![]() The narrator comments, “Thus did Owen get his way, again ‘On the hay’ was where he would lie…” (165) after he gets the part as baby Jesus. Throughout the novel, John has a constantly worships Owen as a hero. ![]() (159)Įven though everyone is laughing at him, Meany follows through anyway, adamant in his decision to not be the angel. AND USE SOMEONE WITH A VOICE EVERYONE DOESN’T LAUGH AT,” he said, pausing while everyone laughed. ![]() “MAYBE THE SHEPHERDS CAN JUST STARE AT THE ‘PILLAR OF LIGHT.’ THE BIBLE SAYS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARED TO THE SHEPARDS – NOT TO THE WHOLE CONGREGATION. “PUT SOMEONE ELSE UP IN THE AIR,” Owen said. For example, in the Christmas pageant of 1953, Owen demands not to be the Announcing Angel: ![]() Compared to Johnny’s more passive personality, Owen is extremely active. Owen is very sure of his belief system and Johnny, very doubtful and unsure about his beliefs or feelings towards God, admits that he skips “a Sunday service now and then, makes no claims to be especially pious, has a church-rummage faith-the kind that needs patching up every weekend” (2). In the field of academics, Owen is the valedictorian of his class while he helps John not to fail in his studies. In the beginning of the novel, immediately there is a clear difference between Owen and Johnny. Meany embodies the qualities of a true leader while John grows more like his father: doubtful and lost. ![]() John Irving’s narrator, John Wheelwright, serves as a foil to the character of Owen Meany, the protagonist. ![]()
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