I Am the Messenger

I Am the Messenger

by

Markus Zusak

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Angelina is the young daughter of the Edgar Street man and woman. She sits on the front porch of her home and cries while her father repeatedly rapes her mother. Ed speaks to her when he tries and fails to enter the house. She expects him to save them but does not react when he initially fails. After Ed threatens and scares away her father, Angelina and her mother live peacefully in their home.
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Angelina Character Timeline in I Am the Messenger

The timeline below shows where the character Angelina appears in I Am the Messenger. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
5 of Diamonds: Watching, Waiting, Raping
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...realizes that the world doesn’t care. Ed realizes he has been chosen to care. A young girl comes out onto the porch of the house and cries. (full context)
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The rape finally stops, and the young girl goes back inside. The woman comes out and sits on the porch. Ed can see... (full context)
6 of Diamonds: Pieces
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...after night. One afternoon, while Ed is grocery shopping, he sees the wife pushing her daughter in a shopping cart. Ed watches them, until the wife stumbles in one of the... (full context)
Queen of Diamonds: Edgar Street Revisited
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...Street man assaulting his wife inside. The front door to the house opens and the daughter steps out. She introduces herself as Angelina and asks Ed if he is there to... (full context)
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...at night, feeling like he is going to go insane after having had to face Angelina directly. Still, he senses that fate wanted him to meet her in order to give... (full context)
6 of Clubs: The Stones
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...back to the first house from the first card and sees that the wife and daughter are now happy without their abusive father. He continues to read to Milla. He watches... (full context)
10 of Clubs: The Easy One and Ice Cream
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...around town. He visits the house of the abusive man and watches the wife and daughter eating dinner by themselves. He passes by Milla’s house and checks on Father O’Reilly. His... (full context)
9 of Hearts: The Swings
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Ed arrives at Suzanne’s house and she gets into the cab along with her daughter. Ed asks the child what her name is, and the child says Melinda. Ed recognizes... (full context)
10 of Hearts: Audrey, Part One: Three Nights to Wait
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...that night because he is still thinking about how Marv looked holding hands with his daughter and how afterward, Marv hugged him. Ed knows that now Audrey is his one remaining... (full context)
Joker: The End is Not the End
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Ed envisions Angelina, Milla, and Sophie. He remembers Father O’Reilly’s laughter, Angie’s ice cream, and the brotherly love... (full context)