The 5 people you meet in heaven.

The 5 people you meet in heaven were written by Mitch Albom. This story take place after life of Eddie. His spirit move to "heaven" to meet some people who relate to him when he was alive. The first person he met was Blue man whom he mistakenly killed. The second was his captain who represent the teacher, When he was in war he learn things from him and his friends. Third person he met was his dad who represent his parent/background. Fourth person was his wife who represent the love of his life. The last person is the Philippin kid that represent his life. Those people help him to understand the meaning of his life.


Book picture
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Eddie Maintenance
get to know him through flashbacks from the time of his birth until his death at 83.He become an engineer because he likes to work on things; however, he enlists and becomes a soldier in World War II instead. He is injured in the war and is crippled for the rest of his life.

characters
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conflicts
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Mostly in this story the conflicts are
Person vs. Person
Person vs. society
person vs. nature
Eddie vs. Those 5 people in heaven
Eddie vs. society in flashback of his life
Eddie vs. everything around him when he will meet a next person


Point of view
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Point of view
In this story the point of view is 3rd person limited
Because you just can see the main character mind.

Plot line
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Plot line
Exposition- The story begin in the day of Eddie death on his 83rd birthday.Through Eddie journal in heaven.
Rising Action- He met 4th first people who he has some thing to know and lesson to learn from them.
Cliemax- The climax of this story is happen almost the end of the story their are 2 of it.1st was when he meets the last person Tala and she said "you burn me, you make me fire" 2rd was when Tala told him that the little hand the he feels before he die was her hand "MY hands. I bring you to heaven. Keep you safe."
Falling Action- The rest of story after climax. He shower for Tala, talk to her, he was clean from everything.
Resolution- when he brought "home".


Theme
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For this story its has theme/lesson to learn in every single people that Eddie met, but the main theme that he learn was
"There are no random act in life" it mean everything is interconnect. It has to have reason and effect, fist and second.

Recommendations
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This book good for adult and young adult only,because some of language and the image that was shows violence.
Anyway this book is a good short story for people to learn some lesson and adapting it for life.