Caitlin Antonoff
Ms. Beggs
ENG1D0
May 5th, 2017
Life is All about Helping Others Life is complicated, painful, confusing, and amazing all at the same time. People will spend all of their lives trying to make themselves believe that they have lived their lives to the fullest. These people have seemingly perfected a method to get this sense of fulfillment in life. They believe that a person’s life will feel more accomplished if they have performed some kind of service for someone else. In the novel I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak, the main character Ed Kennedy shows the traits of intelligence, compassion and bravery when he tries to do kind things for others in an attempt to make his life feel more fulfilled. Intelligence is a highly valued …show more content…
Ed Kennedy constantly displays this trait throughout the novel I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak while on his journey to help others. He is often consoling and comforting to people who need it the most. When his dear friend Audrey, who he has always secretly loved, comes over to his house crying about her boyfriend troubles, Ed always tries to help cheer her up. Whenever “…she gets down or depressed… we drink cheap beer or wine or watch a movie, or all three…” (Zusak 22). Even though he would probably rather not listen to his friend cry and rant about her boyfriend he still listens to her and tries to make her feel better. He spends what little money he has on beer and movies to make her feel better, even though he doesn’t have to. Listening to the woman he loves talk endlessly about her love life would be torture for him since he knows that she would probably never reciprocate his feelings of pure love. Ed disregards all of these thoughts and feelings and out of the kindness of his heart he helps his friend feel better just to feel good about what he is doing with his life. Comforting others seems to be Ed’s forte since he also helps bring comfort and hope to a young girl. Along his never ending journey to fill this empty void in his life by helping others, Ed meets a little eight year old girl who spends every night crying on her …show more content…
Ed showcases that he has the traits of intelligence, bravery, and compassion while using them to help himself help others. Helping these people will never truly make his life feel complete, but it may help fill some of the giant void left by him never amounting to or accomplishing anything in his life before this journey
Ms. Beggs
ENG1D0
May 5th, 2017
Life is All about Helping Others Life is complicated, painful, confusing, and amazing all at the same time. People will spend all of their lives trying to make themselves believe that they have lived their lives to the fullest. These people have seemingly perfected a method to get this sense of fulfillment in life. They believe that a person’s life will feel more accomplished if they have performed some kind of service for someone else. In the novel I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak, the main character Ed Kennedy shows the traits of intelligence, compassion and bravery when he tries to do kind things for others in an attempt to make his life feel more fulfilled. Intelligence is a highly valued …show more content…
Ed Kennedy constantly displays this trait throughout the novel I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak while on his journey to help others. He is often consoling and comforting to people who need it the most. When his dear friend Audrey, who he has always secretly loved, comes over to his house crying about her boyfriend troubles, Ed always tries to help cheer her up. Whenever “…she gets down or depressed… we drink cheap beer or wine or watch a movie, or all three…” (Zusak 22). Even though he would probably rather not listen to his friend cry and rant about her boyfriend he still listens to her and tries to make her feel better. He spends what little money he has on beer and movies to make her feel better, even though he doesn’t have to. Listening to the woman he loves talk endlessly about her love life would be torture for him since he knows that she would probably never reciprocate his feelings of pure love. Ed disregards all of these thoughts and feelings and out of the kindness of his heart he helps his friend feel better just to feel good about what he is doing with his life. Comforting others seems to be Ed’s forte since he also helps bring comfort and hope to a young girl. Along his never ending journey to fill this empty void in his life by helping others, Ed meets a little eight year old girl who spends every night crying on her …show more content…
Ed showcases that he has the traits of intelligence, bravery, and compassion while using them to help himself help others. Helping these people will never truly make his life feel complete, but it may help fill some of the giant void left by him never amounting to or accomplishing anything in his life before this journey