“Please, Mister…” EDDIE PLEADED. “I DIDN’T know. Believe me … God help me, I didn’t know” (Albom 47). The main character in the book The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom, is named Eddie. When he goes to heaven, he learns several lessons and things that he did not know about his life. He even learned that he was responsible for several people dieing, even at a young age. Through his book, Albom displays how Eddie did not know many things about his life, but when he died his life made since and he was at peace. Eddie met several people in heaven and they were connected to his life, Ruby, Talla, and, the Blue man, all had vital lessons to teach him. Eddie did not even know many of the people he met in his heaven. Some people he had only seen pictures of, such as Ruby. These people shaped his life,
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After the war Eddie had changed a lot, the things that he went through shaped his life. Some of the events Eddie went through are something that no one should have to go through. “You burn me. You make me fire” (188). Eddie's final person was named Tala and he had never met her, but yet he was responsible for her death. Eddie had set a hut on fire in the philippines, while escaping from being a prisoner of war. Eddie had thought he saw someone in the hut, and when he went in to look for her, he found nothing. “Children,” she said. “You keep them safe. You make good for me” (191). Eddie had killed her in the war, and he felt terrible once he realized what had happened. Tala and Eddie had never talked before heaven, but yet she knew why he was stuck working at the pier and she helped him connect the dots. Tala and Ruby both knew about Eddie and how he had a hard time working at the pier, but they both knew that he had a large impact on everyone he
After the war Eddie had changed a lot, the things that he went through shaped his life. Some of the events Eddie went through are something that no one should have to go through. “You burn me. You make me fire” (188). Eddie's final person was named Tala and he had never met her, but yet he was responsible for her death. Eddie had set a hut on fire in the philippines, while escaping from being a prisoner of war. Eddie had thought he saw someone in the hut, and when he went in to look for her, he found nothing. “Children,” she said. “You keep them safe. You make good for me” (191). Eddie had killed her in the war, and he felt terrible once he realized what had happened. Tala and Eddie had never talked before heaven, but yet she knew why he was stuck working at the pier and she helped him connect the dots. Tala and Ruby both knew about Eddie and how he had a hard time working at the pier, but they both knew that he had a large impact on everyone he