Section Seven

Kohler asks Langdon about the symbol in disbeleif that it is that of a Satanic cult. Langdon explains to him that it is, but it is not the same as a Satanic cult today would be. The Illuminati were educated men who stood as adversaries to the church. Over time the basis of a Satanic cult has evolved from its original biginnings. Kohler and Langdon go on to talk about the ancient brotherhood, and what it was about. They talked about the idea of the Illuminaty being active in the present day, and Langdon is convinced that they are not, but Kohler has a hard time believing that after seeing Leonardo Vetra's body, and the symbol branded into his dead body. Langdon tells Kohler that the Illuminati would not have killed Vetra due to the fact that they only killed people of the church. This makes Kohler show Langdon Leonardo Vetra's study which makes him realize what Kohler meant.

Section Six

In this part of the book, you learn more about the killer and what he is like. He is very proud to serve his ancestors, and gets a rush from killing people. As a reward for killing the night before, he gets to choose the woman of his choice for his own pleasures.

Section Five

When Langdon lands in Switzerland he is escorted by the pilot to a car where they drive on their way to CERN. On their drive, Langdon realizes that he does not have his passport with him to get across the borders. The driver tells him that there is no need to worry, that they have an agreement with the Swiss Guards and that it will be no problem. When they get to security, the driver tells the Swiss Guard Langdon's name, and that he is a guest of the director. The Guard does a quick scan on him, and they're through. When the two men get to CERN, Langdon meets Kohler in person.

Kohler had the nickname of "Konig" meaning King. His colleagues had given this name to him behind his back, and it was a name that was given to him more out of fears than of reverence.

Within moments of meeting Kohler, Langdon could read the man's personality. He was a crippled, middle aged, bitter man. He was a stern man who kept his distance from others. He had dead gray eyes and a chronic cough.

When Langdon goes to mention the photo which was faxed to him, Kohler quickly stops him and tells him that they are on their way to see the victim now. Kohler led Langdon down many halls past different rooms explaining may of the different things that the researchers do at CERN until they finally reached their destination.

Kohler explained to Langdon that earlier on in the morning he was supposed to meet with a man named Leonardo Vetra. When the man didn't show up for the meeting, or answer his phone when Kohler tried to call him, he went looking for him. Kohler knew that something was wrong when the man did not show up to the meeting with any warning, and especially when he did not answer his phone. When Kohler goes looking for him, he got up to his dorm and found him dead in his living room.

When Langdon realized that he was about to go see this dead man's body he got chills all over his body. He also asked Kohler where all of the police were, and why they weren't all over the scene. Kohler explains that it is a very complex situation and that they cannot yet notify officials. The only people who know about the death of Leonardo Vetra are Kohler, Robert, and Leonardo's adopted daughter who was also a physicist at CERN and working on a secret project with her father.

As Langdon and Kohler entered the room, Langdon felt a sudden chill over his body, as he looked across the room through a white, cold fog, he saw the dead body. The image that Langdon saw was terrible. He saw Leonardo Vetra stripped of his clothes, laying in the middle of the floor in a puddle of his own urine. His neck was broken and his head was spun around 180 degrees the wrong way, facing the floor. As Langdon's eyes moved towards the man's chest he saw something that was impossible to miss. On the middle of the man's chest was a brand of an ambigram of the word "Illuminati". The word had been burned into the flesh of Vetra's chest.

As Langdon studied the body all sorts of thoughts crossed his mind. He turned to Kohler and asked how much he already knew. Kohler explained that he knew only what was on Langdon's website as he is a professor of religious studies back home. Kohler knew that the word Illuminati meant "the enlightened ones" and was the name of an ancient brotherhood. He said he had not heard of the word, so he ran a web search on it. He came up with many results, but Langdon's site seemed to be the most reliable as it had many great references.

Langdon began to explain the ancient brotherhood to Kohler. He told him that the Illuminati were a group of scientists who little by little were disproving religion, and for this reason gained an enemy. The churches and the Illuminati were enemies and began killing important people that belonged to each group. He told Kohler that Galileo was an Illuminati. He was also a member of the church, and was trying to explain to the church that science was reinforcing religion. He said "that religion and science were not enemies, but rather allies" like good and bad, light and dark, religion and science fit together, and without eachother, the other would not exist. Langdon explained that when the church captured Galileo, because they thought he was an enemy, the Illuminati were not pleased with the churches actions. The church captured four Illuminati scientists and tried to force answers out of them about the group. The four scientists refused to speak, so the church used torture as an approach to get it out of them. The church branded the four scientists alive. They burned the symbol of the cross onto the chests of the scientists, brutally murdered them then left them in the streets of Rome as a warning to others thinking about joining the brotherhood. After this incident, the Illuminati went into hiding, they kept everything about their brotherhood very top secret. They grew as a group and became known as "the single most dangerous anti-Christian force on earth." When Langdon is done explaining all of this to Kohler he looks to him and says "Mr. Kohler, I do not know how this marking appeared on this man's chest... or why... but you are looking at the long-lost symbol of the world's oldest and most powerful satanic cult."

Section Four

In this section, we meet the killer again. We now know that the two men who met earlier were the killer and his boss, Janus. We also learn of an ancient brotherhood in this section in which the killer is serving. The killer wonders why his boss chose the code name of "Janus". He wonders if it has any reference to the Roman two faced God, or perhaps to the moon of Saturn. This quickly slips his mind as he begins thinking about how proud his ancestors would be of him doing the tasks asked of him by Janus.

Section Three

In the next part of the book, Langdon leaves his house to go to the plane. He meets the plane driver, and they go to the plane. When Langdon sees the plane, he is shocked to see what it looks like, it looked more like a space ship than a plane, but he is assured that it will get the job done... and quick. When Langdon gets settled in the air craft, he is uneasy. Robert has dealt with claustrophobia his whole life and there are no windows in the plane which makes him uncomfortable. Before he knows it, Langdon can hear the roar of the engine and is off on his journey.

Soon after take off, Langdon heard the ring of a phone near by. When he picks it up, it is the captain on the other end. Langdon and the captain have a short conversation and the captain tells Langdon that they are going at a speed of mach-15 and will be at their destination, Geneva Switzerland, in one hour.

Section Two

In chapter three, we are introduced to a completely new and different part of the book. It is unclear as to what is going on, but is a very important part to the book. Two men meet and discus something which later becomes more clear.

Section One

In the first part of this book, the main character, Robert Langdon had a dream in which the meaning of it is unclear to the reader. When he is woken up by a phone call, Langdon is confused as to what is going on, and the person on the other end of the line is not making much sense to him. The man tells Langdon that his name is Maximilian Kohler and he is in need of Robert's help. At first Langdon thinks it is a prank call and hangs up, but minutes later he hears another ringing, this time coming from his fax machine. When he looked at the fax he saw a gruesome image which sent a wave of shock through his body. As he glanced down at the fax machine, he noticed the blinking red light, the person who sent the fax was on the other line waiting to talk. The fax clearly caught Langdon's attention and he picked up the phone to talk. Once again, it was Kohler. He was urgently in need of Robert's help. Kohler had sent a plane for Robert, and he soon agreed to meet him.

Prologue

In this novel, the prologue is a very important part to the book. It hooks the reader in right from the start, and leaves you hanging, but at the same time explains things which later occur in the novel.

About the Author

Dan Brown was born on June 22, 1964 in Exeter, New Hampshire. He is currently living in New England with his wife.

Dan Brown is the author of many number one best selling novels, including the well known book entitled "The Da Vinci Code". He has been named by TIME Magazine as one of the World's 100 most influential people, and has appeared on the New York Times best seller list for more than two years.

The books that Dan Brown write occur over a 24 hour period of time. He writes well detailed, action packed, intriguing novels that keep the reader interested and not able to put the book down.

Introduction

Hello! :)

The reason I am writing this blog is for an independent novel study for a grade twelve language arts class. The book that I have chosen to do my blog on is "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown. In this blog I will be analyzing the literary devices used in the novel, summarizing each chapter, looking at messages within the novel and how it is progressing, the impact that the novel has on society, important quotations, and my personal views on the book.

This blog is intended to help the viewers to better understand the novel, and get a better idea of what is going on throughout it.