The 5 People you meet in heaven Essay -- essays research papers

thefivepeopleyou meet in heaven Mitch AlbomEddie, an 83 year former(a) war veteran who spends his days and nights fixing rides at Ruby Pier, has been through a lot of ups and downs in his life. From having a rough child hood with his father, to see the girl of his dreams, Marguerite, to fighting in world war 2 and totally messing up his leg, to coming home to Marguerite and living his life with no kids, however Marguerite and Ruby Pier, to his 83rd birthday..Its just an new(prenominal) day at Ruby Pier. Pretty much the same as its always been since he was a kid. Well, except for the rides, its all new technology now a days. Anyways.. Eddies always had Ruby Pier in his life, from when he was miniature to playing there, to having his father work there, to Eddie working there as a teenager, to now. So its just like any other day at the sea side amusement park, Eddies there to open the park up, test all the rides to make sure theyre working properly, waits for the kids to come, then lingers round the park all day, making animals out of pipe cleaners for the kids, picking up, and working at the rids until its date to close up. But today, is a twist different then any other day. A warm, sunny afternoon interrupted by the sounds of OH my god look OH MY GOD those people are gonna tholepin Eddie turned his head towards Ruby Parks newest ride, Freddys free fall. And high in the sky he sees the cart dangling from a a couple of(prenominal) cables, and three people holding on to the bar. A million thoughts rushed to Eddies mind at once. How could the cables brake? Why did the cart go cancelled the tracks? How are we going to get the people down? He had to react fast, he got Willie, one of the workers, to get a ladder and get the people away the ladder. Meanwhile Eddie was trying to find a way to get the cart back in place. His first idea was to pop the safety release. He instructed Willie to do so. Then Eddie got thinking.. The cable is unraveling.. if the safet y release is hit, the cart is going to come crashing to the ground. DONT RELEASE THE CART ITLL SNAP WILLIE STOP NO NO DONT Too late. EVERYONE GET BACK HURRY Eddie tried to warn everyone that the cart was about to come crashing down wh... ... would go to my heaven on earth which is my camp on the ocean. I would go to bed thinking how amazing it would be if I could die, and go to my heaven, where I have no problems, no cares or worries, and I would be happy.When I finally reached the end of the book, Id made decisions I regretted, but those decisions have made me a stronger person. What Im trying to say, is, when I finished reading your book, I came to a realization that god has a plan for all of us. He chooses when its time to go, he put us on this earth for a purpose, and when we are done fulfilling that purpose, its our time to go.So I write to you, to thank you for fetching the time to write such an amazing book. I know it touched my life and Im sure it touched the lives of so many other people who read it. Sincerely,