Book Report Five People You Meet In Heaven

The Five People You Meet In Heaven Book Report

Author Mitch Albom wrote a book entitled, The Five People You Meet In Heaven, which was published by Hyperion in 2003. It has 208 pages, which portrays religious fiction and philosophical fiction. The story tells us about a maintenance man named Eddie, who tried saving a little girl from the amusement park ride that was about to fall. His heroic act caused him his life and he was sent to heaven, wherein he encounters the five people who changed his whole being when he was still alive. Eddie traveled to heaven where he met the first of the five people, The Blue Man. He informs Eddie that he will be meeting five people in heaven whose lives he has somehow affected. He also tells Eddie that he is sort of responsible for his death; when Eddie and Joe, were kids they would play by their garage with a ball. One day, the Blue Man was driving by the street where Eddie was playing. Eddie ran for the ball that made the Blue Man swerve to avoid hitting Eddie that made the Blue Man hit another car, which caused him his life. This teaches Eddie that things happen for a reason and there’s always a reason why someone dies. The second person Eddie encounters is the Captain. When Eddie was young he enlisted for the Army and was sent to the Philippines during the World War

Tala told Eddie that she was killed in a fire. Eddie realized that he had been recalling a child from the burning hut after the war. He was even telling his fellow soldiers about it, they thought that he was just hallucinating because it is usual for soldiers to be traumatized after wars. Tala 's skin was marked with burns and scars, she asks Eddie to wash her scars off. As Eddie was washing her skin, her scars started fading away. This was a way of showing Eddie that he has been forgiven by Tala. She teaches Eddie that his purpose in life was to protect the children from accidents in Ruby