Tough Questions for "The Message"

   Hi everyone. Because I have recently finished I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak, I wanted to discuss something differently about this book. Because I have discussed the conflicts and lessons that Ed has been through in the book, I wanted to discuss difficult questions that I've had about this book.          

                       (This blog is obviously filled with spoilers. You have been warned.)

   So, on page 319, the author writes, " The girl got pregnant. Not unusual in these parts, but obviously not condoned by the Boyd's. The family left town. Nothing was ever said, and the Boyds were never really missed." What I never understood about this was that Suzanne (Marv's lover) left suddenly because her family "disappeared", but they never say in the beginning of the book that Suzanne never got pregnant and near the end of the book, they finally mention Suzanne getting pregnant but with who? I feel that Marv was the person that had Suzanne pregnant but I feel that we can only predict who we think that Suzanne got pregnant with.

  Also on page 353, the author writes, ""I killed your father, Ed. I organized the bank bungled bank robbery for a time when you were there. I instructed that man to brutalize his wife." What I obviously don't understand from this part of the book is that as a personal question for all of you, would you get angry if you found the person that did something horrible to someone you loved? I know I would, but I wouldn't kill myself for them just like in Romeo and Juliet. But the problem is that Ed didn't get angry with the person who told him that they killed Ed's father. Doesn't that seem odd to all of you? Because I still ponder about Ed not being mad at the person who killed his father. 

  Even though I have finished this book, the message that I will take away from this book is that there is always a spark of hope there waiting for you in the darkest of times.