The Five People You Meet In Heaven Summary

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, was published by Hyperion (2003) and later by Hachette Books (2014). The Five People You Meet in Heaven contains many settings, needs better vocabulary, clearer, and do not end sentence with the word most. yet Ruby Pier impacts the story the most. Amusement park rides and attractions fill Ruby Pier. A man named Emile, built the pier for his wife, Ruby, in the early 1900’s.The park contained many exotic attractions until it unfortunately burned down in the 1920’s.The fire claimed Emile’s life because he tried to save the grand entrance but a pillar fell and crushed him. One of The Five People You Meet in Heaven’s many morals pertains to the importance of every job. For example, Eddie always thought that his job didn’t have a point. …show more content…
He grew up in the 1920’s and became a very tough kid. He was deployed to Japan in World War II in the 1940’s. He returned with a badly injured leg, restricting him to his home until his father became deathly ill. Can we say plagiarized He then took over his dad’s shift at Ruby Pier. When his father died he became stuck with the job. Eddie worked there until he died in a tragic accident in his 70’s. He tried to save a girl from a falling cart of a modern tower-like ride. The cart crushed Eddie and he then traveled to heaven. Eddie arrived at an old version of Ruby Pier like the one from his childhood. He felt like a kid again and ran around the park until he found the first person he would meet in heaven. Eddie found the Blue Man in the old “freak show” tent. Then the Blue Man told Eddie about his life. The Blue Man explained that he turned himself blue by taking silver nitrate for his anxiety. He then explained how Eddie killed him. One day Eddie ran into the road after a baseball as a child, a seemingly harmless event. Eddie didn’t know that he caused the Blue Man to swerve his Model T into an alley where he crashed into a wagon. He became so anxious about the wreck that he died from a heart

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