Quotes From The Messenger
‘Cab driver… No real career. No respect in the community. Nothing. Discuss how the book successfully changes Ed.
“The Messenger” written by Markus Zusak is a novel about an ordinary man named Ed Kennedy he is like any other man ‘Just Ed’. Throughout the novel Ed was tested by a set of four aces that he received over time by an unknown source. All four cards contained either a message, or addresses on them which set Ed on a sort of mission, which tested and changed him.
In the first section Diamonds, Ed is first tested by himself to foil the escape of a robber, who had been keeping a bank full of people including Ed and his three friends Marv, Ritchie and Audrey. Ed is a fairly boring person he lives in a house in an outer suburb of Sydney, with his dog The Doorman, he drives a cab under aged for, a company called ‘Vacant Taxi’s’ and his mains hobbies consist of playing the usual poker game with his friends. Ed receives the ace of diamonds in the mail it has 3 addresses. Ed visits all 3 where he meets Milla, Sophie and Angelina. Ed then realizes he has to help these people, Milla is a widowed woman Ed showers her with kindness, acting as her late Husband Jimmy, he showed Sophie that she needs to be herself and run barefoot, and he had to get rid of Angelina’s father …show more content…
This card is different it has 3 authors, and within there books contained addresses. In this section Ed delivers Christmas lights to a Samoan family, He confronts his Mother of why she ‘Hates him’ and Bernie a man who was told by Daryl and Keith to go there. Ed also has to confess his love to Audrey, Ed is terrified when he goes back to the Bell Street, Cinema where he first met Bernie to see Videos and Pictures of him on the screen, he then receives the final card, the ace of hearts. Ed knew that Hearts would be the
“The Messenger” written by Markus Zusak is a novel about an ordinary man named Ed Kennedy he is like any other man ‘Just Ed’. Throughout the novel Ed was tested by a set of four aces that he received over time by an unknown source. All four cards contained either a message, or addresses on them which set Ed on a sort of mission, which tested and changed him.
In the first section Diamonds, Ed is first tested by himself to foil the escape of a robber, who had been keeping a bank full of people including Ed and his three friends Marv, Ritchie and Audrey. Ed is a fairly boring person he lives in a house in an outer suburb of Sydney, with his dog The Doorman, he drives a cab under aged for, a company called ‘Vacant Taxi’s’ and his mains hobbies consist of playing the usual poker game with his friends. Ed receives the ace of diamonds in the mail it has 3 addresses. Ed visits all 3 where he meets Milla, Sophie and Angelina. Ed then realizes he has to help these people, Milla is a widowed woman Ed showers her with kindness, acting as her late Husband Jimmy, he showed Sophie that she needs to be herself and run barefoot, and he had to get rid of Angelina’s father …show more content…
This card is different it has 3 authors, and within there books contained addresses. In this section Ed delivers Christmas lights to a Samoan family, He confronts his Mother of why she ‘Hates him’ and Bernie a man who was told by Daryl and Keith to go there. Ed also has to confess his love to Audrey, Ed is terrified when he goes back to the Bell Street, Cinema where he first met Bernie to see Videos and Pictures of him on the screen, he then receives the final card, the ace of hearts. Ed knew that Hearts would be the