Messenger: Chapter 5 and 6

Matty went over to his school teacher's house to visit his flirtatious daughter, Jean. Jean promised Matty that he could have one of her dog's puppies. When he went over, though, he found that they were all very ill. When he bent down to pet one, he found pain shooting through his arm to the rest of his body. When he touched the puppy again, it still hurt, but as he kept his hand on the dog, the puppy was healing. Soon, he cured all the sick puppies. However, the problem was that the process took energy out of him. He felt so tired, he could barely walk home. This reminded him of the frog. I found that the frog was injured and was going to die. When he picked the frog up, he unintentionally healed it . He also felt weak after that.
In chapter six, new ones arrived at Village. New ones are what they call people who first come to Village. When they came to the entrance, people from Village gathered around them and welcomed them, like they usually do. However, this time, a group of protesters, led by mentor the teacher. They were saying not to let them in. Leader quieted them.
When Matty saw Mentor, he looked different. He thought about what Leader said to him about the trading and Mentor. Matty thought Mentors scar was lighter and he was taller. He soon came to the conclusion that Mentor just got tanner so his scar was less noticeable and he did not slouch, then, which made him look taller.
Matty decided that he would go to the next Trade Mart. Seer let him so long as he did not trade anything; he would just watch and listen. Seer also said that the Trade Mart used to not hold any secrets. Now, from listening t gossip, they do.

Messenger: chapters 3 and 4

Chapter three is about trading. In Village, trading was taken very seriously. So far, people have no money to by things, instead they trade for things they need. Matty wanted to attend one of the Trade Marts, but Seer said he was too young and "it would be to painful." That could mean the temptation could be to painful. Or, it could mean something else.
Also, in chapter three, Matty recalled a memory when he first came to Village. It explained some rules. One was that there were absolutely no secrets in Village, so everyone should be honest. This rule interferes with the event with the frog because he has not told anyone abut it, therefore a secret.
In chapter four, it goes on with some regulations of Village. The town leader, Jonas, called Matty to meet him. Jonas wanted him to deliver a message. Matty was the "unofficial" messenger since he was so good at traveling in and out of Forest. Matty could not be the "official" messenger because he was not old enough. The message was about closing the border, or not letting anyone in Village. This came as a surprise to Matty because Village was formed for people who were escaping poverty and cruelty.

Messenger: chapters 1 and 2

The author, Lois Lowry, began the Messenger with an inner dialog from Matty, the main character. Matty was very impatient during dinner with Seer, the blind man that he lived with. He had something very important to do. The author did not tell the reader what that was. She told about an incident when Matty was visiting Forest, and he saw an unusual frog. The author said that the frog was marked, which made it complicated. Matty's life would be easier if the frog wasn't marked, or at least if he did not know it was marked.
Lois Lowry introduced an important setting in the first chapter, Forest. Everyone in their community, Village, was afraid of Forest. So far, the difference between a forest in the real world and Forest in Messenger is that Forest has a mind. It is very dangerous, too. Forest will give you a Warning, or an image of a horrible incident, in your head. If you get a Warning, Forest is telling you that you cannot come back again-unless you want to die.