1) Brown states on his website that his books are
not anti-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."
This
novel is not Anti-Christian. Though this whole book is based on idea of
Christianity and showing some imaginative truths about Christianity. Dane Brown
is not saying that this is truth or related with history. This 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." When
the novel begins he is depicted as the non-believer of priory of Sion. This is
the committee who are selected to protect the blood-line of Jesus
Christ. Though he was studying all these symbols but he was non-believer
of this and at the end he turns into a member of Priory of Sion. We can
say that Robert Langdon's journey as a pilgrimage. The search for the
Spiritual Truth. Brown is just using the historical fact with his imagined
story.
2) What harm has been done to humanity by the
biblical narration or that of Milton’s in The Paradise Lose? What sort of
damage does narrative like ‘The Vinci Code’ do to humanity?
when we study Genesis and Paradise lost By Milton we thinks
some time that yes whatever Milton write and present in his book is true
because in our Hindu religion we also heard like this world is created by
God and all these things like he creates all these things for six day and at
7th day he get rest and this day is known as Sunday etc. so it can be
convincing at some extent but when we saw this movie or read this book we cant
accept that Christ was married and about Marry...etc.. So, in Milton’s
“The Paradise Lost” is faithful to the Bible, but it harms humanity. We
can raise many questions that why Milton presents the woman as downfall of a
man? Why he shows Eve as unintelligent why not Adam? So its harmful to
humanity. We cannot say that Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code” is not faithful to
Christianity. He shows a woman character more powerful than the male character.
Both narrations of Milton and Dan Brown are controversial.
3) When
we do traditional reading of the novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’, Robert Langdon,
Professor of Religious Symbology, Harvard University emerges as protagonist and Sir Leigh Teabing, a British Historian as antagonist. Who will claim the position of protagonist if we do atheist
reading of the novel?
If we do atheist reading of
this book then Sir Leigh Teabing emerges as protagonist because he is more
clear in his motives that he wanted to revile secretes about Holy Grail and
wanted to give relaxation to the humanity from the clutches of Christianity. Teabing
wanted to reveal the truth to the common people so that he can destroy the fake
faith of common people in Christianity. Whereas Langdon was on the journey
just to accompany Sophie and because his name was written on the
death place of Jacques Sauniere. But at last when Langdon come to know about
the truth of the blood-line, he become one of secret keeper rather
than reveler. So we can say that Langdon's journey is just pilgrimage.
Though he was knowing the truth he become one of the member of secret keeper.