GEOLOGY in A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY

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Definition

a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks

or more rarely:

the rocks, minerals, and rock formations of an area

But there will always be granite in the Granite State, and little Owen Meany's family was in the granite business—not ever a recommended business in our small, seacoast part of New Hampshire, although the Meany Granite Quarry was situated over what geologists call the Exeter Pluton.
p. 14.1
"GEOLOGY," he said.
p. 319.8
GEOLOGY IS THE HISTORY OF THE EARTH.
p. 319.9
On November 22, 1963, Owen Meany and I were in my room at 80 Front Street, studying for a Geology exam.
p. 447.4
I was angry with Owen for manipulating me into taking Geology, the true nature of which was concealed—at the University of New Hampshire—in the curriculum catalog under the hippie-inspired title of Earth Science.
p. 447.4
The biggest mistake I made was to take Geology!
p. 448.4
"Maybe if you weren't a stupid Geology major, you could be a little more enthusiastic about your courses," I told him.
p. 455.4
"GEOLOGY IS EASY FOR ME," Owen said.
p. 455.4
From my Geology course, I knew that everything below me had once been a shallow ocean; and at dusk, when I flew into Phoenix, the shadows on the rocks were a tropical-sea purple, and the tumbleweeds were aquamarine—so that I could actually imagine the ocean that once was there.
p. 590.7

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