Understanding Life and Afterlife: Analysis of 'Five People You Meet in Heaven'

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Eddie the Maintenance Man Author Mitch Albom thinks of heaven as a place to reflect on ones life after they die. Albom believes that in heaven a person learns about their life and what it really meant while they were alive. “ A sweet book that makes you smile but is not gooey with overwrought sentiment” (Hooper, Brad). Mitch Albom wrote this story in honor of his uncle. This uncle had told him stories of a time in a hospital when this uncle Edward awoke to what seemed like spirits of loved ones how had passed away. Albom wrote this story in hopes of giving people another persepective on how he hopes heaven will be like not matter what religion (Albom Mitch).
Through out the story Five People you Meet in Heaven, a man named Eddie who sacrificed his life for a young girl, in which he dies and meets five people in heaven. These are not just random people, but people who either influenced Eddie’s life or Eddie influenced their life. Through out this journey in heaven Eddie learns a lot about what his life meant and how his choices affect others. Albom wrote the novel Five People You Meet in Heaven to show that heaven is the place one goes after death to reflect on ones life. Each person Eddie meets, teaches him a lesson before me moves on though out heaven. The first person Eddie meet in heaven is Joseph Corvelzchik, also known as the Blue Man. Eddie never really knew the Blue …show more content…

The Five People You Meet in Heaven. New York: Hachette, 2014. Print.

Dennys, Harriet. "Heavenly Bodies: Some Highdown Prison Readers Felt That Mitch Alborn's Book Was "a Good Idea Wasted"--but Others Praised Its Simplicity." Bookseller 17 Mar. 2006: 26. Literature Resource Center. Web. 12 Apr. 2017.

"The Five People You Meet in Heaven." Publishers Weekly 18 Aug. 2003: 55. Literature Resource Center. Web. 12 Apr. 2017.

Hooper, Brad. "Albom, Mitch. The Five People You Meet in Heaven." Booklist 1 Sept. 2003: 5. Literature Resource Center. Web. 12 Apr.

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