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A Prayer for Owen Meany analysis
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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, the explanation for Owen's effect on John's faith is extremely simple: Owen's life is a miracle--he has supernatural visions and dreams, he believes that he acts as God's instrument, and he has divine foreknowledge of his own death--and offers miraculous and almost undeniable evidence of God's existence. The basic thematic shape of the novel
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