I Am The Messenger

Courage means to go out of your way to face your fears. The book Jasper Jones displays many examples of courage throughout the book. The book Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey is a book about a mystery. The main Charlie is awaken by the knock of Jasper Jones on his window, later that night they find something that shocks them both. They have found a girl by the name of Laura Wishart hanging from a tree near where they usually hang out.

He fails his final exam simulation so his Instructor told him to give up the campus credentials. It shows courage because even though he had worked so hard to get there he still held his head high to show his final moments with the corps. He refuses to back down from fights no matter the odds and when he loses he shows that he is not beaten. Instead of pouting and crying he chooses to throw the card and walk out of the room on his own. 2.

Markus Zusak’s post-modern novel, ‘The Messenger’, investigates how people display unforeseen qualities such as empathy, care, selflessness, courage, justice and love when under stress. The messages that Ed Kennedy delivered were primarily focused on Ed’s close friends and family members, of which they too displayed unforeseen qualities. In the act of delivering the messages, he encounters strangers who under the actions undertook by Ed, are affected in their personality and values as a person.

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

:After witnessing his friend’s death, Elie started to let the idea of death consume his thoughts to the point that, if his father had not been by his side serving as motivation, he would have died that night during the march. “Death enveloped me, it suffocated me, It stuck to me like glue.”

The main character, Edie, provides the narration of the story from a first person point of view. She tells her story based on an event from her past. Because she narrates the story the reader is unable to be sure if what she tells of the other characters is completely accurate. Because one does not hear other character's thoughts one could question whether Edie

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

For example when Gerald come to save Angel from the fire he shows a lot of courage because he puts his safety on the line to run through the fire to come get Angel. That is showing a lot of

Courage is a lacking aspect of modern society. Many people are self centered and greedy. This novel is different and special for it being a book about courage shown by people in a somewhat hard situation. Reflecting at myself, I’m sure I have shown less courage than any character in the book. I am sure that everybody would feel the same.

Courage or the act of being courageous is something that can depict if a person is being weak. This act ties into the classic tale when identifying the strength it took Sundiata to walk. Sundiata was at an age where other young boys were gathering objects for their mothers and he simply could not, due to the fact that he was unable to walk. However, “In a great effort he straightened up and was on his feet at one go, but the great bar of iron was twisted and had taken the form of a bow.” (Page 21) A boy who once couldn't walk was now walking. He who once had to depend on his mother can now be the one his mother depends on. Thus, “ When Sogolon saw her son standing she stood dumb for a moment, then suddenly she sang these words of thanks to god who had given her son the use of his legs”. (Page 21) Sogolon was so discouraged to the point where the sight of her son’s slow development became an embarrassment. She soon became joyful of the courage

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

The importance of courage is that it helps continue with our story or life. Courage gives us strength and bravery to keep moving on with our life. If we didn’t have courage we would be still and not want to move on with our life. In the book Peace like a River by Leif Enger, Ruben, the main character, has courage to move on and go find his brother. Ruben finds the courage to go to go find work, when Jeremiah got sick and couldn’t support the family. Ruben find the strength and brave to go up to the stand and testify of what he saw during the shooting. Last Ruben had the courage to go and find Davy in the Badlands.

Throughout Gaiman’s fictional novel the idea relationships are a key part of our identity has been displayed. Bod’s relationships and ‘The Graveyard’ helped Bod find his identity of who he is. When Bod goes off to school and Silas ran over Simon “Silas said, I’ll take you home put your arms around my neck.” The low modality that has been displayed is the calm and helpful words, which has also created imagery for us to imagine what is going on when Silas helped Bod. At the beginning of chapter 7, Bod wanted to know about every Man Jack and his family so “Mrs. Owens reached out a hand, touched her son's shoulder. One day, she said … and then she hesitated. One day, she would not be able to touch him. One day, he would leave them. One day.” Gaiman has used repetition and ellipses to emphasize that ‘one day’ it will all happen and Miss Owens will not have the relationship with Bod anymore. Before Scarlett is going off to England for her dad to teach practical Science she said “you are brave, you are the bravest person I know, and you are my friend. I don’t care if you’re imaginary.” Gaiman has hyperbolized and repeated the word ‘brave’ to emphasize that people don’t judge you for what you look like. Everyone is unique. Throughout the novel, Bod’s relationships with people have helped him find his

Courage is something that is very hard to have, because it takes very little to break someone’s self confidence and courage but it takes a lot of strength to gain courage after someone has taken or broken yours because of something that they did. In the book “speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson a girl named Melinda loses her trust and confidence because of someone who took advantage of her, this led her to call the police during a party which ended up ruining her reputation at her high school. Throughout the book it takes a lot of courage for Melinda to speak and trust herself again, this story of Melinda shows how even small acts of courage can lead to happiness as they build up. It is important to be courageous because it will make

The speaker in the story is the narrator re-telling the story from retrospect and his tone is as ominous as the last night he spent at the “House of Usher”. His words describe the terrifying events leading up to his escape. As the story is told from a remembrance the attitude is possibly a feeling of gratitude for having escaped the terrors unharmed at least in body, maybe not in completely mind.