I have been assigned to the book "I am the Messenger" by Mark Zusak. I have since finished the book but will attempt to not give anything away. This book is an extremely easy read with simple vocabulary and an easy linear plot to follow. The book follows a 19 year old boy named Ed Kennedy. It starts with him breaking up a robbery and then receiving a card with three adresses on it. He begins to find that these adresses are real places in which people need his help, and so he begins to help people all over his town. Ranging from getting some shoes to helping a women from her husband.
In our lit circle, we found that Ed reminds us quite a lot of Holden. Not so much that he hates everyone and complains about everything, but more the fact that he doesn't have very many outside connections with friends and family. He has only three friends and his dog the Doorman. He is a 19 year old who wrote his age as being 22 to be able to drive cabs for his job. He realizes in the book that he's probably never going to amount to anything and he lives with that. However we find as the book progresses that he has a purpose.
Haha, Alex.
ReplyDeleteYou finished the book a while ago.
I, however, am struggling to read the required amount before we discuss in class.
However, I've been swamped with work and other stuff so I don't have as much free time.
However, I am enjoying it. The story is so simple, and yet I laugh: when are we going to read a book that is considered "college level"?