novel’s first and almost only main character is Eddie‚ an eighty-three year old man. He is a man who has lived almost his entire life on Ruby Pier‚ an amusement park right on the ocean. He is head of maintenance at the pier‚ which was his father’s job when Eddie was a child. Eddie is the protagonist of the novel and a dynamic one at that‚ as the story covers the day he was born‚ died‚ and everywhere between the two. Eddie’s wife‚ Marguerite‚ is dead before the novel begins. She died when they were
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Reflection Five People You Meet In Heaven The five people you meet in heaven is to say at least‚ an interesting book since the beginning where it ends since most books start at the beginning. What makes this different this one starts at the end‚ where we find a man named Eddie who dies while trying to save a girl from a amusement park ride falling. Then he goes to heaven and finds out that heaven is a place where you meet people who made a difference on your life‚ good or bad. So he meets his five people
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven‚ by Mitch Albom‚ is a story about an old man‚ Eddie‚ who dies from saving a little girl. He goes to heaven and meets five different people. Each of them gives life lessons that change Eddie’s view about life‚ love‚ and people. Every time he meets a different person‚ he perceives his previous mistakes and finally finds out that he is a powerful‚ influential person. Three of the lessons learned are about sacrifice‚ forgiveness‚ and meaning of existence. All the lessons
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Cashane Brown Five People You Meet in Heaven March 2‚ 2013 The Five People You Meet in Heaven written by Mitch Albom‚ is about an old‚ crippled war veteran named Eddie. Eddie was raised by an abusive‚ drunk of a father and a caring mother who with all her love for her son did not interfere when Eddie’s father was abusing him. Eddie grew up resenting his father. He carried hate around with him as if it were his ID. The only true happiness Eddie found in life was his wife Marguerite. Eddie worked
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom is a story about the life of an elderly man who works at an amusement park called Ruby Pier for his whole life. The man‚ Eddie dies in tragic accident at Ruby Pier while trying to save the life of a young girl. When Eddie makes it to heaven he has to meet five different people to learn their story‚ how Eddie is connected to them‚ and they all have a lesson to teach Eddie. Every time he meets a new person he asks
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Title: The five people you meet in heaven Author: Mitch Albom Summary: The book starts with an elderly man named Eddie who works as the head of maintenance at an amusement park called Ruby Pier. Eddie is able to perform this job despite leg injuries he received as a soldier during [World War II]. On Eddie’s birthday‚ one of the amusement park rides malfunctions because of a damaged cable and stops halfway through the ride. Two of the staff at Ruby Pier are able to rescue the passengers on the
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The five people you meet in heaven is about a man names Eddie who works at Ruby Pier being a maintenance worker. Eddie spent most of his life at Ruby Pier. Eddie died trying to save a young girl from getting hurt by a falling cart. Instead of the girl getting crushed by the cart Eddies does. When Eddie goes to heaven he meets five people that teaches him different lessons. There are a couple of themes but the one theme that stuck out to me was the importance of “Forgiveness”. Forgiveness is something
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The five people you meet in heaven Brady 9-1 Most people believe that life ends after death‚ but what people don’t know is that death is a new beginning. The novel “The five people you meet in heaven” by Mitch Albom proves that. Eddie lived a peaceful life after the war. But Eddie still felt his life had no purpose after marguerite passed away. Eddie was also the second generation of family to work at the pier. When Eddie passed away‚ saving a little girl‚ on his eighty-third birthday‚ he discovers
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Abogada‚ Nathaniel J. ABPS3A-LC3 August 29‚ 2012 “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” By Mitch Albom I. Summary Death is both the end and the beginning. This is what “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” is all about. It starts unlike most stories do‚ with the countdown of the death of the main character‚ Eddie. With his death‚ the story of his life unfolds before him. Eddie is presented as a simple old maintenance worker in an amusement park who led life as justly as he
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“The Five People You Meet In Heaven” by Mitch Albom For my book report I chose to read and critique Mitch Albom’s “The Fine People You Meet in Heaven”. Mitch Albom’s story is centered on a character named Eddie. Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels like he has led a nothing to show life‚ and blames most his problems on his father. Unlike most stories ours begins at the end with Eddie’s death. After dying Eddie goes on a journey through heaven and along the way he meets five people that teach
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