The Five People You Meet In Heaven Summary
Book Report The Five People You Meet in Heaven By: Mitch Albom
Eddie - main character, old man, in his eighty's , works at Ruby's Pier, fixing the rides, dies after a ride breaks and falls on top of him.
Annie - minor character, girl whom Eddie saved from a falling cart. She lived after Eddie dies.
The blue man - the first person Eddie meets in heaven. Eddie had killed this man earlier, not purposely. The man had too much chemicals in his vitamins growing up, so his skin turned blue.
Ruby - the second person Eddie meets in heaven. The pier Eddie works at was named after her. Her husband had built it for her after they married.
Marguerite - Eddies wife. They were married for a long time until he lied to her one night about where he was. When she went …show more content…
out to look for him, she was hit by a car and died. Eddie never forgave himself for that. He was in madly in love with her.
Tala - Eddie's last person he met in heaven.
She was killed in the Vietnam war, when Eddie blew up a village. Her grandmother left her in a house while she went to look for food. Eddie and his crew didn't know she was in the house. And they blew it up.
Eddie was an eighty-three year old man who worked and lived at Ruby Pier for his whole life. He grew up there, and his father was the main maintenance worker. While Eddie was growing up, he was taught to work on fixing the rides, and helping out with the games. He and his father got along very good, and his father sometimes favored him over his brother.
Eddie went of to fight in the Vietnam war. When he came back, he was a completely changed man. He suffered from depression, as would most men coming back from war. For weeks all he could do was think about all the innocent people that were killed, and the horrors of the war. One day when his father yelled at him to get off the couch, and get a job, Eddie became furious and yelled back at his father. His father then tried to slap him, and Eddie stopped him. After that incident his father never talked to Eddie again.
Marguerite and Eddie then moved out, and started living on their
own.
They had a wonderful marriage. Both of them loved children, but never had any. It was mainly because they didn't have enough money to support themselves. One summer when things got really bad, financially, Marguerite had to start working at the Pier behind a ticket booth. She didn't mind, but Eddie was ashamed, he didn't want his wife to be working. Things turned out good because Marguerite liked working, especially because she got to see kids all day long. Eddie and Marguerite would eat lunch together, and after work, they would just take walks on the beach.
One year, after Marguerite and Eddie got into a fight, Eddie went to the horse races, and after a while Marguerite followed after him to apologize. On her way to the races, she was hit by another car. She died in the car crash. Eddie never forgave himself for that night. When Eddie got up enough courage to tell his parents, his father didn't say anything, he came to the funeral, but did not say one work to Eddie.
After his father and mother died, Eddie continued living and working at the pier. He lived alone, after his brother moved away with his wife and three children. When Eddie was about eighty, an incident occurred where a wire broke in a ride, and started to fall. Eddie had spotted a little girl right under from where the ride would land. He jumped and pushed the little girl away.
Eddie was killed in the accident.
Eddie was sent to heaven, where he met 5 people who had changed his life. The Blue man, Ruby, Tala, The Captain, and Marguerite. If it weren't for these people his life wouldn't have been the same. Eddie had killed the blue man on accident when he was younger and playing on the train tracks. Eddie had also killed Tala when he was in the Vietnam war. He blew up a village, not knowing that there was a little girl in one of the houses. Ruby was the owner of Ruby's Pier. Her husband had built the park as a wedding gift, because she was completely in love with amusement parks. The captain, had saved Eddie in the Vietnam war, when he almost burned to death. The captain had shot Eddie in the knee, in order to get Eddie out of the burning village. And Marguerite, his wife, was the person who influenced him the most. She was his best friend, his soul mate. They were in love like no one else could ever be. They took care of each other.
When Eddie went to heaven, he realized, that every person, place and thing influence or even change your life. He learned not to take anyone for granted.
Eddie - main character, old man, in his eighty's , works at Ruby's Pier, fixing the rides, dies after a ride breaks and falls on top of him.
Annie - minor character, girl whom Eddie saved from a falling cart. She lived after Eddie dies.
The blue man - the first person Eddie meets in heaven. Eddie had killed this man earlier, not purposely. The man had too much chemicals in his vitamins growing up, so his skin turned blue.
Ruby - the second person Eddie meets in heaven. The pier Eddie works at was named after her. Her husband had built it for her after they married.
Marguerite - Eddies wife. They were married for a long time until he lied to her one night about where he was. When she went …show more content…
out to look for him, she was hit by a car and died. Eddie never forgave himself for that. He was in madly in love with her.
Tala - Eddie's last person he met in heaven.
She was killed in the Vietnam war, when Eddie blew up a village. Her grandmother left her in a house while she went to look for food. Eddie and his crew didn't know she was in the house. And they blew it up.
Eddie was an eighty-three year old man who worked and lived at Ruby Pier for his whole life. He grew up there, and his father was the main maintenance worker. While Eddie was growing up, he was taught to work on fixing the rides, and helping out with the games. He and his father got along very good, and his father sometimes favored him over his brother.
Eddie went of to fight in the Vietnam war. When he came back, he was a completely changed man. He suffered from depression, as would most men coming back from war. For weeks all he could do was think about all the innocent people that were killed, and the horrors of the war. One day when his father yelled at him to get off the couch, and get a job, Eddie became furious and yelled back at his father. His father then tried to slap him, and Eddie stopped him. After that incident his father never talked to Eddie again.
Marguerite and Eddie then moved out, and started living on their
own.
They had a wonderful marriage. Both of them loved children, but never had any. It was mainly because they didn't have enough money to support themselves. One summer when things got really bad, financially, Marguerite had to start working at the Pier behind a ticket booth. She didn't mind, but Eddie was ashamed, he didn't want his wife to be working. Things turned out good because Marguerite liked working, especially because she got to see kids all day long. Eddie and Marguerite would eat lunch together, and after work, they would just take walks on the beach.
One year, after Marguerite and Eddie got into a fight, Eddie went to the horse races, and after a while Marguerite followed after him to apologize. On her way to the races, she was hit by another car. She died in the car crash. Eddie never forgave himself for that night. When Eddie got up enough courage to tell his parents, his father didn't say anything, he came to the funeral, but did not say one work to Eddie.
After his father and mother died, Eddie continued living and working at the pier. He lived alone, after his brother moved away with his wife and three children. When Eddie was about eighty, an incident occurred where a wire broke in a ride, and started to fall. Eddie had spotted a little girl right under from where the ride would land. He jumped and pushed the little girl away.
Eddie was killed in the accident.
Eddie was sent to heaven, where he met 5 people who had changed his life. The Blue man, Ruby, Tala, The Captain, and Marguerite. If it weren't for these people his life wouldn't have been the same. Eddie had killed the blue man on accident when he was younger and playing on the train tracks. Eddie had also killed Tala when he was in the Vietnam war. He blew up a village, not knowing that there was a little girl in one of the houses. Ruby was the owner of Ruby's Pier. Her husband had built the park as a wedding gift, because she was completely in love with amusement parks. The captain, had saved Eddie in the Vietnam war, when he almost burned to death. The captain had shot Eddie in the knee, in order to get Eddie out of the burning village. And Marguerite, his wife, was the person who influenced him the most. She was his best friend, his soul mate. They were in love like no one else could ever be. They took care of each other.
When Eddie went to heaven, he realized, that every person, place and thing influence or even change your life. He learned not to take anyone for granted.