A Prayer for Owen Meany

As one grows older, one may change interests and continue to pursue the same interests that one had during childhood. In A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, the main character Owen Meany develops and changes through out the novel. While changing, he also remains the same. Owen is devout religious through the entire course of the novel. He was told from a young age (11) that he was a virgin birth. This not only …

…natural-born leader, he would have been the class valedictorian if he hadn’t been expelled from Gravesend Academy. Owen Meany was a great person. He was respected and honored by all. Some felt challenged by him, but most felt motivated. He was very religious and he felt that it was necessary to believe in God. Almost the entire town showed up at his funeral, showing how much he was really missed when he had passed.