In the novel "The five people you meet in heaven" by Mitchen Albom showed one of the important relationships which are Eddie and his father. Through this relationship, it revealed the negative and positive influences that the relationship gave. This relationship impacted Eddie, himself the most and few to others. This essay will explain how the relationship positively and/or negatively impacted Eddie's childhood, adult life and life see in heaven with a theme, forgive and forget.
Eddie's relationship with his father in his childhood was terrible, which negatively influenced his childhood. This quote, "This was their life together. Silence. Violence. Neglect." emphasizes the childhood of Eddie, with no happiness by the use of an incomplete sentence with a single noun. Albom also portrayed the emotion of Eddie's younger year by the quote "... whacked, lashed, and beaten." which is an onomatopoeia that strongly appeals the feeling and is expressive that shows Eddie's childhood. Eddie had no happiness at all. His childhood with his father damaged him a lot. He had almost no love …show more content…
In his child and adult life, it had impacted negatively resulting being inactive toward his emotion and lives and losing good things he could get and face. However, it had impacted positively in the end. It taught Eddie how to forgive and forget and let Eddie rewind his memory about his life. This relationship gives an insight that it is not a merely things happening in the novel but also can happen in real life. The novel taught a lesson or a theme to forgive and forget and I felt that forgiving and forgetting was a hard thing do since it was hard for me too. If people would know the facts behind the relationship like Eddie seeing his father's generous mind, I think it would be easier to forgive and
Eddie's relationship with his father in his childhood was terrible, which negatively influenced his childhood. This quote, "This was their life together. Silence. Violence. Neglect." emphasizes the childhood of Eddie, with no happiness by the use of an incomplete sentence with a single noun. Albom also portrayed the emotion of Eddie's younger year by the quote "... whacked, lashed, and beaten." which is an onomatopoeia that strongly appeals the feeling and is expressive that shows Eddie's childhood. Eddie had no happiness at all. His childhood with his father damaged him a lot. He had almost no love …show more content…
In his child and adult life, it had impacted negatively resulting being inactive toward his emotion and lives and losing good things he could get and face. However, it had impacted positively in the end. It taught Eddie how to forgive and forget and let Eddie rewind his memory about his life. This relationship gives an insight that it is not a merely things happening in the novel but also can happen in real life. The novel taught a lesson or a theme to forgive and forget and I felt that forgiving and forgetting was a hard thing do since it was hard for me too. If people would know the facts behind the relationship like Eddie seeing his father's generous mind, I think it would be easier to forgive and