Literary analysis

         PLOT: In the novel the Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, Langdon is called to give a speech at the capitol for a mason named Peter Solomon.  Solomon has also asked him to bring a small, sealed package which he had gave to Langdon a while ago... When Langdon arrives at the Capitol, he finds out that the invitation he received was not from Solomon, but from an invidious  :)  person named Malakha who has left Solomon's severed right hand in the middle of a room. Mal'akh calls Langdon charging him with finding the Mason's Pyramid, which Masons believe is hidden somewhere underground in Washington D.C. Sato then confronts Langdon with the security x-ray taken of his bag when he entered the Capitol, which reveals a smaller pyramid in the package Langdon brought for the kidnapper acting like Solomon. Because the package had been sealed for years, Langdon never knew what was inside. Before Sato can arrest him, however, she and Anderson are attacked by Warren Bellamy. Mal'akh is a Freemason with tattoos covering almost his entire body. Mal'akh destroys the laboratory of Dr. Katherine Solomon. Mal'akh captures Langdon and seriously injures Katherine Solomon. Mal'akh, who turns out to be Peter's long-believed dead son. Langdon realizes that the symbols on the pyramid's base spelled out the words Laus Deo which translates to Praise God. These words are inscribed upon the small capstone atop a Monument, which is the true Masonic Pyramid.

          The tone of this book is kind of suspensful. I was curious to know what would happen next. The antagonist is Mal'akh and the protagonist is Robert Langdon. Both characters have very interesting and clever personalities. Langdon seems smart and very intelligent and I cant believe he found the true masonic pyramid. When I finished this book, I decided that I would like to meet Langdon because maybe he can teach me a thing or too about the history of something....The author uses a lot of dialogue when people are talking along with lengthy paragraphs to tell us whats happening. The perspective of the different characters change so we sometimes know things other characters dont know. (That would be called an Innuendo) :)  I am very curious to know what made the author, Dan Brown, want to write these books that have historical things in them. They are very interesting books, but thats just my opinion.