How Does Albom Show Interconnectedness In The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Interconnectedness in a connected relationship is when two or more stories combine into one explanation. Frequently, other people who may not seem involved in ones story, suddenly interconnect into ones story. Mitch Albom developes interconnectedness in the novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, when an aging man named Eddie, sacrifices his own life to save a little girls live from a falling cart at the Ruby Pier. Immediately upon his death, Eddie enters heaven where he discovers that he will embark on a journey throughout heaven to meet the five people who have had an impact on his life. As Eddie listens to the stories and lessons, he instantly realizes of how the characters stories connect with his life since he does not have purpose

The Blue Man first teaches Eddie about interconnectedness by saying “It is because the human spirit knows, deep down, that all live intersect. That death doesn’t just take someone, it misses someone else, and in the small distance between being taken and being missed, lives are changed” (Albom 48). The Blue Man’s figure of speech is when he recalls his death to Eddie that happened when Eddie was at a young age. Eddie finds out that he was the main cause of the Blue Mans death when he jumped into the middle of the street for a ball causing the blue man’s truck to serve away from Eddie causing an accident, killing the Blue Man. Eddie is apologetic towards the blue man when his little action turned into a disaster that he never knew about, Albom developes interconnectedness by saying “Eddie had been there, a little boy, fidgeting through the ceremony, with no idea of the role he’d played in it” (Albom 50). The Blue Man’s lesson towards interconnectedness is significance to the role of death that it can happen at anytime caused by someone with little action or knowledge. The Blue Man is telling Eddie that he should not feel sorry for something that happened when Eddie did not know any better and that Eddie could have been the one killed when he chased the ball into the street. The Blue man uses interconnectedness and death to show Eddie that strangers become connected to each other even though they both did not know each other until they finally met in Heaven. Random little acts has connected Eddie and the Blue man in the first lesson of his journey building a stronger relationship while also connecting the sadness of death and sacrifice of the Blue man’s life. This also is similar towards Eddie actions when he does not know the girl he eventually saved from the failing cart at the Pier, interconnecting with death and connection