the lives of many. This happens very late in the story and ends with the exhibition of "the shot," that proves to be why John and Owen practiced and accomplished the shot in under three seconds. This combined purpose to fulfill the shot proved that Owen’s purpose in life was to become a hero, but only with the help of John Wheelwright by his side.
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