Part of book: The soldiers are freed from the captivity, they all want revenge. They steal as many weapons and want to burn down the camp they were held captive.
connection : People everyday have feelings of revenge, even for the smallest things. Although Eddie's feeling was much stronger, anyone can relate to being oppressed and wanting to retaliate or get back at the person or situation they are faced with. For example, with an event like September 11Th, many people felt feelings of revenge wanting to retaliate against the terrorists. If some people had the chance like Eddie and the other soldiers, i believe people would want to do something to them because of the strong feeling of vengeance within some people in our country.
Part of book: Eddie thinks he seems someone in the burning barn, so he goes back into the barn to try and save whoever or whatever it is.
connection: Everyday people have to decipher whether to do the right thing, even if it may not benefit them in any way. Eddie chose to do what he could to save someone or something, because he thought it was the right thing to do. People face this same situation in everyday life and it could potentially greatly change the course of someones life. Just like Eddie tried to do the right thing by saving this person, even though he can no longer run and has a permanent limp.
Part of book: After Eddie is in the burning fire, someone goes in to save him.
connection: Eddies captain uses the motto, "no one gets left behind." Eddie and the other soldiers found comfort in this throughout the war. One of the soldiers saves Eddie from burning to death, following his captains motto. This shows a loyalty and bond between a group of soldiers that were complete strangers outside of the war. This is much like another tragedy our country faced, hurricane Katrina. Complete strangers were giving out a helping hand, in this time of need. This shows that friends and even strangers show loyalty and come together in stressful and scary situations, leaving no one behind.
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Review from www.amazon.com
Part melodrama and part parable, Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven weaves together three stories, all told about the same man: 83-year-old Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement Park. As the novel opens, readers are told that Eddie, unsuspecting, is only minutes away from death as he goes about his typical business at the park. Albom then traces Eddie's world through his tragic final moments, his funeral, and the ensuing days as friends clean out his apartment and adjust to life without him. In alternating sections, Albom flashes back to Eddie's birthdays, telling his life story as a kind of progress report over candles and cake each year. And in the third and last thread of the novel, Albom follows Eddie into heaven where the maintenance man sequentially encounters five pivotal figures from his life (a la A Christmas Carol). Each person has been waiting for him in heaven, and, as Albom reveals, each life (and death) was woven into Eddie's own in ways he never suspected. Each soul has a story to tell, a secret to reveal, and a lesson to share. Through them Eddie understands the meaning of his own life even as his arrival brings closure to theirs.
Albom takes a big risk with the novel; such a story can easily veer into the saccharine and preachy, and this one does in moments. But, for the most part, Albom's telling remains poignant and is occasionally profound. Even with its flaws, The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a small, pure, and simple book that will find good company on a shelf next to It's A Wonderful Life. --Patrick O'Kelley
Albom takes a big risk with the novel; such a story can easily veer into the saccharine and preachy, and this one does in moments. But, for the most part, Albom's telling remains poignant and is occasionally profound. Even with its flaws, The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a small, pure, and simple book that will find good company on a shelf next to It's A Wonderful Life. --Patrick O'Kelley
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This picture shows the connection between Eddie and his war buddies. Often in times of difficulty people join together to obtain a common goal.
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