The+five+people+you+meet+in+heaven+by+mitch+Albom+-+Tori,+Kim,+Akva

We should read this book because Kim's mom read it and said that it would be a good book for teenagers to read. Also it is an adult reading and will challenge us. It sounds very interesting and since our group is just of girl's this books is sappy enough for all of us. This book teaches about respecting people. Also it teaches people not to take life for granted.


 * APPROVED**

Eddie- main character, gets killed Blue man- first person eddie meets in heaven Military Soldier- second person eddie meets in heaven
 * Week 1 - Characters:**

A - Akva B/C - Kim D - Tori

Discussion questions:

1) Who's the main character? -Eddie, an old man. 2) What was Eddie doing in Ruby Pier? -He works there as a mechanic. 3) How did he die? -One of the carts of the rides broke of the track and gets crushed by it. 4) Who is the first person Eddie meets in Heaven? - the blue man. 5) Where is the first place that Eddie is at in Heaven and why? -Eddie is in the amusement park, Ruby Pier and because he spent most of his life there.

Meeting Notes:

The first 40 pages of this book is about an old man named eddie, that works at an amusement park. He mainly fixes the rides. He is eighty-four years old and his working shirt says "Eddie. maintenance." One of the rides broke down, luckily there were no people on the ride when it happened. Unfortunately eddie died trying to save a young girl that lived. He passed with the girl in his arms.

Week 2 - Language

A - Kim B/C - Tori D - Akva

Discussion Questions:

1) Who is the first person Eddie meets in Heaven? - The blue man. 2) Why is the blue man the first person he meets? - Eddie ran in the middle of the road when he was 6 years old and the blue man was driving and he stopped short to not kill him, and then the blue man had a heartattack behind the wheel and killed himself. 3) Who is the second person Eddie meets in heaven? - The military soldier. 4) Why is Eddie meeting people in heaven? - They all were the behind the scenes people who had a huge impact in his life. 5) Can Eddie talk in the beginning of the book while hes in heaven? - No he gains his speech while hes in the middle of heaven.

Meeting Notes:

In the second 5th of the book, Eddie meets the first person in heaven. And he is called "the blue man". Every person that Eddie meets in heaven impacts his life somehow or has impacted his life. The Blue Man was apart of Eddies life because Eddie kills him. When Eddie was 6 years old, he ran out into the street by a car and the car stopped short and almost hit Eddie. Right after that, the car kept driving and the blue man had a heart attack from all the stress he just went through and he died behind the wheel. The second person he met in Heaven was a military man. They didnt describe the military man yet but we will learn about him in the next 5th of the book. The language in the book is like normal 1900's language. There is many metaphors, and similies. And alot of fore shadowing.

Discussion Questions: 1) What does the end of the chapter take us too? - The end of the chapter takes us to when right before Eddies birthday when hes about to go out to war. 2) What happens after Eddie and his prisioners escape? -Right after Eddie and the remaining prisoners escape, they steal the enemies’ weapons and decide to destroy the prison they had lived in for almost half a year. 3) What does Eddie ask the captian? Eddie asks the Captain if he saved the little girl at the pier but the Captain does not tell him. 4) How does the chapter end? The chapter ends with us back at the pier after the accident.

Summary: In the 3rd half of the book that we had to read, Eddie meets his second person in heaven. He is in a military scene and they all are in position ready to shoot. Eddie suddenly goes back in time to when him and his three military buddies are stuck in jail and when they are about to escape. They rewind back to Eddies birthday right before he went to the military and when he was saying goodbye to his girlfriend forever. The portion of the book ends with Eddie asking if he saved the little girls life, and no answer and with him being back at the pier the morning after the accident. The mood of the book is kind of sorrow because there is many losses and many misfortunes. The mood of the book switches because the scenes switch fast.

The theme that is contained is that you never know what your present day actions can affect your future actions. You never know that if you do something today, that it might affect tomorrow.
 * Week Four: Themes/ Images**

Discussion Questions 1) Who is the third person Eddie meets? -Eddie meets Ruby, who her name is based off of the pier. 2) Where does Eddie meet Ruby? -Eddie meets Ruby at the diner, where his father is there too which is a shock. 3) Where does Ruby take Eddie? -She takes him to a scene in his family's kitchen where an old friend of his father's, Mickey Shea, attempts to assault his mother. 4) Is Eddies father mad? -Eddies father is very mad because Mikey Shea is a bad friend but he still wont kill him. 5) How did Eddie's father die? -He dies of pneumonia a few weeks later, and Eddie ends up working on the Pier to save his father's job. 6)What lesson does Eddie learn from Ruby? -Eddie learns that anger is self destructive and he must forgive.

Summary: In the fourth fifth of the book, Eddie meets the third person in heaven. The third person is Ruby, who her name is based off of the pier. Eddie meets Ruby at the diner and his father is there too. After eating at the diner, Ruby takes Eddie back in time to a scene in his family's kitchen where Mickey Shea, an old friend tries to assault Eddie's mother. Mickey Shea used to be a good friend, but now he is not now. Eddie does not kill Mickey Shea though. Eddies father later dies of pneumonia and Eddie has to work on the pier saving his fathers job. The lesson he learns from this encounter is taught by Ruby. She tells him that anger is self-destructive and that he must forgive. Eddie goes back to the diner and kneels beside his father, who is not able to hear him or speak to him because he has already moved on in Heaven. Eddie tells him that he has forgiven him and is letting his resentment go.

this is symbolic for the pier that is named after Eddies third person he meets in heaven, Ruby. this is a picture of the broken roller coaster that broke and when Eddie saved the little girls life instead of his. this is the "blue man", the first person eddie meets in heaven.

Discussion Questions: 1. Who was favorite character in the book? - Eddie and Ruby. 2. Who was Eddie missing on his 51st birthday? -Marguertie. 3. What was Eddie feeling when he was dying? -His whole body was in pain. 4. How long did it take after the accident,for the park to reopen? -A few days. 5. When the ride reopened, what was it named? -Daredevil drop.

The book, The Five People You Meet In Heaven, was a good book. I recommend it for any aged people. It is mainly about a man that puts himself in danger to save someone else. The concept of the book was cute, Eddie, the main character meeting five people while he is in heaven. The people that he had an unknown connection with.