Dan Brown – Angels and Demons

• Kristýna Vedralová• Lucie Kolaříková

Contemporary literature

• E.L. Crenshaw – Deadly Satellites

• Glenn Wilson – Ring of Conscience

• Eleanor Houston – Symbols

• Michael Crichton – Time Line

• Brian Freeman – Stalked

• Richard Montanari – Broken Angels

• Kathy Reichs – Devil Bones

• Elizabeth Connor – Voice of the Church

• Michael Drosnin – The Bible Code

Our choice

• Interest in art• Good experience with other Brown’s books• Author’s way of writing• Familiarity with book before the release of same-name

film

Dan Brown• Dan Brown was born on June 22,

1964 in Exeter, New Hampshire

• Brown grew up in Exeter and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1982. After graduating, Brown tried his hand at songwriting. In 1996 he turned to writing fiction full-time, and in 1998 his first novel, Digital Fortress was published. The book became a bestseller and was followed by Angels and Demons (2000), Deception Point (2001) and The Da Vinci Code. Most of his books share Brown's signature mix of secret societies, international intrigue, scholarly puzzles and fast-paced action.

Quotation• Vittoria Vetra: Religion is like language or dress. We gravitate toward the

practices with which we were raised. In the end, though we are all proclaiming the same thing. That life has meaning. That we are grateful for that created us.

• Robert Langdon: So you’re saying that whether you are a Christian or a Muslim simply depends on where you were born?

• Vittoria Vetra: Isn’t it obvious? Look at the diffusion of religion around the globe.

• Robert Langdon: So faith is random?• Vittoria Vetra: Hardly. Faith is universal. Our specific methods for

understanding it are arbitrary. Some of us pray to Jesus, some us go to Mecca, some of us study subatomic particles. In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves.

(page 248)

What we want to tell you about the book

• The book has almost the same structure as The Da Vinci Code• The plot is set in Rome• Main theme is the confrontation between science and the Church• CERN ( European Organization for Nuclear Research) is the largest

physics laboratory in the world established in 1954 • Illuminati is a secret group of scientists founded in the 17th century

• Illuminati is a secret group of scientists founded in 17th century

• CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) is the largest physics laboratory in the world established in 1954

• Ambigrams

• Antimatter

What we didn´t know before we read Angels and Demons

• We didn’t know about the existence of the Illuminati, CERN laboratory and antimatter

• The pyramid on the American dollar is the sign of Illuminati and the text below (New world order) as well

Conclusion

• The book is very gripping• Easy to understand• The end is very surprising

Resources• Dan Brown: Angels and Demons, Corgi Books 2001 • http://www.danbrown.com (accessed 06/12/2008)• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati (accessed 06/12/2008)• http://public.web.cern.ch/public (accessed 07/12/2008)• http://livefromcern.web.cern.ch/livefromcern/antimatter (accessed

06/12/2008)• http://www.johnlangdon.net/ambigrams.html (accessed 07/12/2008)• http://www.geocities.com/endtimedeception/seal.htm (accessed

06/12/2008)