To start off this "literary adventure", I'm going to be reading Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. Before we divulve into the novel, I find that it should be made clear that, according to Dan Brown, certain facts and occurences in the story are actually true. Not only has this sparked massive interest in the novel, but it has also caused massive controversy with the Catholic Church, who is also known for its strong disapproval of the Harry Potter series for its "satanic teachings". The thing with Da Vinci Code, however, is that it directly targets the Catholic Church to either be lying, or just completely false. This, of course, was not particularly appealing to the church.Leonardo Da Vinci is most famoulsy known as one of the best artists that ever lived. It's an obvious statement, yes, but what some people may not know is that he was also known for being a prankster. Da Vinci is believed to have left some controversial messages in some of his works, such as The Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and the Madonna of the Rocks. These messages are said to be linked to a certain secret--one that has been kept hidden since 1099 by a secret society known as the Priory of Sion (www.danbrown.com), talking about an "unbroken code", which is also claimed to be truth."There exists a chapel in Great Britain that contains a ceiling from which hundreds of stone blocks protrude, jutting down to form a bizarre multi-faceted surface. Each block is carved with a symbol, seemingly at random, creating a cipher of unfathomable proportion. Modern cryptographers have never been able to break this code, and a generous reward is offered to anyone who can decipher the baffling message. In recent years, geological ultrasounds have revealed the startling presence of an enormous subterranean vault hidden beneath the chapel. This vault appears to have no entrance and no exit. To this day, the curators of the chapel have permitted no excavation." ~Dan Brown. Although I, as many other do, find this greatly appealing, most of the reaction towards these kinds of "facts" were pretty negative. I personally love the idea of a secret code on the ceiling of a chapel, but Dan Brown has been accused by others of being a "partner of the Devil", as well as being the devil himself. Whether or not you choose to believe it, all of these statements are true in the world Dan Brown "created", and need to be considered when reading the novel. All places in the book are factual, as Brown states on page one.There's your introduction! I'll have a full introduction of the first few chapters tomorrow--where I can promise a naked, dead body and plenty of secrets. Delicious!!
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER:
Where do you stand on conspiracies? Are most of them fake, or do you believe in some of what they reveal?
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where I can promise a naked, dead body and plenty of secrets. Delicious!!
can't wait for those goods.
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Conspiracy : An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.
I view are conspiracy is very clear. Im against it. matter of fact, im against anything that's against the law.
I have very little knowledge in regards to the whole Da Vinci ordeal. In the post, you talked about how Dan Brown had suspossively left secret messages in all of his work, including he Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and the Madonna of the Rocks. i find that to be outrages because his work had been created for years and yet no one had acturally proven this "secret message" to be true. It is nothing much more than a Rumor.
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