Good & Evil

"Rome. . . the caput mundi, where Caesar once ruled, where St. Peter was crucified. The cradle of modern civilization. And at its core. . . a ticking bomb" (Brown, 99).


The time is limited for Robert and newly introduced Vittoria Vetra. (Vittoria is the daughter of the scientist that was recently murdered by the so called "Illuminati"). They have to stop a terrorist attack in Rome. What happened was that Vittoria and her father were the first people to create the science fiction-like material called Antimatter. Antimatter is the opposite material of matter and is very powerful. It is said that one gram can be used to power a city like New York for over two days. The problem is that if in the wrong hands, antimatter can destroy a whole city, such as Rome.

In the book, Robert and Vittoria have to save all of Rome by tracking down the terrorists and return the antimatter back to the science laboratory in northern Europe.

The author Dan Brown shows the ideas of good and evil in the book. He describes the different sides throughout the book through the different characters. Robert and Vittoria are depicted as the good and light side of things. They try to save the day from terrorist and also have kinder attitudes. They are friendly to people and often do good deeds throughout the book. The "Good Guys" do what is right for the world by stopping the terrorists from destroying everything in Rome. These are good qualities in a person and they are doing the right thing, so they are considered the Good.
The evil in Angels & Demons is portrayed as the terrorist Illuminati members. They go out and kill people for their own satisfaction. They stole the antimatter from the laboratory and also killed Dr. Vetra who did not deserve such a gruesome death. They have bad attitudes toward other people and have a mysterious way of life. The Illuminati is a very dangerous organization and can be considered mysteriously evil. Being that the group of terrorists stole the antimatter and are planning to destroy Rome, we can see that they are evil.
 The good and evil in Angels and Demons is depicted in the way the characters act and do in the book. The nature of good and evil can reside in all people, it just depends on how they use their minds. The book also describes how evil should always be stopped and good should always be within society.

Do you think that there is true evil within people in our world today? Are there people that could do such terrible things?