How Does Eddie Meet In Heaven

The title of my book i read for the independent reading project with 196 print pages, is called The Five People You Meet In Heaven. This book was written by a man named Mitch Albom. This book was published on March 28th, 2003. This book was originally published by Hyperion Books.
Eddie is an 83 year old maintenance man, who has worked his whole life at an amusement park named Ruby Pier. In the beginning of theC story, we do not know much about Eddie except for his age and occupation. You learn the most about Eddie when he takes his journey through heaven after his tragic death. Eddie meets five people in heaven, all in which made an impact on his life. All five people have an important lesson to teach Eddie. He died trying to save a little girl from a
The first thing he sees is a man with blue skin walk up to him. Confused, Eddie asks who he is. “I am your first person Edward.” He teaches Eddie his first lesson, which is that there are no random acts in life. If Eddie had never chased his baseball into the street, the blue man may have never died. However, since the blue man steered the car away from hitting Eddie, one of the benefits is that Eddie got to live. The second person Eddie meets in heaven is his captain while he was in war. The captain saw Eddie running into a burning building to save a person he thought he saw. He shot Eddie in the leg so he can keep him alive. If Eddie would’ve went into into the building, “We woulda lost you forever. A bullet can be healed, Eddie. I did it to keep you alive.” Said captain. He kept his promise to Eddie by never leaving anyone behind. Which leads Eddie to his next lesson. “When one loses something (his healthy leg), they often gain something else (his life). The third person he meets is a lady named Ruby. Emile, Ruby’s husband said that he wanted to build Ruby a seaside resort to capture the moment. Emile later built the park and named it Ruby Pier, after Ruby. As a