the messenger
... every night by her tough drunk husband. Ed first emphasises what the woman is going through. He has to confront his own fear to help the woman because the world doesn’t care what is happening to her. “It’s like I’ve been chosen…to care.” Ed’s been chosen to make a difference in the woman’s life. Having had learnt to challenge his life style, Ed finally decides to confront his mother who he believes doesn’t care for him. It takes him a lot of courage that he encountered while dealing with the challenges that he had. He directly confronts her and asks her “Why do you hate me.” While his mother replies “It takes a lot of love to hate you like this”. This shows that the mother doesn’t intend to hate Ed, but Ed reminds her of his father whom she didn’t love. Ed overcomes the fear of confronting his mother which he always had. He always feared the reaction of his mother if he asked her why she hates him Ed’s progression in the book is seen in the way that he deals with Father O'Reilly’s problem. Having learnt to act independently he now faces the problem inherent in leadership. Ed has gained self confidence whilst dealing with other challenges. He is now capable of helping Father O’Reilly, with his problems to converse with his brother. Ed also attempts to lure people to come to the church and make a connection with God. He even goes to the effort of getting in trouble himself to help the priest get some people go to the church, by sray painting at 3am in the morning. He organizes food, beer and entertainment for the public to co...