The Second Person Eddie Meets In Heaven Analysis

In the chapter “The Second Person Eddie Meets in Heaven”, Eddie meets his army officer from World War II. The last time Eddie had seen his captain, they just escaped their prison. During their escape, Eddie and his team decided to burn down where they had been held. However, Eddie thought he saw movement in one of the huts. He tried to help the shadowy figure, but ended up getting shot in the leg. That moment haunted him in his dreams for years afterward. He viewed the injury to his leg as a “dead end”. From that day on, Eddie worked at the pier, feeling it was unfair that he had to lose his leg. In his time spent with the captain, Eddie learned that he was the one who put the bullet in his leg. At first, he was angry and didn’t understand