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4. The author of the novel, Dan Brown, said in an interview that, “the final message of the novel, without a doubt, is a positive one.” What do you see as the ultimate message of the book? (Write a 6-10 sentence paragraph to discuss your answer to this question.)

The final message is that science and religion can coexist. Science may have new discoveries every day and may become more powerful than religion can take. Religion, however, has faithful followers and can disprove most of science's attacks. Religion also has miracles that can change ones opinion of some scientific "fact" that could ruin religion. And a miracle is anything that is extraordinary or life changing for someone. The final message of this book I think is more positive than negative.

2. What skeletons in the Vatican’s closet do we learn about at the end of the story, particularly ones involving Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca? How has your opinion of the Camerlengo changed? (Write a 6-10 sentence paragraph to discuss your answer to this question.)

That Carlo had killed the Pope by over dosing him. He later finds out that the Pope was his father. At the beginning he was nice and played his part very well. I hadn't suspected the Camerlengo was the one who would put this whole plot to make his own "miracle". But after finding out he had the anti-matter in the helicopter and was going to jump, I knew he was the one who started it all. He payed the Hassassin to make it more serious and gave him the brands from the Vatican vault to make the people believe an uprising was happening.