Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Are all people connected?


In my 42 English class I read The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom I really liked this book and couldn’t stop reading it when I heard some reviews from my teacher about the book. The book is about a man named Eddie that works at an amusement park as maidens he is old and grumpy. The first chapter in the book talks about what Eddie does the last minutes of his life. He goes on whit his daily routine and he is an old crippled man. Eddie dies when trying to save a little girl that is about to be squished by a mechanical ride that was broken. Eddie goes to a place that seems to be heaven, but he isn’t in heaven yet.


 Eddie meets a blue man that he had seen before when he was a little boy. Blue man died when Eddie was small he died after he dodged Eddie whit his car trying to not hit him. Blue man's hart was beating so hard and he crashed and died. People thought he had a hart attack but actually he died because of Eddies fault Eddie was playing baseball on the street with his brother Joe and their ball went across the other side of the street, Eddie ran to get the ball and that’s when it all happened. The lesson Eddie learned is that all people are connected. The blue man worked at the amusement park, he was part of a show that acted in the park. Eddie lived the rest of his life not knowing he had ended someone else’s life.

 I agree with the blue man I also think we are all connected some people you don’t even exist change your life in an instant and you never even realize it. Everyone has something in common whit others and like the blue man I also agree that when someone dies a life is coming to earth it is destined one life leads to another. I really liked The Five People You Meet In Heaven and I recommend you to read this book it have an interesting beginning and an amazing end have fun reading this book. Thank you for reading. (:

2 comments:

  1. thanks for the review! i'll add it to my summer reading list!

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  2. This whole semester has been about "connections". I dont' know if it's because there are more connections out there, of that the book is making me see the connections that have always been there. Whichever the case, I'm noticing so many funky connections. I can't check out my Facebook newsfeed, read a student's blog, read a magazine article, or watch a movie without seeing how themes overlap, interesect and complicate each other. Since talking about "victim/creator" issues in class and reading Limits to Pluribus,Limits to Unum, I can't NOT find qutoes and images that relate to those topics. The book and the experience of this year's Summer Readiness reinforces the idea that just by being aware - by reading the world - I can make find unexpected connections. . . as long as I am willing to be open and to stay aware.

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