A Prayer for Owen Meany | Characters
Typical of an Irving novel, A Prayer for Omen Meany contains a large number of characters, many of them caricatures. The narrator, Johnny Wheelwright, is the realistic counterpart to Owen Meany, whose small stature, adenoidal voice pitched at a scream, and prophetic visions make him highly symbolic. Johnny's matrilineal family is so firmly established in the community that they can be comfortably eccentric. His mother, Tabitha Wheelwright, leads a secret life as a bar-singer in Boston, refusing to apologize for her illegitimate child and retaining her maiden name when she finally...
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