In the beginning of the book A Prayer For Owen Meany there are a lot of motifs present. The motifs are of the fact that all of Owen's last attempts are of significance. For example, the baseball hit. Owen's attempts at hitting a baseball were not achieved. But, the last time he hit the baseball, which was when the ball was fouled and it killed John's mother, it actually went the farthest distance that he had ever hit the ball. My second example of this motif is when Owen and John are at the pond and they are skipping rocks across the body of water. Owen was never able to pass the mud and actually go into the water. But, when he had said something to John, it was almost as if he had said or performed a miracle because the last time he threw the rock it went farther into the pond and actually hit the water. After that him and John sat there staring at the place where the rock landed because it was of that great significance.