Albom, Mitch. The Five People You Meet In Heaven. Nashville, TN. Broadway Music Corp.: 2003.
Reason, Type and Setting: I selected this book because I heard the name before and I decided to check it out and read it. This book is a logical book, makes you think. Ruby Pier. Around the 2000's.
Plot: This old man named Eddie is walking around when he meets a little girl and made her a trinket, later we sees that same girl under a ride that had broke. He quickly rushes over and gets under the ride to save her but he dies. Eddie ends up in a place that is empty and quiet. The first person Eddie meets a blue colored man up there. He finds out that just a little thing affected the people around him. He finds this out because when he was younger he threw a baseball and it landed into the street; he ran out to get it and almost got hit by a car [in that car was the blue colored man]. After almost hitting Eddie the blue man become really worried and anxious as a result he hit a truck and died from a heart attack. The second place Eddie finds himself is in the jungle, this was from when Eddie was in the war. He there he mets up with his old captain. After talking to the captain he learned what happened during the war. The captain shot Eddie's leg but he was only doing this to prevent Eddie from unknowingly walk into a fire. When the captain went to check if the route they were going to use to get Eddie to some medical attention he blew up from a mine. From this meeting Eddie realized that when we sacrifice we gain something too. For example with Eddie he's now crippled and has a limp, but he is still alive and wasn't killed in the fire. Next Eddie finds himself in snowy mountains, he sees his father at a restaurant but he doesn't go over to his father because they had never had a good relationship. He meets a woman that teaches him about forgiveness after he forgives his dad and no longer experiences anger and bitterness towards him. The forth person he meets in heaven is his wife. There he is taught another lesson that love lasts forever even when people die it's still there. The last person he meets is a little girl from where we was in the war. She teaches him everyone has a point in life and everyone's lives a intertwined somehow or another.
Character: Eddie. Describe your character’s physical appearance. What qualities does he or she possess? What roles does you character play in the plot? Why did you select this character? What interest you about the character? How did the plot change the character in the end?
Evaluation: Yes I really liked the novel, it made me thinks of my actions in a different way. It made me think about all the actions I have made in my life and how they affected other people and I also made me realize I need to be more careful in what I do. The main point was that everyone has a point in life and everyone's lives a intertwined somehow or another. I would recommend this book to others because I think it really makes you think and reevaluate the actions that you make and how you act towards others.
It is about real life. I brings up many important issues, like how forgiveness is essential, how when you sacrifice something you always gain something, and more. I really like how optimistic this book and how it really made you think. I think it would be a good book to read because like I said it makes you think and reevaluate the actions that you make and how you act towards others.
Put yourself in the plot. Yes I would act like him at first I'd be confused and deny killing the Blue Man like him and then after I would just feel so complete and satisfied. I really liked how the book ended so I wouldn't change it at all.
Author, Context and Trivia: For One More Day and Tuesdays with Morrie. I don't really know anything about him I went on his website right now and he says his inspiration comes from people he knows. I don't think I've ever read a book like this that I can remember at least. Yes, I would like to read more of his books because this one was really interesting and I really enjoyed it.
Reader Response
Quote and comment: “No story sits by itself. Sometimes stories meet at corners and sometimes they cover one another completely, like stones beneath a river.”page 10, said by the narrator. Select an important quote from the text you are reading. I chose this quote because I though it sounded cool and it was what I thought the overlying theme in the book was, how people's lives are all connected. It's important because it's telling us the theme, it's what the whole book revolves around.
No comments:
Post a Comment