


Do you believe that one can exist without the other or that one strengthens the other? Was your opinion about Merrill's views on faith and doubt affected by the revelation of his relationship to John Wheelwright? Reverend Merrill always speaks of faith in tandem with doubt.Why is Owen's voice so important? What other occasions can you think of in which Owen's voice played an especially meaningful role?

At the academy, he is even referred to as the Voice. Owen speaks and writes in capital letters, emphasizing the potency of his strange voice.What other deaths was Owen indirectly involved with? Do you find Owen's close relationship with death to support or undermine his miraculous purpose? Though he's portrayed as an instrument of God, Owen Meany causes the death of John's mother.
