Patrick W. Carr
Chandler,
Not a stupid question at all. And your answer is correct as far as Errol coming back to life. It was indeed Aurae that brought Errol back, because Adora pleaded for it. Errol's death brought back the barrier...but there's more.
The story is set up as an allegory of the life of Christ. Pater Martin symbolizes God the father (Pater = Father), Adora symbolizes the Holy Spirit (Adora is short for Adoration), and the Jesus is represented by both Errol (Jesus first incarnation of suffering) and Liam (Jesus return triumphant). A "problem" in the story that has often been pointed out is Liam's lack of character growth. The answer to that is character growth for Liam, symbolically, would have been impossible.
Thanks for reading!
Not a stupid question at all. And your answer is correct as far as Errol coming back to life. It was indeed Aurae that brought Errol back, because Adora pleaded for it. Errol's death brought back the barrier...but there's more.
The story is set up as an allegory of the life of Christ. Pater Martin symbolizes God the father (Pater = Father), Adora symbolizes the Holy Spirit (Adora is short for Adoration), and the Jesus is represented by both Errol (Jesus first incarnation of suffering) and Liam (Jesus return triumphant). A "problem" in the story that has often been pointed out is Liam's lack of character growth. The answer to that is character growth for Liam, symbolically, would have been impossible.
Thanks for reading!
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