Further, the various theories presented in the novel will be investigated and researched in order to shed more light on religious supposals and their connection to the basis of the Christian religion. Mary Magdalene, the Catholic Church, and the infamous Holy Grail?This thesis will explore a number of possible reasons that explain the Code's success and notoriety in modern American culture. If youve read the book or seen the movie, what are your questions about whats true or not in The Da Vinci Code.
The suspenseful murder mystery scraps religious symbology and iconography with popular Christian doctrine to develop a story that not only pulls the reader along page after page, but also causes many readers to question and investigate the very foundations of their faith.What is it about this book that makes it so extremely poplar, and how valid are the various claims that Brown makes regarding Jesus. A few decades before opposition seemed to be officially launched against Dan Brown, the film adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis’ The Last Temptation of Christ stimulated a similar fever pitch of hysteria. Dan Brown's novel, The Da Vinci Code, is a book that has captivated modern readers across America and has carved a cozy niche on the Bestsellers List for years now. The Da Vinci Code was banned because many in the Christian community were appalled at the idea that Jesus was portrayed as marrying Mary Magdeline and. The Da Vinci Code was, of course, not the first work of fiction to suggest that very concept of an alternative timeline in the story of Jesus.