Friday, November 28, 2008

Blog 9

Book: The Da Vinci Code

Pages read this week: 40

Pages read this semester: 775

Weekly Style: Fan Fiction



Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu arrive at 24 Rue Haxo, which is the Paris branch of Swiss Bank. They go to Sauniere's locker, but do not know either account or password. Somehow, by solving puzzles, they manage to retrieve them. The Bank officials inform the Police, but the Bank President, Andrew Vernet disguises himself as a driver and take Robert and Sophie to safety. He does this because he was an old friend of Jacques Sauniere.



Story

Robert Langdon is a mathemitician, who loves to play with numbers and find out patterns. He lives in the state of Remland in medieval Europe. His wife, Sophie Neveu, is fed up with his craziness, since he gives little attention to her. Also, she thinks that Langdon does not have any talent and is just wasting his time. One day, they have a heated argument over the topic. Langdon leaves the house and goes out in quest for someting that proves his talent. He goes out into another kingdom, and comes to know that the King, Andrew Vernet, is looking for an able person to head the Treasury Department and the test for those who aspire to be on the position is going to take place the next day. The King asks the participants to do calculations. Langdon does the calculations in the least amount of time. In the end, there are two contestants left, Langdon and Bezu Fache. Vernet asks them that numerically, how many times can someone thank someone else. Fache replies "Infinity," but Langdon replies that someone can express his gratitude to someone else for 'One less than infinity' times, because infinity is not a number. Through his wisdom, Langdon is able to attain the post of 'Head of Secretary.' When Sophie comes to know, he meets Robert. Robert is in no mood of forgiving her, but he does so on being insisted by Vernet and also being moved by Sophie's emotional appeals. They live happily (not ever) after then.

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