Angels and Demons #4

Finally, the feared-action of the Illumnati has occurred. The first cardinal was killed and branded with the mark "Earth" exactly at 8 o'clock as the killer of Illumnati had warned. I have read up till page three hundred, and soon, the second cardinal will become the victim with a branded mark "Air" on his chest. My question is, will Langdon and Vittoria will be able to stop this misconduct and bravely confront the Illumnati?
Yes, the first cardinal was killed like what I have expected. However, my prediction was that Langdon and Vitrtorai will see the first cardinal being killed at the Pathenon except that the Illumnati will escape from the Vatican guards and Langdon and Vittoria. But there was a twist. When Langdon and Vittoria were anxiously waiting for the killer to reveal himself inside the Pathenon, they realized their flaws in their predictions. It turned out that they were at the wrong place at the last minute or few minutes before 8 o'clock. Hence, they were terrified and endeavored to go to the actual place where the murder will happen on time. However, their effort was futile because when they arrived at the Chigi chapel, it was too late for the cardinal was already dead. This twist created such suspense; it was such a surprise. I marvel at how Dan Brown engaged me into the novel, making me wait for the murder to happen at the pathenon, but making a twist and swirling and amusing my mind. Again, I certainly love these twists that Dan Brown uses. His twists never disappoint me!
While reading the book, I started feeling skeptical towards Maximillian Kohler. Once in a while, there would be short chapters about what Kohler is doing at CERN. He has left his office and intruded Leonardo Vetra's lab and room to find something. I wonder what he was scrutinizing, and I even thought and I am thinking that Kohler might be an accomplice or an associate with the Illumnati because of his suspicious actions. I even asked this question to my father who read this book before, and he gave me a small smile telling me, "You'll find out." Now that I am even more curious, I am eager to continue reading, face the twists, and find the answers.

Angels and Demons #3

Angels and Demons – Entry #3

I am so excited about the fact that clues are being revealedㅡclues that are potentially answers to my questions that I have had. Langdon and Vittoria found the clue that answers where the Illumnati is located and where they will be killing the four cardinals. It is already evident that the Illumnati does exist in the novel. Furthermore, there is suspense created in the book because there is only four hours left until the antimatter explodes in Vatican City. As I have been reading the novel, I naturally read fast in order to find out whether Langdon and Vittoria will be able to find the antimatter and prevent the explosion. I have made many guesses about what will happen next based on foreshadowing, but I am uncertain about the climax and resolution. My prediction right now is that Langdon and Vittoria will confront the Illumnati for sure. I can predict this from the text because Langdon and Vittoria found the clue, Galileo’s writing, which Langdon analyzes that the clue they found will lead them to where the Illumnati are. Frankly, I do not completely comprehend what the clue is and how the clue will help them, but the discovery they made in the archive makes me believe that from now on, the novel will be about Langdon and Vittoria facing the Illumnati.

However, the Dan Brown does not only write about Langdon and Vittoria’s point of view. Once in a while, there are short chapters about the Illumnati’s point of view. Whenever I read those short chapters, they make me feel worried and angry. The most recent chapter that I read was written in the Illumnati’s point of view from chapter 53. What is happening is that the four cardinals are individually saying things in their vernacular language. They are shouting out loud in the dark phrases like “Help me”, “Let us go”, “What do you want”, and “God, help us”. As I read and imagined the cardinals desperately saying these words, it made me worry about their deaths, if it really happens. At the same time, I felt resentment towards the killer, or the Illumnati, because the Illumnati cruelly shut them up and said, “Now then, who shall be first?” I detest the killer’s evilness and brutality. I cannot believe what the killer is about to do; he or she is about to conduct his plan of killing the four cardinals one by one. As I read this part, I felt hatred about the Illumnati, and I sincerely wanted to help rescuing the cardinals if I were one of the characters in the novel.