Marcus Zusak Essay
Why did the author, Marcus Zusak, choose to include your chosen episode at this point in the Novel?
Mark Zusak chose to include 13 Harrison Avenue at this point in the novel to show a softer, empathetic more like likeable side of Ed, establish one of the main messages in this book and lastly to break up the intensity and tension of the plot the Edgar st scene generates. I chose to write about this episode because I believe it is the most crucial of the 3 in the establishment of a very important message in the novel, the development of the reader’s idea of Ed as a character and breaking up intensity and tension.
Firstly, Mark Zusak chose to include 13 Harrison Avenue at this point in the novel to show a softer, sympathetic and more likeable side of Ed. 'She has lunch at five to twelve. She sits in the park, watching the kids play and the skate boarders do their tricks and swerves at the skate bowl. She drinks coffee in the afternoon. She watches Wheel of Fortune at …show more content…
Without breaking up the intensity, the plot would become unbalanced with high levels of tension and intensity leading to the possibility of readers putting the novel down half way through the story. The warm heartedness of this episode can be identified in the following quote. 'She pulls my hands over to her, leans over and kisses my fingers. "You always did know what to say, didn’t you Jimmy?" "Yes," I say. "I guess I did." The joy that Ed gives to Milla by pretending to be Jimmy makes you feel happy and warm in contrast to the Edgar st scene where you feel disturbed and angry about the way the husband treats his wife. If scenes of the intensity of the Edgar st scene were recurrent throughout the plot, the book would become unbalanced and unenjoyable and thefore the lighter episode is crucial to the
Mark Zusak chose to include 13 Harrison Avenue at this point in the novel to show a softer, empathetic more like likeable side of Ed, establish one of the main messages in this book and lastly to break up the intensity and tension of the plot the Edgar st scene generates. I chose to write about this episode because I believe it is the most crucial of the 3 in the establishment of a very important message in the novel, the development of the reader’s idea of Ed as a character and breaking up intensity and tension.
Firstly, Mark Zusak chose to include 13 Harrison Avenue at this point in the novel to show a softer, sympathetic and more likeable side of Ed. 'She has lunch at five to twelve. She sits in the park, watching the kids play and the skate boarders do their tricks and swerves at the skate bowl. She drinks coffee in the afternoon. She watches Wheel of Fortune at …show more content…
Without breaking up the intensity, the plot would become unbalanced with high levels of tension and intensity leading to the possibility of readers putting the novel down half way through the story. The warm heartedness of this episode can be identified in the following quote. 'She pulls my hands over to her, leans over and kisses my fingers. "You always did know what to say, didn’t you Jimmy?" "Yes," I say. "I guess I did." The joy that Ed gives to Milla by pretending to be Jimmy makes you feel happy and warm in contrast to the Edgar st scene where you feel disturbed and angry about the way the husband treats his wife. If scenes of the intensity of the Edgar st scene were recurrent throughout the plot, the book would become unbalanced and unenjoyable and thefore the lighter episode is crucial to the