1. Owen Meany compared with Oedip
In Sunday school Owen would always be harassed for being too small and was often thrown around and abused by the children. ... He still continued to attend church every Sunday and kept his faith alive. ... (Pg 1) He sends Creon to an oracle to find out how to cure the city of this plague and Creon comes back to say the killer of Laius is in this town and needs to be driven out for the plague to end. ... (pg 5) The irony comes about when Oedipus was making fun of and rebuking the citizens of his country for not taking action, as well as reprimanding the unknown person who did this awful cri...
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- Grade Level: High School