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10 of Spades
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in I Am the Messenger, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Circumstance vs. Choice
Heroism, Sainthood, and Ordinariness
Purpose, Success, and Meaning
Hope, Caring, and Beauty
Summary
Analysis
Late that night, Ed calls his Ma to make sure she is okay. She says she is all right, except for the fact that he woke her up. He wants to tell her he loves her, but instead he decides it is better to just hang up.
Ed’s phone call shows how caring for others and repairing relationships happens in small increments of progress, rather than dramatic reversals.
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