Name Brandon Aguilar Quarter:1 School year:

2013/2014

Read On Summary Evidence: Book Review

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Book title: The Da Vinci code Genre: Fiction/ Realistic fiction/ mystery
Author: Dan Brown

#of pages: 664

Your book review should include:
1. The title, author, genre and summary of the book you read
2. A passage that interests or inspires you and why
3. A personal response to the book--- what did you get out of this book and why would you
recommend it?
4. Anything else you would like to say about your book

IntheprologueofthebookamannamedJacquesSaunieremurderedbyanalbinomaninamuseumin
France,Saunierehadknowledgeaboutasecret,thatisyettobediscovered,thatthealbinomanwas
seekingfor.Sauniereinhislastmomentsleftaclueforthesecrettobepassedonandtonotletthe
sacredknowledgebeforgottenandlost.RobertLangdon,aprofessorinsymbologywassummonedto
investigatethecase.BishopAringarosa,thepresidentgeneralofOpusDeireceivedaphonecallwhile
headingtoNY,hetakesacallfromsomeonewhoreportsSilasdiscoverythatthekeystoneishiddenin
theChurchofSaintSulpice.Thebishopthenagreestopullsomestringstogainaccesstothechurch.
Langdon,infrontofSauniere,discoveredhiddencluesandmessages.OnewaswritteninInvisibleink
rightnexttoSaunieresbodythathadacombinationandaphrase,themeaningoruseofitisstill
unknown.

I must pass on the secret. Staggering to his feet, he pictured his three murdered brethren. He thought of
the generations who had come before them of the mission with which they had all been entrusted. An
unbrokenchainofknowledge.(TheDaVinciCodeDanBrownpg15).
IamreallyattractedtothispassagebecauseIdontknowwhattheunbrokenchainofknowledgeis
aboutandwhyisitsoimportantthatitleadstosomuchbloodshed.Thispassageinthebookbringsup
manybafflingquestionsthatareassociatedwithcontroversialanddarksecretsandashadypast.

This book really made me start to question things and not see things how they appear to be. It gave me a
different perspective on reality itself and to think what I think not what others think, to have my own thoughts.If
i would recommend this book to anyone that is into controversial and bold kind of things and or just reading
about things you wouldnt think of, if so this book would be perfect for them.

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Read On Evidence Rubric

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