Baudolino

One of the recurring themes in the story, although a perverse notion, is how lies could somehow actually be turned into reality. Baudolino explains, “When you say something you've imagined, and others then say that's exactly how it is, you end up believing it yourself.” Abdul, one of Baudolino’s friends expressed a similar whim, “The vision was an illusion, but what I now felt inside was not; it was true desire. When you feel it, it's not an illusion. It's real” (Eco, 2002). Umberto Eco suggests

One of the recurring themes in the story, although a perverse notion, is how lies could somehow actually be turned into reality. Baudolino explains, “When you say something you've imagined, and others then say that's exactly how it is, you end up believing it yourself.” Abdul, one of Baudolino’s friends expressed a similar whim, “The vision was an illusion, but what I now felt inside was not; it was true desire. When you feel it, it's not an illusion. It's real” (Eco, 2002). Umberto Eco suggests

Baudolino, crafted by Umberto Eco, is an unaccountable tale of what happened during the Middle Ages. It recounts the adventures of Baudolino and his friends in search for the a kingdom which dubiously exists. We can consider this literary prose as a novel since it is a product of the author’s imagination, therefore fictional, and simply because it contains more than 25,000 words. Being a historical novel, it includes allusions to people, events, and places in real life aside from the fictional elements

The Holy Grail is the mystical cup that Christ used at the last supper and it is believed that it holds special powers. The Grail was considered to be a bowl or dish when first described by Chrétien de Troyes (Holy Grail – Crystalinks). Hélinand of Froidmont described the Grail as a "wide and deep saucer" (O’Neal 79). Other authors had their own ideas: Robert de Boron portrayed it as the vessel of the Last Supper; and Peredur had no Grail per se, presenting the hero instead with a platter containing