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Analyzing Lois Lowry Of The Book 'The Messenger'

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Hridya Kakumanu Mrs. Humphrey ELA 1 24 April 2015 The Messenger The Messenger, by Lois Lowry, is the third of four books that tie together. Matty is introduced in Gathering Blue as a young adventurous boy with a dog named "Branchie" who is friends with Kira. In the previous book, Kira is orphaned and, because of her disability, has to go through trial that determines whether or nor not she is needed in the community. She luckily makes it through, despite her crippled leg, and is given the task of mending and adding onto The Singer's robe. For this, she uses threads of many sorts to create intricate patterns. However, there is one color that neither Kira nor the woman who taught her the art of dyeing knows how to create the color blue. Matty …show more content…

After a while, he comes back with a man in a blue shirt. The reader soon finds out that this blind man is Christopher, Kira's father who was believed to be dead years ago. He is from a village called "The Healing Village" where their people are all injured, but everyone is equal. Seeing that comparison of her village and the other, she decides to stay back in attempt to change her society who is basically keeping her as prisoner. Christopher has to return to his village and they decide that Matty will be their messenger who sends messages back and forth between Kira and her father. Flash forward to this book and Matty now lives with Seer, who was Christopher. Matty wished for his name to be "Messenger" because it seems to be the thing he is best at. Like Seer, the people of the community are usually thrown out by their old villages and sometimes they are hurt. The people of this place work together to overcome and make-up for the disabilities of others. The village is surrounded by a forest. For many, the forest is feared. While there are any ferocious beasts like some other communities believe, there are other things from nature that are harmful. Wild insects, poisonous plants and trees, etc. They believe that, if the forest has previously warned you of its

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