2. What effect did Eddie's father have on his life that he would be one of the people Eddie meets in Heaven?
3. What do you think Eddie would say to his father after all those years of not talking?
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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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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10 comments:
1. I think Eddie will meet his mom, dad and his wife.
2. He barely ever talked to him, he beat him and he never had any affection towards him. I think he needs to confront that to be able to make peace with it, so i think he will meet his dad in heaven.
3. I think he would tell him how badly it killed him to not have a father figure growing up as a kid. And how he never pushed him to do anything, or to get a better life for himself.
1. I think Eddie will eventually meet his mom and the girl he tried to save at Ruby Pier.
2. Eddie's father would beat Eddie and refused to talk to him so in heaven he probably would say sorry for all the wrong things he did.
3. Eddie would probably say how he regrets never speaking to him and he would probably inquire why he never spoke to him.
1. I think Eddie will meet his wife and will eventually meet the little girl.
2. I think Eddie's father played an improtant part in Eddie's;ife because Eddie cpnstantly wanted be like his father and amidered everything he did even if it was wrong.
3.I think he wouldapoligize to his father and expect an apolgy from his father.
1. I think Eddie will meet his mom, dad, his brother, and his wife.
2. He had a major effect on him because he neglected him and beat him and didnt really pay much attention to him. I think he needs to meet him to "smooth" things over and know that they actually do care and love eachother.
3.I think he would ask him why he treated him the way he did.
i think eddie will meet his wife and the little girl who he tried to save at the ruby pier.
1. Who else do you think Eddie might meet in Heaven? The little girl, if she died, Marguerite, and his father.
2. What effect did Eddie's father have on his life that he would be one of the people Eddie meets in Heaven? He helped Eddie face reality and realize that every relationship is meaningful.
3. What do you think Eddie would say to his father after all those years of not talking? He would say he is sorry and how much he wished they could have had a relationship.
I think that Eddie will meet his wife and possibly the little girl that he saved at the pier when it comes her time to die
Eddies father had a huge impact on his life. Eddies learned many things from watching him, even though he was nit every involved in Eddie's life.
Eddie will probably tell his father that he forgives him and that he loves him
1. I think Eddie will meet the little girl from Ruby Pier later on.
2. The effect that Eddie's father had on him was not exactly a good one, but i think he was one of the people he met in heaven because they needed to forgive eachother.
3. I think Eddie would try to find out the answers from him of why he had decided to ignore him all those years.
3. I think after all the years of not talking to his father Eddie would apologize and tell him that he really does love him. And that he left an impact on Eddie and wants to have a relationship with him.
1. I think Eddie will meet the little girl that he isnt sure if he saved or not.
2. Eddie never understood his father and their realationship so i think Eddie would have a lot of questions for him.
3.I think Eddie would tell his dad that he loved him and forgives him and ask him why he acted the way he did.
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