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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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
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nature to do. It begins when Eddie and Beatrice give refuge to two Italian immigrants‚ whom are Beatrice’s cousins named Marco and Rodolfo. Once they arrive everybody’s feelings of lust‚ jealousy and anger begin to become stronger and stronger. But this still leaves the question open…Who or what is responsible for the final tragedy? Catherine joined the Carbone family when her mother died; they willingly took in and dedicated their life to take care of her. Eddie shows to be a caring and protective
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ordinary tragic hero( a tragic hero is a central character who is led by fate towards a destiny that cannot be escaped). The play features a lot of loss‚ sadness and a tragedy always ends with a death no matter what; in this play the central character is Eddie Carbone; he is the protagonist( tragic hero)‚ where then is bound to die. Alfieri is a lawyer in his late fifties turning gray; he is portly‚ good humoured and thoughtful. The play is opened with Alfieri’s law suite‚ who sets the scene. He tells
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Pgs. 285 - 388 Shades of Grey At the beginning of section four‚ Eddie travels to the Grey Zone with Jane. Once there‚ Jane introduces Eddie to Clifton‚ her brother who has been sleeping with Violet. Jane and Eddie haven’t been in the Grey Zone for long when the Yellow prefects‚ Sally Gamboge‚ Bunty McMustard‚ Penelope and Courtland show up unexpectedly. The yellows claim to have business in the Grey Zone‚ helping Eddie carry out his chair census as he will be leaving for High Saffron the
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elderly man named Eddie who works as the head of maintenance at an amusement park called Ruby Pier. Eddie is able to perform this job despite leg injuries he received as a soldier during [World War II]. On Eddie’s birthday‚ one of the amusement park rides malfunctions because of a damaged cable and stops halfway through the ride. Two of the staff at Ruby Pier are able to rescue the passengers on the ride and then release the ride’s cart not knowing that there is a little girl under it. Eddie attempts to
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On a fishing boat‚ (Eddie glances at her.) Its true‚ Eddie." This shows that things are already not all as pleasant as they appear and that Eddie is skeptical of what Rodolpho has told her. Eddie thinks that rodolpho may be making these things up to impress her. Its little actions like these that trigger the tension between Eddie and the two immigrants. However previously Eddie had made digs at Rodolpho‚ he always seemed to have alot of respect
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Learning Differences Paper Eddie* is an eleven year old boy who is in the 5th grade at AMA. He has had significant school behavior problems since early elementary school resulting in AMA as his third elementary school placement. Eddie is a general education student‚ but receives support from the at-risk specialist. Eddie’s mother reports significant difficulty with his behavior at home. She states he “doesn’t get along” with his 3 siblings‚ ages 4‚ 2‚ and 10 months and his relationship
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than a word that you gave away.” Eddie speaks this quote in Act I‚ while eating dinner with Beatrice and Catherine. This quote reveals the irony and madness of Eddie’s character. In the beginning of the play‚ Eddie tells the story of a young boy who called immigration on his relatives. Eddie lectures Catherine about how they must tell no one about Marco and Rodolpho‚ the illegal immigrant cousins the family will be hiding. However‚ in the end of the play‚ Eddie obviously calls Immigration on these
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The five people you meet in heaven is about a man names Eddie who works at Ruby Pier being a maintenance worker. Eddie spent most of his life at Ruby Pier. Eddie died trying to save a young girl from getting hurt by a falling cart. Instead of the girl getting crushed by the cart Eddies does. When Eddie goes to heaven he meets five people that teaches him different lessons. There are a couple of themes but the one theme that stuck out to me was the importance of “Forgiveness”. Forgiveness is something
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