I Am The Messenger Analysis

The start of the novel Ed’s narration and dialogue of himself showed that Ed believed he did not deserve happiness, to be better, to love that he would amount to nothing. The very first introduction of what how Ed saw himself was when he

In this book suzack explains Eds creativity by narrating and switching back and forth to what Ed might be thinking. This is something that had a big impact on understanding the book and how creative Ed was in his decision making. “I realize it's the sound of a man sobbing. Tonight, however, I don't care. I have to kill him because slowly, almost effortlessly and with complete contempt, this man kills his wife and child every night. And it's me alone, Ed Kennedy, a less than ordinary suburbanite, who has the chance to end it.” In this quote we are in the mind of Ed Kennedy the dropout cab driver. He is currently in a situation where he is witnessing an iniscent family is suffering very bad because of the horrific dad who comes home every day to rape the mom. In this quote we know exactly what Ed is planning to do and instead of doing the normal thing, which is reporting everything he saw to the police he decided to take matters into his own hands. This call for action is a very risky move which Ed doesn't realize just yet. This shows how Suzack explains the creativity and young mindsets of his character by using an example and letting you think how a responsible adult would handle this situation compared to Ed, who is ready to kill a man or his mistakes. This shows the creative mind young mindset by taking us through every emotion in his

Ed also seeks love within his Mother and for her to accept him as her son. After the Clown Street message and the heavy discussion with his mother, Ed gains an understanding of why their relationship is so broken. This leads ED into a better situation with his mother and overall the love he has been asking and craving for from his mother, even if its not the traditional love we would expect between a mother and son. “My heart is so tired”, Ed says to himself after trying and trying to win over Audrey, this quote shows us how much Ed has tried and tried to love but Audrey wouldn’t except it.

As Ed deciphered each message, his capabilities were being tested to the limits and without consciously knowing, he uncovered a deep sense of compassion and benevolence. These attributes would have been non-existent in him if he did not get the

big event and lead Ed to his next card and clues. 2. Why does Ed feel guilty at the end of the game?

Fortunately, the novel reclaims momentum and suspense as Ed is tasked with Ace of Spades, particularly 23 Clown Street. The second assignment, 23 Clown Street, provides the audience insight regarding Beverly’s (Ma) hatred towards Ed and the legacy of his father. Initially, Zusak creates apprehension as Ed visits Melusso’s restaurant various times without any change. Apprehension escalates as a conflict is introduced: Ed’s mother dines with another man. This moment transcends the need for language, and empathy is truly established. Zusak allows for the audience to experience the shock, anger, and sadness in which Ed is enduring. Ed’s confrontation with Ma at her house creates tension as Ed finally questions her hatred. Unsurprisingly, Ma mercilessly scorns Ed to the extent that the audience experiences the excruciating pain and confusion that Ed endures. This portrayed flawlessly through characterization and powerful figurative language that truly captures the intensity of Ed’s emotions. However, Zusak bewilders the readers as Ed finally rises up to his mother. This scene provides satisfaction to the audience as he exclaims every thought, emotion that has been concealed within him. Simultaneously, the audience witnesses a significant progression of Ed’s character as he no longer accepts the criticism of his mother. However, it is Ed’s epiphany of the definition of success which astonishes the readers as they bear witness to Ed’s development.

December 31, 2016 about 8 o’clock I got a text from my friend. It wasn't unusual because she always text me this late but this conversation wasn't like any conversation we had this conversation was spine chilling. She text me and said “Hey lamia can I use your Facebook for something” me being a good friend I am I gave her my password and thought nothing else about it. I was on the phone with my bestfriend when I get some messages from my friend,Kelly, that said “Wow” so I texted back and said “What?” But I never got a response little did I know this would be the end everything would change from the moment on. As days went on she started acting different by looking at my messages and not texting back. I saw her at the store and spoke to her

Clemmy Sue will always be by your side. I see the color red, the name Harry and home improvements in your future.”

Throughout the novel, Eddie also can be exemplified as a sympathetic character. sympathetic characters are when readers feel sympathy for throughout a story. The reader can feel empathy for Eddie, when the author describes the pain of Eddie’s gunshot wound. The pain was described to be unbearable and the description of the event of the gunshot pains a morbid picture in the reader’s mind. During Eddie’s time as a soldier in World War II, any reader can feel an astonishing amount of sympathy for Eddie. During, Eddie’s time as a soldier, he experienced, “A piercing pain ripped through Eddie's leg. He screamed a long, hard curse then crumbled to the ground. Blood was spewing below his knee. Plane engines roared. The skies lit in bluish flashes. He lay there, bleeding and burning, his eyes shut against the searing heat, and for the first time in his life, he felt ready to die,” (Albom 84). The reader can comprehend Eddies suffering and pain. Eddie was on the ground, in a war zone hurt and slowly dying. Readers can feel a lot of sympathy for when Eddie wanted to let go of the world and die. Before Eddie’s death, he ran under a falling amusement park ride to save a little girl, Eddie

The Messenger shows that by behaving in an altruistic way, our admiration towards a person grows. Throughout the novel many different altruistic acts have been achieved by the protagonist, Ed Kennedy. By the end of the book we have developed a level of respect and admiration for him as he managed to transform himself and others around him. Markus Zusak was sending Ed messages to get him to behave in that manner but he was also sending a message to the reader to also start behaving that way. All these can relate back to the altruistic tasks that have been achieved and how they influenced Ed's life and can easily influence ours.

However after witnessing a failed robbery he was faced with a number of playing cards each with different challenges. Each suit leaves a symbolic hint as to what challenges Ed may be faced with. After receiving the ace of clubs Ed is faced with the challenge of the Rose boys, in this challenge he is beaten up and put in quiet the state of which he learnt to ‘survive the clubs’. This is

In 1971 at the start of Nixon’s war on drugs, before the 0000s crack epidemic; before the advent of political tactics used to demonstrify ghetto neighborhoods succeeded in bastardizing its urban youth, Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five recorded what is considered one of the greatest urban narratives of his time. In his rap “The Message Pt. 2” Flash described the daily occurrences and harsh realities of his ghetto life in vivid detail. Now 45 years later in the midst of black lives matter, at a place in America where black lives must be affirmed through hashtags and protest, many are upset that the American art people have come to rely on, to tell the stories and narrate the experiences of being poor and black, only exist to valorize the crime, money, drugs and sex that come from being poor.

Except, when he mistakenly foils a bank robbery he begins to receive aces that send him on missions. These missions require him to help different people in some way from giving company to an old lady, to filling up a service for a priest. They also direct him to help people in his community, friends, and family, with each mission also teaching Ed something. So when faced with the thief from earlier, and the person who has been sending him on these missions Ed comes to the same conclusion, that he has a life that he loves, with purpose, and he is not ready to give it up

In order to evaluate texts using Intertextuality, it is important to define it as a form of critical literary analysis. Charles Bazerman of the University of California at Santa Barbara writes: “We create our texts out of the sea of former texts that surround us, the seas of language we live in. And we understand the texts of others within that same sea…the relation each text has to the texts surrounding it, we call intertextuality” (83). While there are several definitions of intertextuality, Bazerman’s covers the most ground. In this broad sense, intertextuality refers but is not limited to the following components of which written works are comprised: borrowed culture, borrowed genre and theme, and more specifically, borrowed text within

Eddie Rake was a man with power. He used his power to train and better the young men of Messina. However, Eddie had love and admiration for his players. In John Grishams’ Bleachers, Eddie Rake is seen as a Hero, savior, all powerful. What people do not realize is that his love is power, love can always be power but power will never be love. Eddie Rake has done his best to use his power to influence the entire town of Messina. He may not have known that he did, but Eddie was able to help everyone in that small town have a taste of greatness. The Spartan football team most of all.