John's Father In 'A Prayer For Owen Meany'

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A Prayer for Owen Meany - Chapter 9 Essay John Irving, I enjoyed the reveal of John’s father. I did not expect it to be Reverend Lewis Merrill. One reason being he was there in the story the entire time and never knowing he was the father. Another being I just did not see him being a father-type of person. That is how it worked well as a surprise, because Merrill would have probably been the last person I suspected to be John’s father. First, I did not think one of the secondary characters would be John’s father. I expected it to be some other character who John meets towards the end of the story. I thought it would have been revealed way later in John’s life as well. But the fact that he has been in the story since the beginning it makes

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