I Am The Messenger Sparknotes

I Am the Messenger, Stranger Than Fiction, Mark’s Gospel each respectively had a unique plot line in which the author or the reader was invited into the story for various reasons. First off in I Am the Messenger, in the final chapters of the book Zusak inserts himself into the novel, and presents himself as the person that created the everything, Ed, the cards, the robbery. Zusak inserts himself into the story for a specific purpose, which he makes apparent on page 353, when “the man with the folder” says “And if a guy like you can stand up and do what you did for all those people, well, maybe everyone can…maybe even I can.” Ed was the epitome of ordinariness and had no purpose and Zusak gave him a purpose, and also gave himself a purpose by inserting himself into the story at that point. Stranger Than Fiction is a similar encounter except, the character enters into the world of the author. Harold enters “the real world”, the world of the author, in attempt to save his life. For most of the story, the author unknowingly is impacting the life of a man, who is struggling to change his fate. The worlds of the author and the character cross when Harold calls the author in attempt to stop her, and in that very moment he begins to save his life. Lastly, in Mark’s Gospel, Mark ends the gospel in a way that makes the reader the

In I Am the Messenger, Ed Kennedy is saved from the “epitome of ordinariness.” Ed had no purpose prior to the messages. Ed did the same things every day for as long as he can remember, and he had no plans in changing it. The messages saved Ed, and they gave him a reason to break his routine, and in the end, they gave him a new purpose. The cards opened Ed’s eyes to the fact that he could do at least a little good for these specific people. In the end, he realizes that he can do something besides drive a taxi, and he helped his friends realize that