The Edgar Street man lives at the first address on the first card Ed receives. This man often comes home drunk late at night and rapes his wife, while their daughter, Angelina, cries on the front porch. Ed takes him as an example of the uncaring nature of the world. He is large in stature and violent in temperament. Ed wants to stop him from hurting his family but feels weak compared to him. Ed eventually threatens the man with a gun until the man promises to never hurt his wife again. Afterward, the man leaves town, never to return.
The Edgar Street Man Quotes in I Am the Messenger
The I Am the Messenger quotes below are all either spoken by The Edgar Street Man or refer to The Edgar Street Man . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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5 of Diamonds
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He has sex with her and the bed cries out in pain. It creaks and wails and only I can hear it. Christ, it’s deafening. Why can’t the world hear? I ask myself. Within a few moments I ask it many times. Because it doesn’t care, I finally answer, and I know I’m right. It’s like I’ve been chosen. But chosen for what? I ask.
The answer’s quite simple:
To care.
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The Edgar Street Man Quotes in I Am the Messenger
The I Am the Messenger quotes below are all either spoken by The Edgar Street Man or refer to The Edgar Street Man . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
5 of Diamonds
Quotes
He has sex with her and the bed cries out in pain. It creaks and wails and only I can hear it. Christ, it’s deafening. Why can’t the world hear? I ask myself. Within a few moments I ask it many times. Because it doesn’t care, I finally answer, and I know I’m right. It’s like I’ve been chosen. But chosen for what? I ask.
The answer’s quite simple:
To care.
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Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
