counting down the hours of EddiesEddies death. Eddie is an 83 year old man who is working at an amusement park called Ruby Pier. As usual Eddie is walking around to make sure everything is under control‚ nevertheless he notices one of the rides “Freddy’s Free Fall” has a cart dangling from the side. He tries to tell his coworker what to do‚ but instead the cart falls‚ he goes to save the little girl trapped inside. Although he saved her‚ he himself died. Eddie then goes to heaven where he met a man that
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Some authors use several text structures in a single written piece. Michael Albom’s The Five People You Meet in Heaven tells the story of the death and aftermath of maintenance worker Eddie. An example of En Media Res‚ the book begins “This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end with Eddie dying in the sun.” (Albom 1) Albom’s use of Cause and Effect structure or Sequence structure throughout the book can be analyzed by understanding chronology of Eddie’s life‚ the experience
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In The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom‚ Eddie‚ the main character‚ is a really good man. Throughout the story we see several of the distinctive traits he has. He is extremely devoted‚ caring‚ and was very brave. He was a very decent man. Eddie was devoted to very many things in his life but several stick out to me. He was devoted to his job at Ruby Pier. He never missed a day and he was always certain about key decisions so no mistakes are made. He even died saving a little girl in
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introduction of five characters‚ the reader gets to find out who and why these characters were important to Eddie‚ and also finding out about Eddie himself. The book the Five People You Meet in Heaven has an overlying theme‚ of purposeful meanings and interactions. During the story‚ characters play a big role in the book. Along the way‚ Eddie runs into five people he
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starts at the end‚ where we find a man named Eddie who dies while trying to save a girl from a amusement park ride falling. Then he goes to heaven and finds out that heaven is a place where you meet people who made a difference on your life‚ good or bad. So he meets his five people there‚ also the book gives an interesting account of his life from Eddie childhood days up too his war days to the final hour of his death. The reason for the whole cause of Eddie death is due to a screw up by the amusement
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Sharing themes of love‚ generosity‚ and child abuse‚ the novel The Five People You Meet in Heaven and the film Pay It Forward diverge on a few levels‚ but also parallel. In Mitch Albom’s novel The Five People You Meet in Heaven‚ Eddie’s wife Marguerite never loses her love for him‚ even after death. For years she waits watching acts of timeless love take place. She attends wedding after wedding‚ saving her own to watch last with her long lost
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Albom I. Summary Death is both the end and the beginning. This is what “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” is all about. It starts unlike most stories do‚ with the countdown of the death of the main character‚ Eddie. With his death‚ the story of his life unfolds before him. Eddie is presented as a simple old maintenance worker in an amusement park who led life as justly as he could. He was born to a caring mother and a strict father whom he had a strained relationship with. As a young man‚ he
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for the rides at the Ruby Pier amusement park. One day a mechanical failure causes a fatal accident. Eddie rescues a young girl from her death but in the effort‚ he is killed. This is when the adventure begins. Eddie enters heaven and discovers it is not a garden but a place where he will meet five people whose lives intersected with his in some significant way on earth‚ some readily known to Eddie and some unknown to him. These five explain the meaning of Eddie’s life and the purpose of heaven.
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teacher: The narrator is referred to as "Marguerite" in the questions that deal with her memoirs‚ since that is how she refers to herself throughout the book. In instances where the author is sharing her beliefs and philosophy‚ she is referred to as Maya Angelou. Chapters 1-6 1. In what style is the book written? 2. What happened to Marguerite at Church? 3. What was Marguerite’s dream of what she would one day look like? 4. With whom did Marguerite and Bailey live at the beginning of the
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important role model in the life of the young girl‚ Marguerite. She was a person whom she looked up to and admired. Mrs. Flowers is a beautiful and well educated black woman of their town‚ Stamps‚ Arkansas. She dressed very well and spoke proper English as well. Marguerite was often times embarrassed by her “momma” (which is her grandmother) because of the way she spoke to Mrs. Flowers‚ or as her grandmother called her‚ Sister Flowers. Marguerite felt that her grandmother was showing her ignorance
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