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This post is slightly late, but I am using a homework pass, so it's all good. Because I haven't found my uncle's manuscript yet, I am reading the book Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. The book is very captivating because it is so dramatic. It contains murder, kidnapping, bomb-threats, ancient cults, symbology, codes, even religion. I am thoroughly engrossed. One theme of the book however, is morality and doing the right thing. For example, in the beginning of the novel, an accomplished scientist has just been murdered by a satanic group (Illuminati=anti-god no devil worship) and branded with their sacred ambigram*. They do this because he has just discovered antimatter, a high energy substance that vaporizes all mater within a certain range, depending on its size. When his daughter returns, she and the director of the institute have a long argument on whether they should call the police about the murder or if they should try to solve the problem themselves and call later. The argument progresses into a quarrel over morals. So far in the novel, morality has been debated by the characters for a dozen or so pages, which is a large amount if you think about it. From the book, I have learned that morality is dependant on the circumstances and the individual and what options they are presented with.

* A word/ symbol that that forms the same word/symbol no matter which way you read it.

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown