Pg15
“I’d realized there were people everywhere achieving greatness while I was taking directions from balding businessmen called Derek and being wary of Friday-night drunks who might throw up in my cab or do a runner on me. It was actually Audrey’s idea to give cab driving a shot. It didn’t take much to convince me, mainly because I’d been in love with her for years. I never left this suburban town, I didn’t go to university. I went to Audrey.”
This is the beginning of the book. This paragraph gave us many basic information: Ed loves Audrey. Ed didn’t go to university. Ed is a cab driving. Ed loves Audrey.
Love is very strange. You can love a person not for his/her good looking, not for money; you just love him/her, even she/he doesn’t love you.
P103
“I was supposed to kill the man, and here I am worrying about his well-being, I feel guilty about everything i5 did to him, but on the other hand, I feel guilty about not killing him. After all, that was what I was sent there to do. I think the gun in my letter box made that perfectly clear.”
This passage described the character’s confusion—Ed thought he needed to kill the man. However, he then started to worry about the man’s safety. He thought if he killed that person, he would have felt very guilty for killing him. Everyone has innate compassion. Although you know this man is an evil king, you will never kill him. I think that is the difference between human beings and animals.
P164
“The last thing I see that day is Thomas and Tony O’Reilly sitting on the steps of the church, smoking together. The odds are that they won’t see each other for another few years, but I can ask for nothing more than this.”
This is when ED solved the case—Tony and the Thomas finally talked to each other. From this paragraph we can know that even if you hate your brother, you still need to remember that you are brothers and have the responsibility to take care of each other. The connection between you and him/her can’t be broken forever. There is no real enemy between you and your brother.
P173
“She thanks me a few times more, but the best words I hear all day come to me right when I think it’s over. It’s the girl, Casey. She twists herself onto Angie’s hand and says,” Next week I will give you a bite of mine, Mum.”
This is the end of the 3nd case. ED gave the ice-cream to Angie because they used to give ice-creams to the children, but not to her. This tells us, no matter who the person is, this person still deserves caring and support to remind them who they are or what they want.
P357
“In a sweet, cruel, beautiful moment of clarity, I smile, watch a crack in the cement, and speak to Audrey and the sleeping doorman. I tell them what I’m telling you: I’m not the messenger at all. I’s the message.”
That’s the end of the book. Ed finally knew everything: who killed his father and who is behind everything. Ed is not just the person who finished the mission. Instead, Ed used himself as an example to tell others that everyone can make changes; everyone can help others for no reasons; everyone can also find the meaning for his or her life; everyone can also become successful. If you try to see and find, life is beautiful.
“I’d realized there were people everywhere achieving greatness while I was taking directions from balding businessmen called Derek and being wary of Friday-night drunks who might throw up in my cab or do a runner on me. It was actually Audrey’s idea to give cab driving a shot. It didn’t take much to convince me, mainly because I’d been in love with her for years. I never left this suburban town, I didn’t go to university. I went to Audrey.”
This is the beginning of the book. This paragraph gave us many basic information: Ed loves Audrey. Ed didn’t go to university. Ed is a cab driving. Ed loves Audrey.
Love is very strange. You can love a person not for his/her good looking, not for money; you just love him/her, even she/he doesn’t love you.
P103
“I was supposed to kill the man, and here I am worrying about his well-being, I feel guilty about everything i5 did to him, but on the other hand, I feel guilty about not killing him. After all, that was what I was sent there to do. I think the gun in my letter box made that perfectly clear.”
This passage described the character’s confusion—Ed thought he needed to kill the man. However, he then started to worry about the man’s safety. He thought if he killed that person, he would have felt very guilty for killing him. Everyone has innate compassion. Although you know this man is an evil king, you will never kill him. I think that is the difference between human beings and animals.
P164
“The last thing I see that day is Thomas and Tony O’Reilly sitting on the steps of the church, smoking together. The odds are that they won’t see each other for another few years, but I can ask for nothing more than this.”
This is when ED solved the case—Tony and the Thomas finally talked to each other. From this paragraph we can know that even if you hate your brother, you still need to remember that you are brothers and have the responsibility to take care of each other. The connection between you and him/her can’t be broken forever. There is no real enemy between you and your brother.
P173
“She thanks me a few times more, but the best words I hear all day come to me right when I think it’s over. It’s the girl, Casey. She twists herself onto Angie’s hand and says,” Next week I will give you a bite of mine, Mum.”
This is the end of the 3nd case. ED gave the ice-cream to Angie because they used to give ice-creams to the children, but not to her. This tells us, no matter who the person is, this person still deserves caring and support to remind them who they are or what they want.
P357
“In a sweet, cruel, beautiful moment of clarity, I smile, watch a crack in the cement, and speak to Audrey and the sleeping doorman. I tell them what I’m telling you: I’m not the messenger at all. I’s the message.”
That’s the end of the book. Ed finally knew everything: who killed his father and who is behind everything. Ed is not just the person who finished the mission. Instead, Ed used himself as an example to tell others that everyone can make changes; everyone can help others for no reasons; everyone can also find the meaning for his or her life; everyone can also become successful. If you try to see and find, life is beautiful.