English Essay: Text Analysis – The Messenger by Markus Zusak
Question – What techniques does Markus Zusak use to engage his readers?
Markus Zusak is an Australian author from Sydney who is currently 39 years of age. He has written quite an array of narratives, including the renowned “The Book Thief” and more relevant to this text analysis “The Messenger” which is written in the perspective of the protagonist, Ed Kennedy who describes and makes comments on the storyline throughout the novel. Zusak uses a lot of methods for engaging his reader in his narrative, “The Messenger” and further within this analysis, we will discuss these techniques that he prefers to use and look further into the specifics of them and what effects they may pose on …show more content…
This can make the reader likely able to relate to how the main character is feeling and how they are being affected by the recent events that occurred, such as the event in which protagonist “Ed” was within his friend, Audrey’s house when another character, presumably Audrey’s “lover” according to Ed walked into the room, causing Audrey to say “Don’t worry… It’s just Ed” then Zusak went on to writing brief sentences where Ed was thinking, stating things, each brief sentence separated by a line. “Just Ed… Just Ed turns around… Just Ed walks out… Just Ed closes the door.” This was quite effective as it showed how the detached words against Ed made him feel and the message is clearly conveyed to the readers through the use of brief sentences. How it made him feel less self-worth. Describing himself as “Just Ed” mocking himself with Audrey’s words that were lacking thought at the time. Another specific example of brief sentences being “Audrey comes over… We watch a move” is a specific example of a brief sentence; however it doesn’t seem to convey a deeper, more underlying importance within its words rather than being a literal statement. Overall the use of succinct sentences can be a very powerful tool for creating a well-structured and meaningful novel as we have seen with “The
Question – What techniques does Markus Zusak use to engage his readers?
Markus Zusak is an Australian author from Sydney who is currently 39 years of age. He has written quite an array of narratives, including the renowned “The Book Thief” and more relevant to this text analysis “The Messenger” which is written in the perspective of the protagonist, Ed Kennedy who describes and makes comments on the storyline throughout the novel. Zusak uses a lot of methods for engaging his reader in his narrative, “The Messenger” and further within this analysis, we will discuss these techniques that he prefers to use and look further into the specifics of them and what effects they may pose on …show more content…
This can make the reader likely able to relate to how the main character is feeling and how they are being affected by the recent events that occurred, such as the event in which protagonist “Ed” was within his friend, Audrey’s house when another character, presumably Audrey’s “lover” according to Ed walked into the room, causing Audrey to say “Don’t worry… It’s just Ed” then Zusak went on to writing brief sentences where Ed was thinking, stating things, each brief sentence separated by a line. “Just Ed… Just Ed turns around… Just Ed walks out… Just Ed closes the door.” This was quite effective as it showed how the detached words against Ed made him feel and the message is clearly conveyed to the readers through the use of brief sentences. How it made him feel less self-worth. Describing himself as “Just Ed” mocking himself with Audrey’s words that were lacking thought at the time. Another specific example of brief sentences being “Audrey comes over… We watch a move” is a specific example of a brief sentence; however it doesn’t seem to convey a deeper, more underlying importance within its words rather than being a literal statement. Overall the use of succinct sentences can be a very powerful tool for creating a well-structured and meaningful novel as we have seen with “The