Posted by Ritch on May 24, 2002, at 23:52:42
In reply to No Mitch, I meant Owen's parents (nm) » Ritch, posted by mair on May 24, 2002, at 15:59:01
Hi Mair,
I realized this after I resumed reading (after about an hour or so) late this afternoon! DUH.
I dunno. His Dad is always ready to get to movin' with the granite truck. His Mom is a mystery except for what the author mentions about her always being "in profile" to the outside world. She never speaks, except *once* to John (that I have read thus far). IF you accept Owen Meaney as a Christ character then obviously his mother would be Mary. I haven't read enough to describe (or figure out) THE UNSPEAKABLE OUTRAGE that happened to his parents. OH, yeah, the Christmas scene at the Meaney's *lacked* a baby Jesus in the manger. That is important, somehow. Owen does the gravestone thing (a "vision"). I remember at the beginning of the book how the author describes Owen as an "embryonic fox". Eeek-that sticks in my mind-like some sort of biological consteallation in the sky or something.
Mitch
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