How have your life lessons shaped your future? In the book, “The Five People You Meet In Heaven,” by Mitch Albom, the main character, Eddie is taught various life lessons from people who have affected his life. Each person Eddie meets in heaven helps him to understand his purpose in life and helps him to forgive those who have hurt him. The most valuable lessons to be learned from Eddie’s journey are: that there are no random acts, that life has to end, but love does not, and that sacrifice is not something to regret.
We are all connected, everything that we do affects not only ourselves but the people around us. In the book, The Blue Man teaches Eddie this lesson by bringing Eddie back to one of his childhood memories. The Blue Man is shown driving down the road, while Eddie is playing catch with his friends. The ball is thrown over Eddie’s head, and when he runs to get the ball the Blue Man swerves, narrowly …show more content…
Back in the war, the Captain had shot Eddie in the knee, which crippled him for the rest of his life. After letting Eddie calm down, the Captain tells Eddie how he was trying to run into a fire to save someone. The Captain realized that this would be an instant death sentence for Eddie and sacrificed his knee to save his life. This split-second decision saved Eddie’s life but incapacitated him for the rest of his life. The connection that I noticed when reading this chapter was to the movie, “127 Hours”. In the movie the main character, Aron Ralston gets pinned by a boulder he knocked loose during his descent of Blue John Canyon. After trying various methods of freeing himself, Aron realizes the only way he will survive is if he amputates his arm. After freeing himself Aron goes on to live a happy life, but only because of the sacrifice that he made that fateful day. Although sacrifice is vital to understand, all of the lessons Eddie learned are necessary to living our best
We are all connected, everything that we do affects not only ourselves but the people around us. In the book, The Blue Man teaches Eddie this lesson by bringing Eddie back to one of his childhood memories. The Blue Man is shown driving down the road, while Eddie is playing catch with his friends. The ball is thrown over Eddie’s head, and when he runs to get the ball the Blue Man swerves, narrowly …show more content…
Back in the war, the Captain had shot Eddie in the knee, which crippled him for the rest of his life. After letting Eddie calm down, the Captain tells Eddie how he was trying to run into a fire to save someone. The Captain realized that this would be an instant death sentence for Eddie and sacrificed his knee to save his life. This split-second decision saved Eddie’s life but incapacitated him for the rest of his life. The connection that I noticed when reading this chapter was to the movie, “127 Hours”. In the movie the main character, Aron Ralston gets pinned by a boulder he knocked loose during his descent of Blue John Canyon. After trying various methods of freeing himself, Aron realizes the only way he will survive is if he amputates his arm. After freeing himself Aron goes on to live a happy life, but only because of the sacrifice that he made that fateful day. Although sacrifice is vital to understand, all of the lessons Eddie learned are necessary to living our best