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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Sophie. She begrudgingly wears them to her track meets, thinking they at least make her run a little better. She stops when Ed sees her run in the morning (shoeless) and suggests she ditch the sneakers during meets.
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* PrefersGoingBarefoot: Sophie. She begrudgingly wears shoes to her track meets, thinking they at least make her run a little better. She stops when Ed sees her run in the morning (shoeless) and suggests she ditch the sneakers during meets.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Averted. Ed himself says, "useless at sex," and wishes it was more like maths so no one would care.
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* AuthorAvatar: Supposedly [[spoiler: the man who visits Ed at the end.]]
* BigFriendlyDog: The Doorman
* BreakingTheFourthWall: part of the conclusion.
* BrokenBird: The wife of "Mr Edgar Street" and her daughter. "Are you OK?"
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: part of the conclusion.
* BrokenBird: The wife of "Mr Edgar Street" and her daughter. "Are you OK?"
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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler: His own mother]] gives one to Ed. Ouch.
* SeriousBusiness: The annual football Sledge Game to Marv.
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* CaughtUpInARobbery: The book begins with Ed and his friends getting caught up in a robbery at a gas station. When he accidentally stops the robbery, Ed's life changes but he has the robber's threat that he's "a dead man" hanging over his head. [[spoiler:When the robber reappears at the end, he reveals that it wasn't a threat, but a warning that Ed was wasting his life.]]
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* ExactWords: The robber at the beginning of the book tells Ed that he's "a dead man", and that's all Ed will ever see when he looks into the mirror. Turns out it wasn't a threat, but a ''warning'', that Ed may as well be dead with the low standards of life he was living; [[spoiler: later, when the robber returns after Ed's efforts to follow the cards results in the great improvement of his standards of living, he asks Ed if he still sees a dead man in the mirror.]]
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* LoserProtagonist: Ed's an uninspired taxi driver, hopelessly in love with a coworker who doesn't reciprocate, and terrible at cards. His life is going nowhere fast and he is complacent with this, if only because he doesn't see the point of trying anyways. The book basically [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructs]], then rebuilds his outlook, forcing him to live a life worth living.
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* LiteraryAgentHypothesis
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''I Am the Messenger'' (originally published in Australia as ''The Messenger'') is an award-winning children's book by [[Creator/MarkusZusak]].
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''I Am the Messenger'' (originally published in Australia as ''The Messenger'') is an award-winning children's book by [[Creator/MarkusZusak]].
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''I Am the Messenger'' (originally published in Australia as ''The Messenger'') is an award-winning children's book by [[Literature/TheBookThief Markus Zusak]].
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''I Am the Messenger'' (originally published in Australia as ''The Messenger'') is an award-winning children's book by [[Literature/TheBookThief Markus Zusak]].
[[Creator/MarkusZusak]].
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--> [[spoiler: '''Ed :''' I'm not the messenger at all. I'm the message.]]
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--> [[spoiler: '''Ed :''' '''Ed:''' I'm not the messenger at all. I'm the message.]]
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''I Am the Messenger'' (originally published in Australia as ''The Messenger'') is an award-winning children's book by [[TheBookThief Markus Zusak]].
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''I Am the Messenger'' (originally published in Australia as ''The Messenger'') is an award-winning children's book by [[TheBookThief [[Literature/TheBookThief Markus Zusak]].
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* BrokenBird: The wife of 'Mr Edgar Street' and her daughter. "Are you OK?"
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* BrokenBird: The wife of 'Mr "Mr Edgar Street' Street" and her daughter. "Are you OK?"
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* TheEndOrIsIt: After Ed finishes the last ace, it looks like we're heading towards a feel good BittersweetEnding...and then [[spoiler: comes the Joker.]]
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* TheEndOrIsIt: After Ed finishes the last ace, it looks like we're heading towards a feel good BittersweetEnding... and then [[spoiler: comes the Joker.]]
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Averted. Ed himself says, 'useless at sex,' and wishes it was more like maths so no one would care.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Averted. Ed himself says, 'useless "useless at sex,' sex," and wishes it was more like maths so no one would care.
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* PostModernism: the second last chapter.
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* PostModernism: the The second last chapter.
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* SeriousBusiness: the annual football Sledge Game, to Marv.
* SlidingScaleOfCynicismVersusIdealism. Quite cynical...except for the {{Aesop}}.
* TwistEnding: The book is humming along, the messages have all been delivered and then [[spoiler: the author pops in, hands Ed the manuscript for 'The Messenger' and wanders off down the street.]]
---> [[spoiler: Ed :]]"I guess it's for life beyond these pages
* SlidingScaleOfCynicismVersusIdealism. Quite cynical...except for the {{Aesop}}.
* TwistEnding: The book is humming along, the messages have all been delivered and then [[spoiler: the author pops in, hands Ed the manuscript for 'The Messenger' and wanders off down the street.]]
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* SeriousBusiness: the The annual football Sledge Game, Game to Marv.
* SlidingScaleOfCynicismVersusIdealism. Quite cynical... except for the {{Aesop}}.
* TwistEnding: The book is humming along, the messages have all been delivered and then [[spoiler: the author pops in, hands Ed the manuscript for'The Messenger' ''The Messenger'' and wanders off down the street.]]
---> --> [[spoiler: Ed :]]"I guess it's for life beyond these pages'''Ed :''' I'm not the messenger at all. I'm the message.]]
* SlidingScaleOfCynicismVersusIdealism. Quite cynical... except for the {{Aesop}}.
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* AustralianRulesFootball: The local barefoot game is a huge deal to Marv, who drags Ed along.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Ed says he comes from the north part of town, where there are "mothers like his who smoke, drink, and go out in public wearing Ugg boots."
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Subverted. Sophie initially wears shoes to her track meets, believing they'll help with her running. That is, until Ed motions that she should go barefoot.
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''I Am the Messenger'' (originally published in Australia as ''The Messenger'') is an award-winning children's book by [[TheBookTheif MarkusZusak]].
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''I Am the Messenger'' (originally published in Australia as ''The Messenger'') is an award-winning children's book by Creator/MarkusZusak.
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''I Am the Messenger'' (originally published in Australia as ''The Messenger'') is an award-winning children's book by Creator/MarkusZusak.
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Meet Ed Kennedy. Underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer and a man who is useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he's hopelessly in nervous-love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when [[CallToAdventure the Ace of Diamonds]] arrives, with three addresses written on its back. That's when Ed becomes the messenger, helping and hurting (when necessary) until only one question remains: who's behind his mission?
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Meet Ed Kennedy. Underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer and a man who is useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he's hopelessly in nervous-love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when [[CallToAdventure the Ace of Diamonds]] arrives, with three addresses written on its back. That's when Ed [[TitleDrop becomes the messenger, messenger]], helping and hurting (when necessary) until only one question remains: who's behind his mission?
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->''Protect the diamonds. Survive the clubs. Dig deep through the spades. Feel the hearts.''
''I Am the Messenger'' (originally published in Australia as ''The Messenger'') is an award-winning children's book by Creator/MarkusZusak.
Meet Ed Kennedy. Underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer and a man who is useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he's hopelessly in nervous-love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when [[CallToAdventure the Ace of Diamonds]] arrives, with three addresses written on its back. That's when Ed becomes the messenger, helping and hurting (when necessary) until only one question remains: who's behind his mission?
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!!This work provides examples of:
* TheAllegedCar: Marv's Ford, to the point where a robbery is thwarted because the robber chooses it for his getaway vehicle.
* AnAesop: "If a guy like you can stand up and do what you did for all those people, well, maybe everyone can. Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of."
* AntiHero: Ed, who as we mentioned is a bit of a failure until it all begins.
* AustralianRulesFootball: The local barefoot game is a huge deal to Marv, who drags Ed along.
* AuthorAvatar: Supposedly [[spoiler: the man who visits Ed at the end.]]
* BigFriendlyDog: The Doorman
* BreakingTheFourthWall: part of the conclusion.
* BrokenBird: The wife of 'Mr Edgar Street' and her daughter. "Are you OK?"
* CallToAdventure
* ChekhovsGun: TheChessmaster at the end of the story has a file where he keeps all the story's writing. [[spoiler: Now look at the 'about the author' photo in the back...]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Literally!]]
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Of all people, it turns out to be [[spoiler: Ritchie.]]
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Subverted. Sophie initially wears shoes to her track meets, believing they'll help with her running. That is, until Ed motions that she should go barefoot.
* EarnYourHappyEnding
* TheEndOrIsIt: After Ed finishes the last ace, it looks like we're heading towards a feel good BittersweetEnding...and then [[spoiler: comes the Joker.]]
* FootFocus: Sophie
* GainaxEnding: A totally non-fantasy story suddenly turns Post Modern when TheChessmaster turns out to be [[spoiler: the author himself.]] He's a pretty nice guy, and even gives Ed the [[spoiler: book's manuscript.]] After a bit of [[{{ContemplateOurNavels}} navel-contemplating]], Ed [[spoiler: decides to go on living his life.]]
* GoodBadGirl: Audrey.
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Averted. Ed himself says, 'useless at sex,' and wishes it was more like maths so no one would care.
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis
* NowWhat: Ed's reaction after [[spoiler: the author drops in. "I don't leave the shack, and I don't answer the phone. I barely even eat."]] Justified and played with in that if the book [[spoiler: ended say, before the Joker was delivered, Ed would be done and not be 'alive' as we would not be reading about him.]]
* PostModernism: the second last chapter.
* RapeAsDrama: One of the first people he has to help is a woman whose husband rapes her regularly.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler: His own mother]] gives one to Ed. Ouch.
* SeriousBusiness: the annual football Sledge Game, to Marv.
* SlidingScaleOfCynicismVersusIdealism. Quite cynical...except for the {{Aesop}}.
* TearJerker: "Thanks for trying, Ed."
* TwistEnding: The book is humming along, the messages have all been delivered and then [[spoiler: the author pops in, hands Ed the manuscript for 'The Messenger' and wanders off down the street.]]
---> [[spoiler: Ed :]]"I guess it's for life beyond these pages
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Audrey and Ed both like each other, and both know it, but can't be together because Audrey's afraid of being in a relationship with someone she actually cares about.
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''I Am the Messenger'' (originally published in Australia as ''The Messenger'') is an award-winning children's book by Creator/MarkusZusak.
Meet Ed Kennedy. Underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer and a man who is useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he's hopelessly in nervous-love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when [[CallToAdventure the Ace of Diamonds]] arrives, with three addresses written on its back. That's when Ed becomes the messenger, helping and hurting (when necessary) until only one question remains: who's behind his mission?
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!!This work provides examples of:
* TheAllegedCar: Marv's Ford, to the point where a robbery is thwarted because the robber chooses it for his getaway vehicle.
* AnAesop: "If a guy like you can stand up and do what you did for all those people, well, maybe everyone can. Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of."
* AntiHero: Ed, who as we mentioned is a bit of a failure until it all begins.
* AustralianRulesFootball: The local barefoot game is a huge deal to Marv, who drags Ed along.
* AuthorAvatar: Supposedly [[spoiler: the man who visits Ed at the end.]]
* BigFriendlyDog: The Doorman
* BreakingTheFourthWall: part of the conclusion.
* BrokenBird: The wife of 'Mr Edgar Street' and her daughter. "Are you OK?"
* CallToAdventure
* ChekhovsGun: TheChessmaster at the end of the story has a file where he keeps all the story's writing. [[spoiler: Now look at the 'about the author' photo in the back...]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Literally!]]
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Of all people, it turns out to be [[spoiler: Ritchie.]]
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Subverted. Sophie initially wears shoes to her track meets, believing they'll help with her running. That is, until Ed motions that she should go barefoot.
* EarnYourHappyEnding
* TheEndOrIsIt: After Ed finishes the last ace, it looks like we're heading towards a feel good BittersweetEnding...and then [[spoiler: comes the Joker.]]
* FootFocus: Sophie
* GainaxEnding: A totally non-fantasy story suddenly turns Post Modern when TheChessmaster turns out to be [[spoiler: the author himself.]] He's a pretty nice guy, and even gives Ed the [[spoiler: book's manuscript.]] After a bit of [[{{ContemplateOurNavels}} navel-contemplating]], Ed [[spoiler: decides to go on living his life.]]
* GoodBadGirl: Audrey.
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Averted. Ed himself says, 'useless at sex,' and wishes it was more like maths so no one would care.
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis
* NowWhat: Ed's reaction after [[spoiler: the author drops in. "I don't leave the shack, and I don't answer the phone. I barely even eat."]] Justified and played with in that if the book [[spoiler: ended say, before the Joker was delivered, Ed would be done and not be 'alive' as we would not be reading about him.]]
* PostModernism: the second last chapter.
* RapeAsDrama: One of the first people he has to help is a woman whose husband rapes her regularly.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler: His own mother]] gives one to Ed. Ouch.
* SeriousBusiness: the annual football Sledge Game, to Marv.
* SlidingScaleOfCynicismVersusIdealism. Quite cynical...except for the {{Aesop}}.
* TearJerker: "Thanks for trying, Ed."
* TwistEnding: The book is humming along, the messages have all been delivered and then [[spoiler: the author pops in, hands Ed the manuscript for 'The Messenger' and wanders off down the street.]]
---> [[spoiler: Ed :]]"I guess it's for life beyond these pages
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Audrey and Ed both like each other, and both know it, but can't be together because Audrey's afraid of being in a relationship with someone she actually cares about.
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