I Am the Messenger

I Am the Messenger

by

Markus Zusak

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Gregor is Ed’s father, who passes away six months before the beginning of the events of the novel. He is a furniture salesman who dies of liver failure alone in his own moving van. Ed describes his father as kind and gentle but also lazy and alcoholic. While he is alive, Beverly, his wife, yells at him constantly for being drunk and for not providing a better life for their family. Gregor serves as an example of an individual who died without a purpose in life and without living up to his full potential, an example which Ed wants to avoid. At the end of the novel, the man with the cards reveals that he orchestrated Gregor’s death as part of his plan to control Ed’s life.
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Gregor Kennedy Character Timeline in I Am the Messenger

The timeline below shows where the character Gregor Kennedy appears in I Am the Messenger. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
4 of Spades: The Benefits of Lying
Hope, Caring, and Beauty Theme Icon
...family. Ed lies and says he used to live in the house and since his dad recently died, he enjoys seeing the man spend time with his kids. This makes the... (full context)