I happened to see my classmate slipping out the
pages of some 500 pages book and that’s how I got my treasure. “Robert
Langdon”, the only name which created hype in me after Robert Pattinson, a fair
cold-blooded vampire in twilight series. The former name is not just the hero
of the book but also my virtual inspiration. Being a professor of religious
iconology and symbolism , the way he solves the mystery by his theory of
relating the illuminati’s with his historical knowledge to depict the reason
for people being killed and the places where they are meant to be killed
are just mind freaking. Though my
inspiration appears to be a nerd in the beginning, the author has brought out
the other side of Langdon in an excellent way with the lead female character, Vittoria
vetra-Scientist of CERN. Even when she knew that Leonardo vetra wasn’t her own
father, the way she gets emotional when he is murdered, makes us to understand
that no blood -relationship is needed to have love on someone, that doesn’t
fade. She acts little frantic at the start but then, tries to be practical and supports
Langdon in full fledge to find the odd one.
Vittoria is more intelligent than
Langdon but only their team work would end up fruitfully every time. Olivetti,
the commander of Vatican City is sketched as a determined soul to his work and
to his country. I must say that the sentiments by the author with this
character by sacrificing his life for nation have worked out successfully and
would make anyone think that he must be the next Olivetti of his nation. Dan
Brown adds up the thrill exponentially by the serial killing of cardinals in
churches in presence of public. Never in my life have I dreamt of a book that
would spoil my sleep and make me scream out of fear in night but now “ANGELS AND
DEMONS by DAN BROWN did that. Nobody could forget Langdon’s Mickey Mouse watch,
and his way of misspelling prana as piranha yoga even at extremely life
–threatening scenes.Maximilian Kohler,a Paralyzed person, with his wheel chair attached with electronic gadgets like camera,phone,pager appears to be a perfect head of CERN and work loving man. Other roles
like Captain Rocher, Hassasin, and Carlo Ventresca that made up this novel are
characterized in different manner that makes this book unique. I would rate
this book as my favorite one in my book shelf because, Langdon made me learn to
handle things logically, Vittoria taught me to be bold and brave enough to
handle the situations, Olivetti for his determination, Kohler for his love with
his work and finally the Master mind DAN BROWN who invoked my thoughts and made
me think that I could be an creator of other such or even better books in
future.
