The Da Vinci Code - Final Reflection

It is a bit awkward to move straight from introducing the author and characters to writing my final reflection. I just couldn't put the book down, and I finished so fast I didn't have time to write any reflections beforehand. The book was completely astonishing. Although I already saw the film based on the novel, the book had significant differences. Written with more detail and suspense, I felt like sinking through the book while I was reading it. Eventually, Robert and Sophie won. They found out the secret of the Holy Grail and all other mysteries they encountered throughout the story. Just like Angels and Demons & The Digital Fortress, The Da Vinci Code was a thrilling novel with intricate ties and knots within the plot.

Something I felt as I was reading the story was worldwide conflict related to religion and the significant role of religion in history. Although there may be some parts within the novel that have errors and misproved facts, a lot of the information seemed pretty convincing. The way Dan Brown related Leonardo Da Vinci's work to Christianity and other secret brotherhoods was very interesting to me. Everything did seem a bit complicated, and I did have to go over some parts of the novel a couple of times, the facts he gave and the information he taught was simply surprising. I never knew of such historical records and happenings.

However, I do understand that many people oppose this novel. Some scholars completely disagree that such an organization as the Priory of Sion existed, and other historians are also disapproving about the many information Dan Brown gave in his novel. Overall, the people that disagree the most with this novel are Christians worldwide, since they believe Dan Brown was trying his best to argue with Christianity and crush it into pieces by stating negative facts about the history of the Catholic Church. In some countries, the government even banned the movie version from coming into public theaters because of these controversies.

Overall, I'm not that unhappy about this novel, since no matter how much false information Brown may have given, I enjoyed reading the book and it definitely did its job as a fictional novel. The purpose of the writing was not to inform but to entertain readers, and I think it served its purpose well enough.