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''The Messenger'' is a 2002 Novel by Markus Zusak, and winner of the 2003 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award. ''The Messenger'' was released in the United States under the name ''I Am the Messenger.'' The entire story is written through the eyes of the main character, Ed Kennedy, who describes and comments on the story throughout the book.〔("I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak - review" ) ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 2015-11-01.〕 == Plot summary == The story begins with an introduction to the character of Ed Kennedy, a down-and-out underage taxi driver in Sydney, who is hopelessly in love with his best friend Audrey, who, to his dismay, feels that she cares about him too much to date him. Ed is standing in a bank queue when a robbery takes place. He accidentally foils the robbers' escape, and is proclaimed a hero. Shortly after, he receives an Ace of Diamonds in the mail. The ace is from an unknown source. On the ace is written a list of addresses and times. These represent a series of tasks that Ed must complete. His tasks are as follows: # He must save a woman who is raped by her husband almost every night. # He must comfort a lonely old lady. # He must show a teenage girl how to take control of her life and become more confident. Throughout the book, Ed receives different playing cards in the mail. Each card is a different ace, and each ace contains a series of tasks, often in the form of cryptic clues. On the second to last card, he receives a list with movie titles on it and deciphers the names of his three best friends. From these cards he learns the greatest message of all: That he isn't the messenger, but instead the message. The last card is a Joker and has his own address written on it. But as it is made clear in the last lines of the novel it's all about the realisation of chances and potential because as Ed finally says: "I'm not the messenger at all. I'm the message." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Messenger (Zusak novel)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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