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    The Five People You Meet In Heaven is a book written by Mitch Albom. Mitch Albom is an internationally renowned and best-selling author of seven books. He is an expert in inspirational themes and his books are the evidence of it. He authored Tuesdays with Morrie, which is inspired by his college professor who suffered from ALS or also known as the Lou Gerigh’s Disease. He used the cost to help pay his professor’s medical bills. It became the most successful memoir ever. Aside from it, The Five People

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    In Mitch Albom’s novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, there are five significant events. The Blue Man informs Eddie that he will meet five people in heaven who were each in his life for a reason; this will help him understand his life on earth. The first person he meets in heaven is The Blue Man. The Blue Man had borrowed his friend's car to practice his driving, Eddie's baseball bounces into the street and he runs into the street after it. The Blue Man slams on his breaks and yanks at the

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    The Five People You Meet in Heaven, written by Mitch Albom, there are several underlying themes that I believe relate strongly to the character development in AFJROTC. These themes are: there are no random acts, everything you do counts, and determination wins out in the end. Have you ever thought about how something you did ended up dictating what happened in advance? Whether it be a small choice or important decision, your acts are never truly random. Eddie’s choices in The Five People You Meet

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    the book relatable. Nevertheless, The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom teaches three lessons that are important to know and remember in life. While the main character, Eddie, goes visits the five different people he is connected to in heaven, he learns a new lesson each time. In The Five People You Meet in Heaven, both Eddie and I have been affected

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    The Five People You Meet in Heaven The thrilling fiction novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, written by Mitch Albom explores the afterlife of Eddie, a lifelong maintenance worker at the local pier. He was very dedicated to Ruby pier, for he worked there his entire life. In fact, Eddie died at work saving a little girl from a falling amusement ride. As Eddie heads to heaven, he meets five people who teach him important life lessons. Each person that Eddie meets has had an effect on him in

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    is like a link to a chain, if you remove one person the chain is broken. In "The Five People You Meet in Heaven", the Blue Man tells Eddie, "That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind" (Albom 48). This quote is one of the main lessons throughout the novel because without connections, then Eddie would not have met any of the people he meets in Heaven or learn the lessons that he applied

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    other people on the planet it is easy to think one is worthless. Most individuals feel as if they are insignificant in the world. They fail to realize the importance of their influence on others. For example, in The Five People You Meet In Heaven, author Mitch Albom, illustrates a bitter elderly man, Eddie. He feels as if he is pointless and regrets his repetitious job as maintenance worker. However, this is all changed in Eddie’s journey through heaven. In the novel The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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    in The Five People You Meet in Heaven Coincidences do not exist, and everything is connected. Actions may seem unimportant and inconsequential, but in reality, every action has a reaction on someone or something else. This fact is evident through the quote, “That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind” (Albom, 48). This quote appears in Mitch Albom’s novel, The Five People you Meet in Heaven

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    My tale is a short summary over the novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven. My audience will be my English class or anyone who is interested in the book. My audience will encounter this tale while looking for a short, thorough summary of this book. I hope to inform the reader of all the details needed to comprehend and understand this novel. The Five People You Meet In Heaven, by Mitch Albom, follows a maintenance man through the experiences he encounters in life and after his death. Eddie, the

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    one another’s lives. In the book “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” by Mitch Albom the main character Eddie encounters people that affect his life greatly and experiences many emotions through the book’s theme, characters, and setting. Eddie wakes up inside a teapot from one of the rides at Ruby Pier from when he was a child, seventy-five years ago. He realizes that he feels much more limber and his leg does not ache like it used to. Here is where he meets the blue man, The Blue Man explains that

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