John Wheelwright is an interesting character. Given, he’s not quite as interesting as Owen Meany. Throughout the entirety of the novel, none of John’s physical features are given or described. All the reader finds out is that he comes to lose one of his index fingers, and his hair one day freakishly turns white. One of John’s most noticeable traits is how he seems to be consistently narrating as though he is stuck in his past, and can’t seem to let go of Owen’s memory after he’s gone. In this way, the novel is set up to have Owen Meany as the main focus, with John as a secondary character, despite him being the narrator. One of my favorite things about reading novels is catching onto external references and connections. I have noticed
