Messenger

The journey from being doubtful of yourself to being confident is a physical and mental transition. In the book I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak, the main character Ed struggles with self confidence because of the situation he is in. Ed is a nineteen-year-old man living as a taxi driver, who does not have many friends. One day Ed gets a playing card in the mail with three addresses on it. When Ed goes to those houses, his life dramatically changes for the better. Ed learns and gains self…

Self Worth Did you ever think that it was possible to improve your self worth with some simple playing cards? In I Am the Messenger, a novel by Markus Zusak this is exactly what happens. Throughout the book, Ed Kennedy, the main character, gets messages on playing cards from an unknown person. When he deciphers these messages, he is able to change his and other people’s lives for the better. As a result of his actions he improves other peoples and his own self worth. The main message that Zusak…

Aladdin is one of many popular disney classics. A young boy living in a poor area who gets into trouble quite often and eventually falls in love with a beautiful princess. Ed, the main character of I am The Messenger, is first introduced with being a hostage at a bank robbery. Ed eventually becomes the city hero by shooting and catching the robber. Ed is in love with his best friend, Audrey, but never takes any chances. In this journal, I will be predicting, questioning, and evaluating the…

Albert Messenger faced the war with hope that he would survive after being in 31 battles over 3 years. He survived the war and his experience was a very intense and a scary story. Albert Messenger was born in 1832, in Norwich, Vermont. Albert had 4 sisters and 4 brothers and grew up on a farm. His siblings were: Harriet Messenger 16, George Messenger 15, Delight H. Messenger 13, Charles Messenger 10, Franklin Messenger 8, Sarah A. Messenger 7, Charlotte Messenger 5, and Nelson Messenger,…

Raymond Carver is one of the men accredited for reviving the contemporary short story genre. He was an excessive drinker and this shaped his stories along with the qualities of minimalism and dirty realism. Edward Hopper was an American painter that specialized in realism. Hopper’s artwork depicted the accurate, detailed, and embellished nature of contemporary life. Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral” and Edward Hopper’s painting Room in New York both exhibit someone examining a…

The “Grandfather of Goth”(Semtner) Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. He was born into a family of performers, causing a lot of traveling. However, at the age of three both of his parents had died of tuberculosis. A tobacco merchant names John Allan adopted him, now his new family accepted Poe as their own and gave him everything. Soon, his new family moved to London and Poe studied in England. After returning home Poe grew a love for writing, he was inspired by a poet…

The main events in The Giver, Gathering Blue, and Messenger have a big message that could relate to our world today. The main message for these three books by Lois Lowry is, “Good vs. Evil.” There are many examples of this in each of these books. In each book the main character is the good person and they must try to save their evil society from destroying itself again. Some of these destructive things are lies, selfishness, secrets, and fighting over power. This causes the main character to…

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…

of the difficult tasks Revere had to overcome in 1775.There are many similarities and differences between the poem and the historical account. One of the similarities was the meanings of the lanterns. One of the differences was that the number of messengers differed. Longfellow used and altered history by making it informative and make Revere more of a hero. The poem and the historical account both had lanterns how the British were traveling, and they had the same meanings. If there were one…

king. He marries the previous king’s wife, Jocasta, and has four children with her. When the messenger and shepherd confirm that Laius was Oedipus’ father, Jocasta hangs herself and Oedipus stabs his eyes out. The shepherd and messenger are to blame for the downfall of Oedipus because they both contributed to the survival of Oedipus and the discovery of who Oedipus’ actual parents were. If the messenger and shepherd had killed Oedipus when he was younger, the Greek tragedy would not have…