Three+Level+Guide

=**THREE LEVEL GUIDE**= Consider each statement carefully. =Part A: Reading on the lines. True/False= =  =
 * 1.  ** On your own, indicate what you think is the most appropriate response – **T/F**
 * 2.  ** In your group, achieve a **group consensus**. You will have to justify your choice, and use all your persuasive techniques, if others do not agree.
 * 1. Ed, Marv, Ritchie and Audrey play cards five nights a week. **

**2. Ed is disconnected from the world around him at the start of the novel.** **4. The use of the cards as symbols is overdone.** **5. This story could only have been told from a first person point of view.**
 * 3. Ed is best described as a ‘saint’.**

=Part B: Reading between the lines= **1. The novel is just about learning to love.**

**2. The more cryptic messages deliver more satisfying outcomes for the reader.**

**3. Ed’s sole purpose in the novel is to help others take responsibility for their own lives.**


 * 4. The conflict in the story is driven by Ed’s internal (mental and emotional) journey, not by external events that happen around him.**

**5. Worry spoils friendship.**

=Part C: Reading beyond the lines= **1. To improve yourself, you must have aims and goals.**


 * // 2. The Messenger // reflects real life. **

**3. Ed Kennedy is a 19 year old loser only marginally connected to the world.**

**4. The novel shows real happiness and satisfaction come from helping and caring for others.**

**5. The ending leaves too many questions unanswered.**