For example, Owen becomes known as “the voice” when he writes provocative articles for The Grave, Gravesend Academy’s student newspaper.
Owen, nicknamed “the granite mouse,” is a tiny boy who speaks in ALL CAPS, controls every situation he encounters, and believes that he is god’s instrument on earth.
Without a doubt, it’s my favorite book I’ve read in the past four years.įirst off, A Prayer for Owen Meany is hilarious. It’s both uplifting and sad, serious and funny, and overall you’ll feel different by page 627 of the novel. The book follows best friends John Wheelwright and Owen Meany growing up in Gravesend, New Hampshire in the ‘50s and ‘60s, and as the book covers 20 plus years, we really get invested in John and Owen and the host of other Gravesend characters. I remember loving the book when I read it, and that’s why I chose to review it, but it seems I forgot just how much I love A Prayer for Owen Meany, and I am here to enlighten all of you future Owen Meany fans as to why it’s definitely worth it to read all 627 pages of the novel. Though it's dense and challenging at times, A Prayer for Owen Meany is also a deeply affecting story with unforgettable characters and thought-provoking themes.Recently for AP Lit we were assigned a project to briefly review a quality novel that we could write about on the AP exam, and I decided to review John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany which I read last year for the AP Lang choice novel. There's drinking and smoking, sometimes to excess, destruction of property, causalities of war, and class issues. There are lots of mature themes in this darkly comedic read, particularly about politics, war, and religion, and there is some candid sex talk. Parents need to know that A Prayer for Owen Meany, American novelist John Irving's seventh novel, is about two childhood friends whose lives intersect with class, war, family, and faith. Hester becomes known for her bawdy drunk behavior and gets drunk enough to throw up (in the grandmother's rose garden) every New Year's Eve.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Many of the adult characters drink and smoke. Owen and John smoke cigarettes and drink to get drunk on several occasions.
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