I Am the Messenger Analysis

Your mother warned you not to go there, but Ed just can't help it since it's where he's from. That would be the wrong side of the train tracks, the far north of town, or, as Ed calls it. "everyone'...

You know those uptight, pretentious, super-educated snobs who narrate their lives in classic novels? Ed is definitely not one of them. In fact he's one of the most down-to-earth, upfront, and hones...

Young Adult LiteratureEd and his buddies are right on the brink of adulthood, with one foot in their teen years and the other stepping into what some might call the rest of their lives. But it's th...

You don't have to get beyond the second chapter to know that Ed Kennedy will tell it like it is… even when you don't want to know. He's upfront with us that he's got no career, doesn't know what...

Ed's our narrator, and luckily for us, he brings pretty much zero ego to the equation. Ed's not one to get on a high horse and go all pretentious on us—in fact, this guy doesn't have a pretentiou...

The book's about delivering messages and it's called I Am the Messenger, so it doesn't get much simpler than that. Or does it? Here's the thing: is the book about Ed delivering messages, or is it a...

Ed gets a message of his own at the end when he figures out that his life can be more than what it's been so far. Let's hear him tell us what he discovers: And that's when I realize. In a sweet, cr...

Ed is a really down to earth guy. He's not pretentious or a know-it-all in any way, shape, or form and he's even upfront about the fact that he's a slacker—so trust us when we say it's pretty eas...

Stick 'Em Up Ed is at the bank when his life changes. Sure there's a bank robbery while he's there, but the real change is what happens next: He tries to stop the robber from making a run for it. B...

G'day, mate. Zusak says he based the down to earth dialogue on his home country, Australia. (Source.) What's the secret behind famous writers (Graham Greene, Sylvia Plath, Morris West) being part o...

Cover your little brothers eyes (and ears) because there's some dirty stuff in this novel. It might not be the sultry sex scenes of the movies, but there's a lot going on between Audrey and all of...

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