'the five people you meet in Heaven' is about how life does not end in death, how death is just a beginning of a new phase, a phase where you learn to let go of anger and hate cultivated during our lives(but it's not a preachy book, trust me).
Throughout the novel, Eddie's encounters with the five people he meets in heaven teach him about the surprising ways in which life and death offer opportunities for redemption.
Five People proves the substantial but undervalued statement that everyone is special in their way. However simple and cheesy this statement may seem, it is unbelievably and remarkably true which is established over and over again in this marvelous and exquisite novel. This book is most appropriate for ages 15 and up.
The captain advises Eddie that is unnecessary for him to feel regretful about his sacrifice, as his suffering was a consequential part of helping others. The later learnings about Eddie's significance of life from the perspective of the captain instruct Eddie an integral lesson: The occasional value of death.
In The Five People You Meet In Heaven, Eddie, through his wife, learns that love doesn't die even when a person passes away. Love is an infinite emotion, and can't easily be wiped away because the person leaves physically. It may take a different form, but it's still love.
In heaven, Ruby tells Eddie the true story of how his father died saving Mickey, and teaches him the lesson of forgiveness.
He died from a heart attack, caused by the shock from a young Eddie running into the street after a lost ball on his birthday. The Blue Man teaches Eddie that all lives are connected, even strangers.
The Captain teaches Eddie that sacrifice is part of life, that it is supposed to happen and it is not something we should regret.
5. Tala: Eddie's life had a purpose; he kept children safe at the pier.) 3. Is it possible that Eddie's Five People each teach him more than one lesson? (Yes, it is possible that each person taught Eddie more than one thing.
He feels a sense of peace as he floats above the boardwalk. He then comes to the big Ferris wheel, where Marguerite is sitting and waiting for him. Eddie hears the voice of God say: “Home.” Eddie finally achieves peace once he understands his purpose as well as his pain.
After the war, Eddie spends the rest of his life fighting depression. His depression worsens as everyone he loves dies before him. At the beginning of the novel, Eddie dies and begins a journey through heaven, where he travels through endless colors, and meets five important people who will each teach him a lesson.
Eddie Learns to Forgive Himself. Finally, Eddie has to learn to forgive himself for the harm he caused others. Due to this, he meets Tala. Tala tells Eddie that she used to have to hide from soldiers.
Eddie's third lesson is to let go of anger and forgive his father. He finds himself back in the diner where he saw his father. He tells him that he forgives him by saying "it's fixed" (144).
Ruby teaches Eddie that anger is a poison and only hurts the person who holds the anger, so people should always forgive. Of all of the five people Eddie meets in heaven, Ruby is the only person who can give Eddie this lesson.
Eddie saves the little girl - We find out at the end of the novel that Eddie did save the little girl from the falling amusement cart. It is important to note the symbolism of this child's rescue.
Eddie and Marguerite got married but never had children. Eddie's stubbornness ruined their chances at adoption - Marguerite got in a car accident while driving to reconcile with him after a fight, and the subsequent medical costs meant that they could no longer afford to adopt a child.
Eddie is disappointed that heaven looks like Ruby Pier, but the Blue Man explains that there are many steps to Heaven. He says that Eddie has no voice so that he can listen better. The Blue Man explains that in heaven, everyone first meets five people who help them to understand their experiences on earth.
Eddie made his sacrifice when he took over his father's job at the Pier and moved into his parents' building to keep an eye on his mother after his father died.
While escaping captivity, the Captain shoots Eddie in the leg because he believes it is the only way he can get Eddie to leave with them. During the escape the Captain is trying to clear a path for his unit to get out, and he is killed by a landmine.
Yet, Eddie is not fully a tragic hero. Quintessentially, Miller challenges nobility and wealth, characteristics that tragic heroes traditionally possess, in the protagonist of the play. Eddie Carbone is a longshoreman of little material wealth, contrary to other tragic heroes.
What is Eddie's last memory of being alive? The cart falling on the little girl.
Eddie is a hero because of how he joined the Hawkins group and participated in dealing with Vecna and the Upside Down, even though it terrified him. Eddie joined in on what was happening even though he could have run from it earlier. However, Eddie did not need to do this to prove himself to be a hero.
Tala tells him he did manage to push her out of the way. In this way, Tala explains, he also managed to atone every day for her unnecessary death. In the end, it shows that Eddie's Heaven is the Stardust Band Shell, where he met Marguerite.
Jesus said, “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me” (John 10:27). Those who hear God's voice are those who belong to Him. They are those who have been saved by His grace through faith in the Lord Jesus. These are the sheep who hear and recognize His voice, because they know Him as their Shepherd.