Character Analysis: I Am The Messenger
Jenae Sweet
Writing 95
Helping Friends
In I Am the Messenger, by Markus Zusak, Ed, an underaged cab driver, is given four Aces with three different issues. Throughout his unexpected journey, Ed meets new people, makes new friends and finds out some things he didn’t ever know about his old friends. Ed finds out how to help them through their own problems, and, in the end, finds out why he is chosen to help them. Ed starts off with one card, which is the Ace of Diamonds, where there are three different addresses on them. When he completes the Diamonds he gets another card that is the Ace of Clubs where he is given a riddle that he has to solve, when Ed is done with the first three Aces receives The Ace of Spades where he is …show more content…
Ed and Marv share an interesting relationship; they aren’t really chummy with each other all the time. Marv is at times cantankerous, especially when it has to do with being around Ed’s old, lazy, and smelly dog The Doorman. Throughout the book Marv talks about the money he was saving for an unknown reason. Ed has to figure out why he is saving all that money and never giving any type of clue to anyone. It is assumed Marv is saving for a new car; but, he is too attached to his run down piece of trash car anyways, and doesn’t want to get a new one. Ed figures out later on in the book why Marv is saving up so much money. Marv reveals to Ed that the reason why the love of his, life Susan Boyd, moved out of town is because Marv got her pregnant and they have a two year-old child together. It’s one of the most surprising parts of the whole book. Ed helps Marv build up the courage to go to Susan’s house where she lives with her over protective dad who isn’t very fond of Marv. Marv of dubious at first; but, builds up the courage to knock on the door. Her dad is a short but heavy bloke, who throws Marv out of the house and yells “‘Now get the hell out of here’”(Zusak 323). A week goes by and Ed gets a message that someone wants to be picked up. Ed finds out its Susan, gets in his taxi, and makes his way to her house. When Ed gets there he tells her that he can take her to where Marv is working. When they arrive Ed gets Marv, and he can see he is nervous but makes his way to the swing set where his daughter is waiting for him. After pushing her on the swings; they head back to where Susan and Ed are standing. At the end we get to read that Ed sees Marv smiling with tears in his eyes. He says “They are two of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen” (Zusak 330). Ed got to help Marv be with his family, and in the end see a side of Marv that no one ever gets to
Writing 95
Helping Friends
In I Am the Messenger, by Markus Zusak, Ed, an underaged cab driver, is given four Aces with three different issues. Throughout his unexpected journey, Ed meets new people, makes new friends and finds out some things he didn’t ever know about his old friends. Ed finds out how to help them through their own problems, and, in the end, finds out why he is chosen to help them. Ed starts off with one card, which is the Ace of Diamonds, where there are three different addresses on them. When he completes the Diamonds he gets another card that is the Ace of Clubs where he is given a riddle that he has to solve, when Ed is done with the first three Aces receives The Ace of Spades where he is …show more content…
Ed and Marv share an interesting relationship; they aren’t really chummy with each other all the time. Marv is at times cantankerous, especially when it has to do with being around Ed’s old, lazy, and smelly dog The Doorman. Throughout the book Marv talks about the money he was saving for an unknown reason. Ed has to figure out why he is saving all that money and never giving any type of clue to anyone. It is assumed Marv is saving for a new car; but, he is too attached to his run down piece of trash car anyways, and doesn’t want to get a new one. Ed figures out later on in the book why Marv is saving up so much money. Marv reveals to Ed that the reason why the love of his, life Susan Boyd, moved out of town is because Marv got her pregnant and they have a two year-old child together. It’s one of the most surprising parts of the whole book. Ed helps Marv build up the courage to go to Susan’s house where she lives with her over protective dad who isn’t very fond of Marv. Marv of dubious at first; but, builds up the courage to knock on the door. Her dad is a short but heavy bloke, who throws Marv out of the house and yells “‘Now get the hell out of here’”(Zusak 323). A week goes by and Ed gets a message that someone wants to be picked up. Ed finds out its Susan, gets in his taxi, and makes his way to her house. When Ed gets there he tells her that he can take her to where Marv is working. When they arrive Ed gets Marv, and he can see he is nervous but makes his way to the swing set where his daughter is waiting for him. After pushing her on the swings; they head back to where Susan and Ed are standing. At the end we get to read that Ed sees Marv smiling with tears in his eyes. He says “They are two of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen” (Zusak 330). Ed got to help Marv be with his family, and in the end see a side of Marv that no one ever gets to