You Have A Purpose In Markus Zusak's I Am The Messenger

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Mandy Hale once said, “You have a destiny and a purpose that no one else on this earth can fulfill . . . And you have traveled a unique journey that has equipped you along the way with the tools you need to carry it out” In I Am the Messenger, Markus Zusak reveals to me how everyone is put on this world with a purpose, whether they know it or not, everyone has a reason for being here. This is shown multiple times throughout the novel in different ways, including when Ed would help the people that lived at the addresses on the cards that were delivered to him.
In I Am the Messenger, Ed had a purpose throughout the whole novel. Ed’s journey begins when he becomes involved in a bungled bank robbery and helps police capture the robbers dropped

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