Not everything in life can be explained and some things just happen for a reason whether they can be explained or not. The same goes for the story A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. These events that cannot be explained in the story take place because the story is a work of the magical realism genre.This genre will be proven through examples of Owen doing magical things throughout the story, why the end of the story is magical and why this story isn’t the runner up genre which is mystery. One genre
always black and white. Similarly, in the Bible and A Prayer For Owen
A short statured child with the voice of a mouse proves to be the one God chooses. A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving, is about the lifetime of two friends, Owen Meany and Johnny Wheelwright, who go on a journey containing pre-destination, fate, and God. Owen and Johnny are finding themselves through the book and where they belong in God’s eyes. “Nothing bears out in practice what it promises incipiently,” is a quote that exemplifies a motif that reoccurs throughout the novel, specifically during