The Lost Symbol- Dan Brown

          Over the past couple of weeks I finished up the book The Lost Symbol. Like always Dan Brown creates a suspenseful ending and today I am going to go through how he created his suspense. Have you ever read a book by Dan Brown? If you have you would know how much research he puts behind his books. The author goes into the specifics of Masonry like he is an expert. Through Robert Landgon the author creates a ton of suspense and walks you through on how he finds out. Like a lot of other books by Dan Brown the plot involves Robert Landgon being thrown into a investigation and goes from being wanted by the government to being adored by the government.

            Robert Landgon has to solve one of the greatest secrets in Masonry history. Robert Langdon is deprived of his rights, dignity, and freedom during the investigation. Robert Landgon's main goal is to stop Peter Solomon from being bereft of life. For Peter Solomon to survive Robert Landgon must solve the lost symbol. Now can you see how Dan Brown creates suspense.

          One example of suspense in the book is in the end of chapter 119, "Her heart almost stopped. Oh my God..." (Brown 679).This is not the only chapter where Dan Brown creates a suspenseful ending to a chapter you can find places like this almost everywhere in the book whether it is Robert being chased by the cops or Robert solving one of the clues. The duo of Katherine and Robert create one of the most suspenseful books I have ever read.

          What do you think the lost symbol is? Read the book to find out...

The Lost Symbol- Dan Brown

          Over the past couple of weeks I have been reading The Lost Symbol and I am always fascinated by how Dan Brown writes his books. Whenever I read his books there are always plot twists and you never know what will happen next. Right now I am about half way through my book and as you can tell from the cover of the book the book has something to do with the white house. I would say the best part of the book is when Professor Langdon and Kathrine Soloman solve the puzzles of the Mason pyramid.

          Professor Langdon is probably one of the smartest people in the world in his subject. He can solve basically any type of symbol and knows a lot on his subject. An example of Professor Langdon being smart is when he says," But did you know this magic square is famous because Dürer accomplished the seemingly impossible"(Brown 400). When I was reading this I was like what... how can an author come up with something so fascinating. I can not wait to see how the rest of the book plays out but I was thinking of how an author knows so much.

Now I have a question for you, If you were put in a situation where you could save a friend but have risk of being arrested by the CIA what would you do?