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    In Markus Zusak's novel, I Am The Messanger, I think his interaction  with Milla is very interesting. One of Ed's task is to help an old lady with her loneliness. It is interesting in many ways. One thing that is interesting is that Ed really forms a relationship with this women. He attempts to portray her dead husband Jimmy to make her feel less lonely. When he first sees her, he is in his car watching her eat soup, and he started to sympathize for her pathetic loneliness, until he recognized he was not any better. Without even saying a word, she had already touched his heart. Days later he had gotten her a cake and he went over to give it to her. He found out she is an 82 year old woman named Milla. At first sight, she thaught it was her husband Jimmy, so Ed played along. We eats dinner with her and they start conversing. A couple of days later he reads Milla her favorite book, and Ed finds a note. It says  , "Dearest Milla, My soul needs yours. Love, Jimmy". This lets Ed know that Jimmy was an ex lover. Later, Ed visits Jimmy's grave, and realizes that Milla has been lonely for 60 years, and he takes it upon himself to regularly meet with her to void her loneliness.