Hello to ya'll!
I'd like to start out with sharing a few of my comments. If that is alright with you. And if it's not, well then, next time I bring in cupcakes, you shall not be getting any. So there :P
First of all, I'm sorry to say, but Sophie has dropped down to second after Teabing. Because Teabing is AWESOME!!! Come on, he has a British accent, lies without blinking, and has crutches which he uses as weapons! He is like an epic British super hero!! Minus the whole, not having superpowers...
And I'd also like to share with you my top ten character list, because you have to have one in order to take a book seriously.
1. Leigh Teabing
2. Sophie Neveu
3. Robert Langdon
And this is where I get stuck...
4. Jacques Sauniere
5. Da Vinci
6. Collet
7. Silas (I feel bad for him, cause he's brain washed)
8. Elizabeth
9. The armored bank truck
10. Aringarosa
Fache and Remy did not make the list, because Fache is a jerk, and Remy is the jerk of all jerks because he's a two-faced son of a Benedict Arnold.
And I wish I had a private jet... and a Newport mansion...
To the Questions!!
1. Do you think Fache is the teacher? This definitely can be argued both ways.
2. Who else would not talk to their grandfather for 10 years after seeing what she saw??? SOOOOOOOO CREEPY
3. Is there something more than friendship in the future for Langdon and Sophie? And this can be backed up with evidence from the novel.
4. Should the documents about Mary Magdalene and such, when found, be told to the world, or kept safe?
5. Does Silas have the right to be doing what he is doing?
6. Does Vernet know how important the box is? Is he just trying to protect Sauniere's belongings or is he also part of the Opus Dei?
7. Is Langdon naive? Teabing calls Langdon an optimist at times, and almost downgrades his intelligence, and Teabing does have a point.
8. Do you feel bad for Aringrosa?
9. Will Fauckman play more of a role in the end of the book?
10. Is Aringrosa a good man at heart? Is Silas? Or are they both just jerks??
Sorry I didn't write anything sooner, and I know I let Ben, Nicole, and Ally become authors, so hopefully they can take over my job :) And, as always, ask your own questions!!
-Brianna
I definitely should have put Elizabeth and the armored bank truck before Silas...
ReplyDeleteHello! I read way ahead, so I'll try to make my post void of all spoilers.
ReplyDelete5. Does Silas have the right to be doing what he is doing?
Obviously, Silas is portrayed as the "bad" character. He murdered Sauniere and the other senechal, and the Sister. He does not have a right to be killing all of these people,but I feel that he cannot necessarily be considered "evil". It seems that he is desperate, and Silas' actions derive from his true belief that he is defending the faith. It is stated that "Silas was looking forward to finding the keystone and giving it to the Teacher so they could revoer what the brotherhood had long ago stolen from the faithful" (Brown 54). Silas's actions are only to ensure the survival of everything he's ever known. His passion for his faith simply have misguided consequences.
As I have already said, Fache cannot be the Teacher. Aringrosa said, “Unfortunately, the Teacher's protocols for caution included a refusal to give Aringrosa any kind of contact number. I alone will initiate contact, the Teacher had informed him" (Brown 231). The fact that the Teacher takes these precautions shows that the Teacher is extremely secretive. Unlike the Teacher, Fache leaves behind a telephone number for Aringrosa to call if he ever does check his messages. Fache's actions contradict the philosophy of the Teacher, which clear makes Fache not the Teacher. Even if Fache was the Teacher, why would he send Silas after Langdon, Teabing, and Sophie? What can Fache gain with them dead or hurt?
ReplyDeleteTeabing mentions, “They have been waiting for the right moment in history to share their secret. A time when the world is ready to handle the truth" (Brown 319). Teabing clearly wants the truth about Mary Magdalene to be revealed to the public and is convinced the reason the Church has attacked was to prevent the truth to come out. It makes a lot of sense since Sauniere's death could have been caused due to this reason, since he was the Grandmaster of the Priory of Sions. However, the fact that Sauniere didn't reveal the truth about this earlier is somewhat disturbing since he only meant Sophie and Langdon to find the truth in his dying words. But the mystery about what would happen next would remain in question.
I agree with Ally about the actions of Silas. Though Silas understands that his actions were morally wrong since after every murder that he commits, he whips himself and believes that total forgiveness "required sacrifice" (Brown 14). But in the eyes of Silas, he sees himself as the helper of the Lord as he murders the enemies of God. I won't describe him as desperate but a person that wants to redeem himself from his past. Silas even says that declaring war against the enemies of God has been done throughout the centuries and that "Forgiveness was assured" (Brown 14). Thus, Silas isn't desperate, but just a man that wants to redeem himself in life but becomes the scapegoat for the Teacher.
To be continued...