Monday, July 6, 2009

Angels and demons by Dan Brown

One lesson I learnt from this book is that the truth always wins. In the story, then carmelengo went through all ways and means possible to slam science in the long-lasting feud between the church and science. He even hired the enemy, a hassaisin , under a false name to torture the four cardinals to frame the illuminati, an ancient science brotherhood, for the “trouble” they have caused the church. He speaks of science as an evil that causes destruction and questions God’s holy existence. However, the people themselves find out which is the real evil when the truth is uncovered.

If this story occurred a long time ago, I do not think the main story plot will be grossly over changed as the feud between the church and science started hundreds of years ago. Of course, there must be some changes. For example, the pope wouldn’t just have a son, he would father a son without the use of scientific methods,; that is, he literally fathers a child. Another change that must be made is that the destructive weapon wouldn’t be the anti-matter- rather, it would be some new weapon that science just created.

I think the climax of the book is when the antimatter is counting down. The carmelengo takes the antimatter with him and flies off with Robert Langdon helping him, though he is unaware that it is a suicide mission and he is one lucky man if he makes it out alive.

The title, in my opinion, is a rather good one as the church tells us that angels are “good” and guide us; they are God’s helpers. They say that demons like Satan are God’s enemy and nobody should succumb to their temptation. However, in the end, it is very obvious who are the angels… and who are the demons

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