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Knowledge of Angels - What do you think is the key message that Paton Walsh seeks to convey?Explore the ways Paton Walsh communicates this key message in her novel.
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What do you think is the key message that Paton Walsh seeks to convey? Explore the ways Paton Walsh communicates this key message in her novel. Paton Walsh uses many constructs in the novel, 'Knowledge of Angels', to put forward her views on key ideas and beliefs that are central to religions but Catholicism in particular. One of the central messages presented in this novel is the existence of God and the fact that knowledge of God is innate in all human beings. However, Paton Walsh has this idea refuted through dialogues between Palinor and Beneditx in which Palinor argues from an empiricist's viewpoint against Beneditx's arguments of deductive knowledge. Each time Beneditx presents his viewpoints based on ontological proofs, Palinor manages to knock down those arguments with his knowledge that is based on scientific evidence and his experiences. This argument continues until Beneditx finally acknowledges that Palinor may be right and concludes...
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