THE ASSASSINATION OF THE POPE IN DAN BROWN’S NOVEL “ANGELS AND DEMONS”
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ABSTRACT
ABSTRAK
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, I would like to thank and praise to the Almighty God Jesus Christ for
blessing and giving me opportunity, health, and ability to accomplish this paper.
I would like to thank to Dr. Syahron Lubis, M. A. as the Dean of Faculty
of Culture Studies. Then, I would like to thank to Dr. Matius C. A. Sembiring,
M. A., the Head of Diploma III English Study Program, who has shared his time to guide me in the process of my study. I would like to dedicate a deep gratitude
to my supervisor, Dra. Hartisari M.A and my reader, for the valuable time to
give the correct and give constructive criticisms in completing this paper. Then, I
would like to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to all lecturers in
English Diploma Study Program for their valuable guidance and knowledges that
they have gave to me during my study.
The most special thank is dedicated to my beloved parents, my father,
Alm. Ir. Arnold Parlindungan Tampubolon and my mother, Martua Marpaung S.T who have given me love, cares, advices, supports, and always pray for me in order to get my best. To my beloved younger brother, Mikhael Febriano Tampubolon thanks for the cares and motivations that you have given to me. Special thanks to kak Susi Simanjuntak , kak Agreny and kak Zahra for
your advices, and motivations which you have given during my study.
Then to my friends at English Diploma III 2008, Ivo , Diah, Apriana,
Feni Maria, Norvika, Christine Magdalena, Christine Pauline, Vany , Joan and the others friends in class A and B, thank you very much for all of you, for
Finally, I realize that this paper is still far from being perfect. Therefore, I
welcome any constructive criticisms and suggestions towards to this paper.
Medan,
The writer,
TABLE OF CONTENT
2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ………. 4
3. THE MEANING OF ASSASSINATION AND POPE 3.1.Assassination 3.1.1. Definition of Assassination ……….. 7
3.1.2. Kinds of Assassination ………. 7
3.1.3. The elements of Assassination ………. 9
3.2. A Pope 3.2.1. Definition of Pope ………. 10
3.2.2. The duties of Pope ……… 10
4. THE ANALYSIS OF THE ASSASSINATION OF THE POPE IN DAN BROWN’S NOVEL "ANGELS AND DEMONS" 4.1.Assassination ……… 16
4.2.The name of murders 4.2.1. Carlo Ventresca (Camerlengo) ………. 21
ABSTRACT
ABSTRAK
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1.The Background of the Study
Assassination is an act of killing someone for the way that is unlawful, or
which is against the law. It is the murder of a prominent person by a surprise
attack, usually for payment. It is usually motivated by a variety of motives, such
as politics, jealousy, revenge, self-defense, and so on. It can be done in many
ways. For example, by shooting a person using different kinds of weapons, by
exploding using bombs. A person who commits such an act is called an assassin.
The assassins may carry out the assassination for the prospect of financial gain,
for avenge of agrievance, or for the desire to acquire fame or notoriety. The term
of assassination is thought to be derived from the Arabic language "Hashish", a
member of secret terrorist sect of Moeslems of the 11th – 13th Century, said to have been used by Hasan-And-Sabah to induce motivation his followers, who are
assigned to carry out political and other murders, usually at the cost of their lives.
Assassination usually describe about the planned killing of a person who is
not under the legal jurisdiction of the killer, who is not physically in the hands of
the killer, who has been selected by a resistance organization for death, and whose
death provides positive advantages to that organization. Murder is not morally
justifiable. For example, killing a Pope is not more morally justifiable. It shocks
the world, because the Pope is the bishop of
worldwide
daily work entrusted to a number of state agencies as well as individuals, who
will affect the lives of 1.2 billion Catholics around the world. In the Catholic
church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of
Concerning with my writing topic “The assassination of Pope in Dan
Brown’s novel” is a fictional novel, the writer would like to explore thoroughly
the discussion about the assassination of Pope and an ancient secret brotherhood
presumed extinct for nearly four hundred years, reborn to continue their deadly
vendetta against their most hates enemy, the Catholic church.
1.2.The Problem
The problem is how to find the reason why the killers kill the Pope and
how they kill him.
1.3.The Scope of the Study
In writing this paper, the writer tries to limit her scope by showing the
relations between the assassination case and the reasons the Pope killed.
1.4.Objective of Study
The purpose of study as the following are:
1. To know what are the motives to kill the Pope.
2. To find out who kill the Pope.
3. To find out why the killers kill the Pope.
4. To know how the killers murder the Pope.
1.5. Reason for Choosing the Topic
The writer chooses the novel “Angels and Demons” as her topic because :
1. The Pope is the bishop of Rome and head of church who is killed by a
2. The story is taken from the best seller’s novel.
3. The novel has an inquistive topic which makes the writer eager to know.
4. The novel describes about the assassination of the Pope which is planned
by the Pope’s reliable.
1.6 The Method of Study
The writer uses library research that is done by collecting data from some
books related to the topic. The sources of data are Dan Brown’s novel Angels and
2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Fananie (2000:6) says, “Literature is a fiction that are created based on
emotion spontaneously capable of expressing the ability aspects of beauty are
both based aspects of language and aspects of meaning”. This human capable of
presenting creative ideas and life experiences with literary art form. The form of
literary content of thoughts, feelings, experiences, ideas, beliefs and spirit of
others.
Merriam (2011) says, “Writings having excellence of form or expression
and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest”. Literature is writings in
which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal
interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history,
biography, and essays. Literature in the sense drama, poems, and novel has
something different.
According to English Dictionary, “Novel is a prose containing a series of
one’s life story with those around him, to accentuate the character and nature of
every culprit”. There are two important elements. There are intrinsic elements and
extrinsic elements.
According to The Department of Education and Culture (1989:618) , “The
novel is a long essay in prose and contains a series of stories of one’s life with
others around him to accentuate the character and nature of each actor”.
Meanwhile, Jassin in Zulfahnur (1996:67) says that novel tells
extraordinary occurrence of characters, where the events that lead to inner turmoil
According to M.v.T (1998) says, “Crime (rechtdeliten) is the act which,
though not specified in the law, as a criminal act, has been perceived as a onrecht
as an act as opposed to the rule of law”.
According to Bemmelem (Hussein, 2003) says, “ Criminality is a crime
anti-social acts that cause harm, misbehavior in public, so that there is anxiety in
the community, and to appease the public, the State shall execute judgments
against criminals”.
Wahbah Zuhali ( 1989: 217) says, “Assassination is the act of eliminating
or kill someone” . Definition of such killings is understood that the murder was
not a crime classified whether done intentionally, or unintentionally and
intentionally or semi. It means that nothing is exempt under criminal charges for
criminal the assassination perpetrators. From the proposed definition, the
assassination can be classified on deliberate murder, murder was not intentional
and deliberate killing of spring”.
Zainuddin Ali (2007: 24) says, “The assassination is a deliberate act
committed by a person in order to kill others by using equipment that is deemed
worthy of killing”.
Sayid Sabiq (1980: 435) says, “Intentionally the assassination is a murder
committed by a mukalaf intentionally taking the life of others who is guaranteed
his safety, using powerful tools that supposedly can kill (turn it off)”.
In R v Janjua and Choudury (1998) say, “A young man was stabbed to
3. THE MEANING OF ASSASSINATION AND POPE
3.1 Assassination
3.1.1. Definition of Assassination
Assassination is an activity done by someone or several people who cause
someone or several people died. The clergy defines assassination by a human act
that causes loss of life. It is also an act of taking the life another person and
intentionally or unintentionaly . Someone who does this act of murder is called a
killer.
3.1.2. Kinds of Assassination
There are two kinds of killing, namely :
1. The Intentional Killing
The intentional killing is a kind of murder which is done intentionally to
take someone’s life. For example, to point the gun to someone’s neck and to
poison someone with destructive liquid.
The intentional killing can be illustrated by using the picture as follows.
1) To point the gun to someone’s neck
2) To poison someone with destructive liquid
(This picture illustrates that the bottle with an emblem to indicate that the content of the bottle is poisonous and the hand shows that the person is died).
2. The Unintentional Killing
The unintentional killing is a kind of murder which is done unintentional
to take someone’s life. For example, to hit someone’s head on a door which
causes a person dies and to strike someone by vehicle which causes a person dies.
The unintentional killing can be illustrated by using the picture as follows
1) To hit someone’s head on a door which causes a person dies
(This picture illustrates that someone hit the man’s head on the wall)
(A victim and a motorcycle are lying on the highway. The victim is a victim of the crash from a large truck that is right in front of the victim)
3.1.3. The elements of Assassination
The elements of assassination are divided into two elements. They are
intentional elements and unintentionally elements.
A. The Intentional Elements :
The intentional elements are elements that happen if the people
commit the intentional killing. The elements are :
1. The victims.
2. The deed which causes to death.
3. The intention of the doer causes loss of life.
B. The Unintentional Elements :
The unintentional elements are elements that happen if the people commit
the unintentional killing. The elements are :
1. The victims.
2. The deed which causes to death.
3.2. A Pope
3.2.1. Definition of Pope
The word of pope is papa in Old English and Middle English while
ecclesiastical jurisdiction (the Holy) is another word for pope comes from Late
Latin (LL) and Classical Greek (Gr).
The pope is the bishop of Rome and the leader of the worldwide Catholic
church. In the Catholic church, the pope is regarded as the successor of Saint
Peter, the Apostle. Catholics believe that the pope is the Vicar of Christ, who has
been appointed by God to spread the gospel in all the Catholics .Beside as his
position as the bishop of Rome and the leader of the worldwide Catholic church,
the pope is also the head and the Independent and Sovereign of Vatican City in
which is a city-state is entirely surrounded by the city of Rome, the capital of the
Italian State.
3.2.2. The Duties of Pope
As the bishop of Rome, the head of the Catholic church and the head of
the Vatican state, the pope has some duties. Those duties can be described as
follows.
a) He must meet and discuss any political and religious cases with one of the
head of states which join the Vatican State every day.
b) He must perform the liturgy, appoint a new bishop, and do the task of
c) He must perform the closed Mass ceremony which is attended by household
staff.
d) He must give the main liturgy in annual Christian festival day such as Easter
at the Cathedral St. Peter in Rome or other places.
e) He must greet the pilgrims from all over the world to conduct religious act at
least two days a week.
f) He must meet the bishop and political leaders from around the world at least
once every five years - about 20 a week.
The above duties can be illustrated by showing some pictures as follows
respectively :
a) He must meet and discuss any political and religious cases with one of the
head of states which join the Vatican State every day.
A Pope (Benedict XVI) meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (left) in the library of the Apostolic Palace (Picture 2)
b) He must perform the liturgy, appoint a new bishop, and do the task of
traveling.
c) He must perform the closed Mass ceremony which is attended by
household staff.
A pope performes the closed Mass ceremony with 115 cardinals in Sistine Chapel (Picture 4)
d) He must give the main liturgy in annual Christian festival day such as
Easter at the Cathedral St. Peter in Rome or other places.
A Pope (Benedict XVI) Christmas Eve Mass procession in St. Peter's Basilica (Saint Peters Basilica), Vatican City (Picture 6)
e) He must greet the pilgrims from all over the world to conduct religious act at least two days a week
f) He must meet the bishop and political leaders from around the world at least once every five years - about 20 a week
A Pope (Francis) meets with representatives of the major religions of the world in a private audience at Vatican City (Picture 8)
4. THE ANALYSIS OF THE ASSASSINATION OF THE POPE IN DAN BROWN’S NOVEL “ANGELS AND DEMONS”
4.1. Assassination
The assassination which occurs in the novel is a murder carried out in a
related series by one of the member of secret terrorists. The group of secret
terrorists are the Hassassin, the Knights Templar and the Armies.
There are five events involved in the assassination of the pope which is
organized by the group of secret terrorist.
The first event is to kill the pope who is performed by a camerlengo, a
cardinal who has charge of the papal treasury and accounts. The camerlengo is the
cardinal who is against the pope to make or to add the new rule which never
happens before in the church. He tries to talk about the case but the pope keeps
consistent with his new rule. Then they quarrel to each other. The quarrel can be
seen from one of the following conversation about the Vatican fund Vetra’s work
as a gesture of goodwill toward spiritually based scientific research.
Madness! The church investing in research that threatened to make the church obsolete? Work that spawned weapons of mass destruction? The bomb that had killed his mother. . .
‘But . . . you can’t !’ the camerlengo had exclaimed. ‘I owe a deep debt to science,’ the Pope had replied.
‘Something I have hidden my entire life. Science gave me a gift when I was young man. A gift I have never forgotten.’
‘I don’t understand. What does science have to offer a manof God?’
‘It is complicated’, the Pope had said. I will need time to make you understand. But first, there is a simple fact about me that you must know. I have kept it hidden all these years. I believe it is time I told you’.
He disagrees with what the pope has planned. Therefore he is angry and
plans to kill the pope. He prepares a needle filled with a drug known as Heparin
with overdose dosages which would cause massive internal bleeding and brain
hemorrhages. That is the equipment to kill the pope. The way he kills the pope
can be illustrated from the story found in the novel.
“Sneaking into the Papal bed chambers . . . filling his syringe . . . covering the deceiver’s mouth as his body spasmed into death. In the moonlight, the camerlengo could see in the Pope’s wild eyes there was something he wanted to say. But it was too late. The Pope had said enough”.
The second event is to kill a cardinal, senior Roman Catholic priest, who is
performed by the Hassassin, a group of secret terrorist. The camerlengo asks him
to kill cardinal named Ebner from Frankfurt, Germany. He plans to kill Ebner
because he supports and agrees what pope has done for the church. Therefore,
camerlengo feels furies to whomever supports the pope and make them his
enemies. All his enemies are kidnapped and locked up in a cell in the basement in
the castle of Angels. Ebner is one of them. He is taken out from a cell in the
basement in the castle of Angels to the basement of Chigi chapel. But before he is
killed, one of member the Hassassin whch is ordered to kill the victim, he must
brand the victim with symbol “Earth” which shows that such symbol is token as
one of the first element the ancient elements of science. The element “Earth”
means from Santi’s earthly tomb. Actually there are four brands for the Hassassin
to perform their strategy to kill the victim as a token that they are illuminati
(people who have or profess to have special intellectual or sprititual enlightment)
to whirl one’s mind that they are from the Centuries of illuminati legend. The
brands are Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Usually the brands will be marked to the
“Earth” is identic with the ground, so the way the illuminati to kill the victim must
be to the ground. Ebner is buried up to his waist in the earth. Standing upright
with half of him below the ground stripped naked. This hands tied behind his back
with a red cardinal’s sash. He is suffocated. Then he is dead. The way he kills the
cardinal Ebner can be illustrated from the story found in the novel.
“Hello?” Langdon choked through his sleeve. Nothing. As he drew nearer, he realized the man was very short. Too short . . .
“What’s happening?” Vittoria called from above, shifting the light.
Langdon did not answer. He was now close enough to see it all. With a tremor of repulsion, he understood. The chamber seemed to contact around him. Emerging like a demon from the earthen floor was an old man. . . or at least half of him. He was buried up to his waist in the earth. Standing upright with half of him below ground. Stripped naked. His hands tied behind his back with a red cardinal’s sash. He was propped limply upward, spine arched backward like sone sort of hideous punching bag. The man’s head lay backward, eyes toward the heavens as if pleading for help from God himself.
“Is he dead?” Vittoria called
Langdon moved toward the body. I hope so, for his sake. As he drew to within a few feet, he locked down at the upturned eyes. They bulged outward, blue and bloodshot. Langdon leaned down to listen for breath but immediately recoild. “For Christ’s sake!”
“What !”
Langdon almost gagged. “He’s dead all right. I just saw the cause of death”. The sight was gruesome. The man’s mouth had been jammed open and packed solid with dirt. “Somebody stuffed fistful of dirt down his throat. He suufocated”
“Dirt?”, Vittoria said. “As in . . . earth?”
Langdon did a double take. Earth. He had almost forgotten. Then brands, Earth, Air, Fire, Water. The killer had threatened to brand each victim with one of the ancient elements of science”
The third event is to kill the second cardinal who named Lamasse from
Paris. He is taken out from a cell in the basement in the castle of Angels and
brought to St.Peter’s Square. Before killing him, Lamasse is branded with symbol
“Air” and he is stabbed by Javelin into his both lungs just below his ribs.
Peter’s Square and he is laid stretched out on the ground and left alone. Finally he
is dead. It is done in order to the public knows his death is the act of illuminati.
The way he kills the cardinal Lamasse can be illustrated from the story found in
the novel.
Vittoria ripped the rest of the rags off the man’s abdomen. He had two deep puncture wounds, one on either side of the brand, just below his rib cage. She cocked the man’s head back and began to administer mouth to mouth. Langdon was not prepared for what happened next. As Vittoria blew, the wound on either side of the man’s midsection hissed and sprayed blood into the air like blowholes on a whale. The salty liquid hit Langdon in the face.
Vittoria stopped short, looking horrified. “His lungs . . .” she stammered.
“They’re . . . punctured”
Langdon wiped his eyes as he looked down at the two perforations. The holes gurgled. The cardinal’s lungs were destroyed. He was gone”
The Fourth event is to kill the third cardinal who named Guidera from
Barcelona. He is taken out from a cell in the basement in the castle of Angels to
the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria. Before killing him, he is branded with
symbol “Fire” which means something burning. It shows that the illuminati wants
to kill his victim by burning him. In this story, Guidera is first made unconscious
by hitting his head with a piece of wood. Then he is hung by fastening both his
wrists with the incestor cables. Below his body, there is burning wood burned
with frankincense oil when make him to death. The cremation of his dead is like
the funeral pyre in the epic tale. The way he kills the cardinal Guidera can be
illustrated from the story found in the novel.
As Langdon’s eyes followed the inferno upward, the true horror of the scene descended like a bird of prey.
High overhead, from the left and right sides of the ceiling, hung two incensor cables— lines used for swinging frankincense vessels above the congregation. These lines, however, carried no incensor now. Nor were they swinging. They had been used for something else. . .
of being torn apart. His arms were outstretched in a spread-eagle as if he were nailed to some sort of invisible crucifix hovering within the house of God.
Langdon felt paralyzed as he stared upward. A moment later, he witnessed the final abomination. The old man was alive, and he raised his head. A pair of terrified eyes gazed down in a silent plea for help. On the man’s chest was a scorched emblem. He had been branded.
High above the chapel floor, Cardinal Guidera endured his last torturous moments of consciousness. As he looked down the length of his naked body, he saw the skin on his legs begin to blister and peel away.
I am in hell, he decided. God, why hast thou forsaken me?
He knew this ,ust be hell because he was looking at the brand on his chest upside down. . . and yet, as if by the devil’s magic, the word made perfect sense”
The fifth event is to kill the fourth cardinal who named Baggia from Italy.
He is taken out from a cell in the basement in the castle of Angels to edge of
piazza. In that place, there is a fountain named The Fountain Rivers. Before
killing him, he is branded with symbol “water” which means the colorless,
transparent liquid occuring on earth as rivers, lake, oceans etc. It shows that the
illuminate wants to kill his victim by shinking his body to the water. In this story,
Baggia is the first made unconscious by hitting his head with a piece of wood.
Then he is sank into the pool and he loses his breath till to die. The way he kills
the cardinal Baggia can be illustrated from the story found in the novel.
The motion was utterly unexpected. For an instant Langdon thought the laws of physics had ceased to exist. The killer seemed to hang weightless in the air as his legs shot out from beneath him, his boots driving into the cardinal’s side and launching the chain-laden body out the door. The cardinal splashed down, sending up a sheet of spray.
4.2. The Murders
4.2.1 Carlo Ventresca (Camerlengo)
Carlo Ventresca is the son of the results of the process of artificial
insemination. He is the son of a nun. He is about 30 years old and has a handsome
face, brown hair and bright green eyes. He works as the Head of Papacy
Household or commonly called the camerlengo (a cardinal who has charge of the
papal treasury and accounts) . He is the pope’s reliable cardinal and as well as
Pator. When there is a private meeting of the cardinals to elect a pope, he is the
one of the cardinals appointed to be commision.
“I am Carlo Ventresca,’’ he said, his English is perfect.
“The late Pope’s camerlengo’’. His voice was unpretentious and kind, with only the slightest hint of Italian inflection.
“Vittoria Vetra ,”she said, stepping forward and offering her hand. “Thank you for seeing us”.
4.2.2 The Hassassin
The Hassassin is a name of the group of the secret terrorists. The typical of
the members of the Hassassin can be described that they are tall and large, their
eyes glistened, black like oil, their accent like people from Middle Eastern, their
skin darkened. They can speak Arabic and Italian language. They serve as the
messenger of the ancient brotherhood who hate their enemy very much coming
from the Catholic church. To that reason, camerlengo takes the opportunity to use
the Hassassin to kill the member off the Catholic church including the pope and
cardinals. The opportunity to use the Hassassin can be proved in the following
“I would do even that for God, the camerlengo thought, and yet he had not. The deeds had been carried out by the Hassassin –a heathen soul tricked into thinking he was doing the work of the illuminati. “I am Janus, the camerlengo had told him. I will prove my power. And he had. The Hassassin’s hatred had made him God’s pawn”.
4.3. The motive of Assassination
4.3.1. To Revenge
To revenge is to take vengeance in behalf of a person, one self, etc. it is
hatred feeling which can harm someone to inflict damage, injury, or punishment
in return for an injury or insult.
Concerning with the story of the novel, the main case take revenge is
about adding the new rules which causes conflict between the pope and the one
of the cardinals. Such a new rule, for example, is about the church fund research
which will provided for the goodwill toward spiritually based scientific research.
The following statement can be shown when one of the cardinals is against the
pope. As the opposite of the above statements which cause conflict, the pope has a
reason why he makes the new rule.
“This is insane! Church fund research that will make the church look outdated? Works that produce weapons of mass destruction? Born who had killed his mother…”
“I don’t understand. What does science have to offer a man of God?”
As the opposite of the above statements which cause conflict, the pope has a
reason why he makes the new rule.
“I owe a deep debt to science,” the pope had replied.
“I don’t understand. What does science have to offer a man of God?”
4.3.2 To Protect the Church
For the people like pope, cardinals, pastors, nuns, fraters give a protection
to the church is a must. Therefore they must keep watching, for what is
happening, happened, will happen to the church. Related to the story in the novel,
one of them is the case about the science which the pope think as a gift for human
being as the astononishing truth. On the other hand, the pope’s suggestion is to be
in contradiction. Such contradiction can be seen from the following statements.
5. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
5.1 CONCLUSIONS
After writing this paper, the writer can conlcude that the assassination
is very cruel deed which is against the law. It is especially if it happens to the
pope. A pope is regarded as a holy man and the vicar of Christ. “Angels and
Demons” is an extraordinary novel which describes about the assassination of the
pope including the cardinals. The novel gives emphasis to the assassination which
involves the illuminati— a secret brotherhood presumed extinct for nearly four
hundred years, reborn to continue their deadly vendetta against their most hated
enemy, the Catholic church. The illuminati kills brutally his victims a chest by
using the mysterious symbols seared onto the victim’s chest. The symbols are
regarded as the ancient elements of science namely Earth, Air, Fire and Water.
In this paper, the writer hopes that “Angels and Demons” has shown
some unthinkable person to be the main master of murder who is capable of
organizing the crime happening in church.
5.2 SUGGESTIONS
Based on the analysis of the novel, the writer wants to give some
suggestions to the readers, they are:
1. The church is a holy place that should not be confused with political issues
2. Every human beings in the world would certainly make many mistakes.
Therefore he or she has the opportunity get the second chance to fix
himself or herself.
3. It is recommended that one should not have any feeling of hatred, envy to
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APPENDICES
BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR OF DAN BROWN
Dan Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author of
best known for the 2003 bestselling novel
treasure hunts set in a 24-hour period, and feature the recurring themes of
translated into 52 languages, and as of 2012, sold over 200 million copies. Two of
them, The Da Vinci Code a
Brown's novels that feature the lead character
include historical themes a
Christian, though he is on a 'constant spiritual journey' himself, and says that his
book The Da Vinci Code is simply "an entertaining story that promotes spiritual
discussion and debate" and suggests that the book may be used "as a positive
catalyst for introspection and exploration of our faith."
Dan Brown was born and raised i
eldest of three children. Brown grew up on the campus of
wrote textbooks from 1968 until his retirement in 1997. Both of Brown's parents
are also singers and musicians, having served as church choir masters, with his
mother also serving as churc
Brown's interest in secrets and puzzles stems from their presence in his household
as a child, where codes and ciphers were the linchpin tying together the
mathematics, music and languages in which his parents worked. The young
Brown spent hours working out
siblings participated in elaborate treasure hunts devised by their father on
birthdays and holidays. On Christmas, for example, Brown and his siblings did
not find gifts under the tree, but followed a treasure map with codes and clues
throughout their house and even around town to find the gifts. Brown's
relationship with his father inspired that of
childhood treasure hunts.
After graduating from
Amherst
Brown spent the 1985 school year abroad i
in an art history course at the
Amherst in 1986.
While on holiday i
started wor
studied in 1985. He also co-wrote a humor book with his wife, 187 Men to Avoid:
A Guide for the Romantically Frustrated Woman, under the pseudonym "Danielle
Brown." The book's author profile reads, "Danielle Brown currently lives in New
England: teaching school, writing books, and avoiding men." The copyright is
attributed to Dan Brown.
In 1996, Brown quit teaching to become a full-time writer. Digital
Fortress was published in 1998. His wife, Blythe, did much of the book's
promotion, writing press releases, booking Brown on talk shows, and setting up
press interviews. A few months later, Brown and his wife released The Bald Book,
another humor book. It was officially credited to his wife, though a representative
of the publisher said that it was primarily written by Brown. Brown subsequently
wrote
respectively, the former of which was the first to feature the lead character,
Harvard symbology expert
Brown's first three novels had little success, with fewer than 10,000 copies in each
going to the top of the
release in 2003. It is now credited with being one of the most popular books of all
time, with 81 million copies sold worldwide as of 2009. Its success has helped
push sales of Brown's earlier books. In 2004, all four of his novels were on the
New York Times list in the same week, and in 2005, he made
of the 100 most influential people of the year
No. 12 on their 2005 "Celebrity 100" list, and estimated his annual income at
US$76.5 million. The Times estimated his income from Da Vinci Code sales as
$250 million.
Brown's third novel featuring Robert Langdon
released on September 15, 2009. According to the publisher, on its first day the
book sold over one million in hardcover and e-book versions in the U.S., the U.K.
and Canada, prompting the printing of 600,000 hardcover copies in addition to the
five million first printing. The story takes place in Washington D.C. over a period
of 12 hours, and features the
puzzles hidden in the book jacket of The Da Vinci Code, including two references
to the
about the sequel. This repeats a theme from some of Brown's earlier work. For
example
"The Da Vinci Code will surface.
Brown's fourth novel featuring Robert Lang
thriller novel released on May 14, 2013 by Doubleday. Brown has stated that he
Brown's books are often named after real people in his life. Robert Langdon is
named after John Langdon, the artist who created the
Angels & Demons CD and novel
Langdon recalls a wedding of two people named Dick and Connie, which are the
names of his parents. Robert Langdon's editor Jonas Faukman is named after
Brown's real life editor Jason Kaufman. Brown also said that characters were
based on a New Hampshire librarian, and a French teacher at Exeter
Angels & Demons, is named after Aldo Baggia,
instructor of modern languages at Phillips Exeter Academy.
In interviews, Brown has said that his wife is an art historian and painter.
When they met, she was the Director of Artistic Development at the National
Academy for Songwriters in Los Angeles. During the 2006 lawsuit over alleged
copyright infringement in The Da Vinci Code, information was introduced at trial
that showed that Blythe did research for the book. In one article, she was
