Challenges In The Book Messenger

Without connections to others, people will become less united and their communities will become corrupt. In the fantasy novel Messenger by Lois Lowry, Matty faces many challenges. In order to overcome these obstacles he must stay connected to others at all times. Lois Lowry reveals Matty’s responses to challenges in order to develop the theme of the importance of human connections. One of Matty’s challenges that he faced throughout the book was that he had to constantly decide to use his unusual gift of healing. This gift relates to the theme because Matty was always willing to help others out even though he knew it would exhaust him after he used his gift. In Messenger, Leader says, “Don’t waste your gift. Don’t spend it.” This is important