| HERO COMPARISON |
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| AUTHOR |
DAN BROWN |
LEWIS PERDUE |
LEWIS PERDUE |
| BOOK TITLE |
The Da Vinci Code |
The Da Vinci Legacy |
Daughter of God, Linz
Testament |
| DATE PUBLISHED |
2003 |
1983 |
1985 (Linz), 2000 |
| NAME |
Robert Langdon |
Curtis Davis |
Seth Ridgeway |
| OCCUPATION |
Professor of Religious
Symbology, Harvard |
Leonardo Da Vinci Scholar
expert, geologist (DVL:15, 16,63,64) |
Professor, Comparative
Religion, UCLA (DoG:4) |
| SPECIALTY |
Expert in Constantine,
Leonardo and the Goddess |
Leonardo Da Vinci Scholar
expert (DVL:15, 16,63,64) |
Expert in Constantine and the
Goddess (DoG:4) |
| EDUCATION |
vague, unspecified |
Boston educated, MIT (DVL:63)
and Cambridge (DVL:65) |
vague, unspecified |
| EYES |
Blue (DVC:8) |
Blue (DVL:63) |
blue (DoG:65) |
| HAIR |
Black (DVC:8) |
Dark Brown
(DVL:63) |
unspecified |
| AGE |
forty-something (DVC:8) |
Mid- to late-30s (DVL:63) |
40 years old (DoG:9) |
| FACE |
Strong jaw
(DVC:8) |
Muscular square
jaw (DVL:140) |
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| PHOBIA |
Mild Claustrophobia (DVC:ch98) |
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Mild Claustrophobia
(DoG:ch34)" |
| PHYSICAL APPEARANCE |
Good physical shape (DVC:9) |
good physical shape (DVL:13) |
Trim, good shape (DoG:9) |
| CURRENT APPEARANCE |
Fatigued, graying hair,
looking older. "The past year had taken a heavy toll on him" (DVC:ch1)" |
Fatigued, looking older, bags
under eyes, past months not kind to him (DVL:114) |
Fatigued, looking older, bags
under eyes, past six months not kind to him (DoG:Ch4, beginn) |
| ATTRACTIVENESS |
Intriguing,
woman love him (DVC:9) |
Intriguing,
woman love him (DVL:63) |
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| GREEK |
Reads Greek (DVC:299) |
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Reads Greek (DoG:11) |
| PRESENCE |
In much demand as a
conference speaker (DVC:7,8,448) |
In much demand as a
conference speaker 77-80 |
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| PRESENCE - 2 |
"captivating" (DVC:9)
CONTEXT: at podium |
"captivating" (DVL:midCh8)
CONTEXT: at podium |
Smile "captivated:
(DoG:earlyCh2) CONTEXT: at podium |
| LOST LOVE |
As book opens, haunted by
lost love (DVC:16) |
As book opens, haunted by
lost love (DVL:16, 23, 114) |
As book opens, haunted by
lost love (DoG:35,39) |
| EMOTIONAL STATE |
Lost love created emotional
void (DVC:Ch6) |
Lost love created emotional
void, (DVL:23) |
Lost love created: " hollow
void in his chest." (DoG:ChBegin 10) |
| FINDING LOVE |
By end of book, finds love
(Heroine, Sophie) |
By end of book, finds love
(Heroine, Suzanne) |
By end of book, finds love
(Zoe) |
| FALSELY ACCUSED |
Hero accused of the murder of
a Leonardo scholar, a curator/colleague (DVC:Chapters 6, 8,11and
subsequent) |
Hero accused of the murder of
Leonardo Scholars, a colleague and other people. (DVL:265,200) |
Hero accused of
curator/colleague murder and other people (DoG:300) |
| HIS QUEST |
Locate and obtain the Grail
documents and the tomb of the woman worshipped as a goddess, Mary
Magdalene. |
Searching for Grail (DVL:73)
Missing Da Vinci Codex |
Locate and obtain the
documents and shroud of the woman worshipped as a goddess, Sophia |
| MOTIVATION 1 |
Protect heroine, Sophie |
Protect Heroine, Suzanne |
Protect heroine, Zoe |
| MOTIVATION 2 |
Avoid being killed by the bad
guys and arrested by authorities who want him for murder. |
Avoid being killed by the bad
guys and arrested by authorities who want him for murder. |
Avoid being killed by the bad
guys and arrested by authorities who want him for murder. |