How Owen Meany is compared to Jesus Christ

Throughout the novel “a prayer for Owen Meany,” by John Irving, the main character is portrayed as a very religious martyr. In the Christian faith Jesus Christ is a martyr as well. Although there are many differences between the life of Jesus, as depicted in the bible and Owen Meany, there are many similarities as well, so many in fact, that the reader is forced to ponder if these similarities are intentional.

Jesus Christ was a miracle birth: he was born from a virgin.

“The virgin will be with child and she will give birth to a son” - Matthew 1:23

To be born from virgin makes the child blessed because the mother is then untouched and pure. Owen Meany was also born from a virgin.

“’You’re saying Owen Meany was a virgin birth?’ I asked Mr. Meany; he wouldn’t look at me, but he nodded vigorously.

According to the bible if a women is with child, but is also untouched, then the child is a son of God. It was a miracle that Mary became impregnated with Jesus; it was a miracle that Mrs. Meany be

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