Owen Meany Symbolism

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August 12, 2014

 

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Beginning in chapter one, Irving introduces the motif and it inevitably provides the foundation for the theme. In the book John desperately wants to avoid going to Vietnam. In order to ensure safety from the draft, he amputates his own finger. In doing so he cuts himself off from the rest of the people his age who are going to war...
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He begins to feel alienated and this eventually leads to him to move to Canada. Another example of amputation in the book is the armadillo. Owen took the armadillo's claws when Johnny gave it to him in order to illustrate how God had used his hands to be the instrument of Johnny's mother's death. At first Johnny was baffled at why Owen had taken the claws...
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