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	SparkNotes: A Prayer for Owen Meany: Summary
		Owen manages to graduate from the public high school, and John and Owen are reunited at the University of New Hampshire, where John majors in English; Owen develops a relationship with John's hypersexual cousin Hester.
		Owen is only able to pay for school by participating in an ROTC program, and he hopes for a combat assignment in Vietnam after graduation, to John and Hester's dismay.
		When John and Owen go to the airport for John's return flight--on the day that Owen believes he is destined to die--they see a group of nuns escorting a column of Vietnamese war orphans through the halls.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/owenmeany/summary.html (1190 words)

	A Prayer for Owen Meany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Prayer for Owen Meany is a novel by American writer John Irving, first published in 1989.
		Owen is also the recipient of many special privileges, such as getting to play the baby Jesus in a Christmas pageant because he is the only actor who can fit in the crib and not cry.
		Young John is skeptical of Owen's unquestioned belief in the purpose of all things for several reasons, namely, his mother's premature death (as the result of the impact of a baseball hit by Owen), and his mother's failure ever to disclose his father's identity.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A_Prayer_for_Owen_Meany (657 words)

	Everlasting Presence of Owen Meany
		Owen Meany will always be a God to John that John can always turn to for comfort, advice, faith, and help no matter how hard the problem is. In some sense, Owen will always be with John throughout the rest of John’s life, and John is extremely grateful for this aspect of his life.
		Owen Meany is a God to John Wheelwright, and his continuous presence will be felt, heard, and believed in with John forever as long as John still keeps the strong faith he possesses in Owen and their true friendship.
		Owen and John came to a consensus that no hard feelings would be administered for the humiliation Owen was pampered with because Owen felt it was all part of the divine plan God had in store for him.
	sebsteph.com /Professional/sebsportfolio/syllabi/M102/owen_meany.htm (2999 words)

	A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving is God
		Owen Meany believes he didn't hit the ball by accident.
		The devotion that Owen feels toward John and his gratitude that John treats him like he's "normal" is evidenced by all that he gives up for John.
		Owen and Johnny have a friendship that cannot be broken.
	www.geocities.com /irvingophile/Owen.html (326 words)

	A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		A Prayer for Owen Meany is steeped in the ritual andpractice of mainline Protestantism.
		Despite its theological proppings, A Prayer for Owen Meany is a fable of political predestination.
		The tragedy notwithstanding, Owen and Johnny cleave to a friendship sealed when Owen uses desperate means to keep Johnny from going to Vietnam, and brought to its apotheosis when Johnny is present at the death Owen has seen prefigured in a vision.
	www.stokenewington.net /readinggroup/books/irving.html (1148 words)

	Theology Today - Vol 46, No. 4 - January 1990 - BOOK REVIEW - A Prayer for Owen Meany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In itself, the story of Owen's life and death is as bizarre and incredible as THE VOICE Owen Meany was in his life and became shortly after his death: with perfect clarity it is able to speak from before or beyond the grave.
		Despite Owen Meany's unbelievably miniature size and never-changing voice (and in spite of the obstacle of the opening chapter in which Owen hits a foul ball that kills John Wheelwright's mother), the character of Owen Meany has a remarkable cumulative effect.
		Owen Meany is so terrifyingly single-minded, so utterly set on the predetermined course that leads him to his death-so lacking, in short, in what science would call the historical causality of plot-that he has no rhyme or reason.
	theologytoday.ptsem.edu /jan1990/v46-4-bookreview1.htm (1018 words)

	Thoughts on John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany / 1997 - 2000 Barb Troyer-Turvey
		Owen’s arms are blown off at the end with the fulfillment of his dream/vision: when he saves the roomful of Vietnamese children from the grenade.
		In Owen Meany I recognized the boys school environment from the perspective of a child of faculty, the death of a mother at a young age, the dressmaker’s dummy, expatriate living in Canada...
		Owen Meany believed that ‘coincidence’ was a stupid, shallow refuge sought by stupid, shallow people who were unable to accept the fact that their lives were shaped by a terrifying and awesome design—more powerful and unstoppable than The Flying Yankee.
	www.corpus-delicti.com /barb/owenmean.html (2173 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Prayer for Owen Meany: Books: John Irving (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Owen Meany is a dwarfish boy with a strange voice who accidentally kills his best friend's mum with a baseball and believes--correctly, it transpires--that he is an instrument of God, to be redeemed by martyrdom.
		Owen Meany is maybe the most unlikely hero of any novel but this extraordinary book tells his story and makes us understand what a hero he is. Very moving.
		Yet `Owen Meany' seems to be the novel that draws the most praise from the general reading public.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Prayer-Owen-Meany-John-Irving/dp/0688077080 (1355 words)

	A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
		The novel relates the story of the friendship between the narrator, John Wheelwright, and the diminutive Owen Meany.
		From the beginning we are told that Owen is a hero -- indeed, we are told that he is the reason the narrator believes in God.
		Owen's speech, all CAPITALIZED, is not as irritating as we were led to believe -- indeed, only the religion and some of the politics were less than well-handled (but they are always notoriously difficult to get a grip on).
	www.complete-review.com /reviews/irvingj/omeany.htm (924 words)

	Reading Group Guide \| A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY by John Irving
		Owen Meany, the only child of a New Hampshire granite quarrier, believes he is God’s instrument.
		Owen speaks and writes in capital letters, emphasizing the potency of his strange voice.
		Owen Meany taught John that "Any good book is always in motion--from the general to the specific, from the particular to the whole and back again." Do you think Irving followed his own recipe for a good book?
	www.readinggroupguides.com /guides/prayer_for_owen_meany.asp (709 words)

	Round House Theatre \| Metropolitan Washington, DC \| www.roundhousetheatre.org
		An epic story spanning nearly three decades, A Prayer for Owen Meany is a sublime meditation on faith, predestination, and the power of friendship set against a backdrop of turbulent times in America.
		The story centers on John Wheelwright and his friendship with Owen Meany, a man of diminutive stature with a high-pitched voice, who claims to be an instrument of God.
		A Prayer for Owen Meany is sponsored in part by the generous support of Judy and Leo Zickler and Esthy and Jim Adler.
	www.roundhousetheatre.org /newsroom/prayerowenmeany.php (389 words)

	Essay Depot - A Prayer for Owen Meany
		Owen convinced himself that the reason he was used to kill John’s mom is because he is an “instrument of God”; and that God had taken away Owen’s hands because he is helplessly under the control of destiny.
		Owen Meany never gave John the chance to decide for himself in what he believed in because Owen disproved John’s belief by confirming to John that life is destiny.
		John Wheelwright in A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving is a depressed and bitter man who leads a solitary life in the confinements of his past because he has been so traumatized by catastrophic events in his life that he cannot bring himself to move forward.
	www.essaydepot.com /essayme/2361/index.php (1342 words)

	Owen Meany
		A Prayer For Owen Meany is a novel by American/Canadian author John Irving.
		Of course, the red in Owen Meany symbolizes Tabitha's departure from what her life normally is, a quiet, peaceful, predictable existence in a small town.
		Owen's association with granite appears later, in the pedestal for the remade statue of Mary Magdalene and in his own tombstone.
	www.oberlin.edu /acs/books/owenmeany.htm (1362 words)

	Thoughts and Opinions on Owen Meany
		Owen is one of, if not the most inspirational and original character crafted by Irving, who weaves a powerful story from the accounts of Owen's friend.
		Owen Meany is definitely a bizarre character--his belief in his own Christ-ness and in his dream-visions, his strange relationships with women, the ways in which he copes with his small stature.
		A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving's novel about the life of the son of a granite miner, draws you in and takes you on an emotional adventure.
	ourworld-top.cs.com /irvingpage/owenword.htm (2452 words)

	A Prayer for Owen Meany Summary & Essays - John Irving
		John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany, published by Ballantine in 1989, is a long, sprawling novel in the tradition of Charles Dickens and other nineteenth-century novelists.
		Owen also possesses a strong religious faith and an uncanny knowledge of future events in his life—including the exact time and circumstances of his own tragic but heroic death.
		A Prayer for Owen Meany is Irving's seventh novel.
	www.enotes.com /prayer-owen (311 words)

	Aisle Say (Boston): A Prayer for Owen Meany
		Stoneham's production was a New England premiere and while fans of the novel may have found some of the action too condensed, those unfamiliar with this story which covers almost forty years found it compelling and may be encouraged to read the original.
		Predictably "A Prayer for Owen Meany" hinged on the actor playing the title role, and in New Yorker Ken Schatz Stoneham found a riveting performer for the role, at once repellent and intriguing.
		Owen Doyle, seen this fall as Seward in Stoneham's original adaptation of "Dracula" is Owen's stonecutter farmer, while Sharon Mason is his mother and David Arum plays John's kindly stepfather, Dan.
	www.aislesay.com /MA-PRAYER.html (718 words)

	Death And Dying In A Prayer For Owen Meany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The theme of death and dying in A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving is constant throughout the novel.
		Owen was placed on earth for a purpose, which he completes at the end.
		Owen Meany’s death and him being an instrument of God, it helped John believe in God and that afterlife is true.
	www.freeessays.cc /db/10/bah245.shtml (775 words)

	theatreguidelondon - a prayer for owen meany - 2002
		Owen Meany is one of Irving's grotesques, an undersized boy with a loud, high-pitched voice and two defining characteristics, an absolute faith in God and the conviction that he has been chosen by God for some great work.
		John Wheelwright, narrator of both book and play, is Owen's only friend, a boy (and then man) whose own religious doubts are painfully shaken by watching the acting-out of Owen's fate.
		As a child Owen has a series of encounters with adults that play at the moment like wise-guy repartee but gradually accumulate into an eloquent expression of his beliefs.
	www.theatreguidelondon.co.uk /reviews/prayerowenmeany02.htm (331 words)

	A Prayer For Owen Meany
		At the end, it seems that John has found faith in Owen Meany rather than faith in God, and the faith he claims to have found has not enlightened his life: he is a bitter man who lives in the past, still mourning Owen's death.
		At first, it seems that Owen is a Christ-like figure, believed (at least by his parents and by himself) to be born of a virgin mother, doomed to end a martyr: like Christ, Owen is "used".
		A Prayer for Owen Meany is a complex book, that raises many questions: I love it when literature teachers write their own novels, there is always so much more than first meets the eye...
	discussingbooks.cohprog.com /dbe/English/APrayerForOwenMeany.htm (1052 words)

	A Prayer for Owen Meany Characters
		Owen Meany is John Wheelwright's closest friend from boyhood.
		Owen is tiny, never growing taller than five feet, and he speaks in a high, nasal voice that never changes.
		Owen is highly intelligent and has a charismatic presence that is hard to ignore.
	www.enotes.com /prayer-owen/12010 (163 words)

	Literate Chicks -> Reviews -> A Prayer for Owen Meany
		It’s one of the funniest books I’ve ever read, and Owen Meany has got to be the most memorable character, ever.
		The story is told by Owen’s best friend, John Wheelwright, and begins when the two boys are in grade school in New Hampshire, with John’s mother (who has “THE BEST BREASTS OF ALL THE MOTHERS”) and his cousin “Hester the Molester” filling out the cast of strong characters.
		Owen has an unnaturally loud, squeaky, high voice, which is represented in the book by all capital letters.
	www.litchicks.com /reviews/a-prayer-for-owen-meany.html (330 words)

	Stoneham Theatre - A Prayer for Owen Meany - January 12-29 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Impaired by an underdeveloped body, Owen is disproportionately short and needs to shout to be heard because of his weak vocal chords.
		Owen's stature makes him the butt of many jokes and cruel pranks but also the recipient of many special privileges, such as getting to play the baby Jesus in a Christmas pageant because he is the only person who can fit in the manger.
		Terrifying, moving, and often comic, A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY is a coming-of-age account of friendship, families, "normalcy," politics, faith, and doubt.
	www.stonehamtheatre.org /781-279-2200/news/a_prayer_for_owen_meany_january_1229.html (507 words)

	Owen Meany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Owen believes he has been chosen to be an instrument of God.
		Owen takes his visions as both assurances of his future and as guidelines for reaching that future.
		Owen's future is determined, but because he is already an instrument of God, he lives in a way that makes him an instrument of God.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~MA01/Cober/mathesis/owenmeany.html (269 words)

	a prayer fo owen meany \| Essays
		A Critique of A Prayer For Owen Meany
		Owen experienced visions of future events, he had a unique type of faith in God that is unusual of most people, and he speaks endlessly to inform people about God.
		Owen had dehumanized this character to the point that children were leaving the theater crying and some were even wetting their pants.
	www.fratfiles.com /essays/22388.html (248 words)

	Nominees and Recipients
		Blake Robison, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Round House Theatre
		Matthew Detmer, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Round House Theatre
		A Prayer for Owen Meany, Round House Theatre
	www.helenhayes.org /sub/nr.cfm (819 words)

	A Prayer for Owen Meany
		A Prayer for Owen Meany is a book that over the years has garnered vivid and violent supporters the world over.
		It is a weighty tome and purports to tackle a weighty issue (the Godhead!) and is written in a sweepingly humble style, married with occasional descent into the grubby realm of the vernacular.
		A Prayer for Owen Meany is a big book and it is kind of humbling how Mr Irving manages to squash in so many little details and make them all interconnect.
	www.zipworld.com.au /~hilja/zeropages/bookz/meany/meany.html (743 words)

	A Prayer for Owen Meany - Review by Dan Geddes
		John Irving’s A Prayer For Owen Meany is yet another Irving book that absolutely held my attention, and had me racing to finish it.
		In Owen Meany we have the accidental death of Tabby Wheelwright, the accidental death of Sagamore (the neighborhood dog), and the violent death of Owen Meany.
		During the hilarious nativity scene where Owen plays the baby Jesus, we are told more than once that Owen "wanted to keep his arms free" despite the director’s wanting to wrap him up completely.
	www.thesatirist.com /books/OwenMeany.html (688 words)

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