Five People You Meet In Heaven
Vivian Loo Period 2 March 4, 2004 English The Five People You Meet In Heaven “[The] greatest gift God can give you [is] to understand what happened in your life [and] have it explained”. Mitch Albom shares his perception of what the afterlife holds for us in his book The Five People You Meet In Heaven. ... Eddie leaves Ruby Pier and embarks on a journey into heaven. Albom depicts heaven as five stages before true peace. ... Through Eddie, Mitch Albom reveals what good people learn from life. ... The first person that Eddie meets in heaven is the blue man. ... Unable to forgive his father for violently abusing him as a child, Eddie cannot reach the fourth stage of heaven without first learning the lesson of forgiveness. ... She loved Eddie all her living life and still loves him in heaven. ... Tala’s hands bring Eddie into heaven and it is her that finishes his journey through the five stages. ... When these three qualities are combined, they portray the lessons that good people learn from life.