What are the motifs in The Story of B by Daniel Quinn?

One of the most important ideas in "he Story of B is that of religion, as this initiates the novel's action and is the cause of many events within the story. Besides directing the events that instigate the novel's action, religion also frequently appears in B's lectures. Jared Osborne is a priest, though not a very good one, who attends St. Jerome's University before being loaned to the Laurentian diocese for work in the parochial trenches and eventually winding up at St. Edward's. When he begins his diary on May 10, he states that he was intrigued six days earlier when he was summoned to the office of Fr.