The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Differences and Similarities of The five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom. This section of the story that we read was about the main character Eddie. He died and is now in Heaven going on with his journey. He meets 5 people, but the second person was his caption from when he was in the war. He got to see how everything happened, with the caption and why things went the way they did. Some differences from the book and movie are in the book Eddie looked at a dog tag with the name on it, but instead in the movie he looked at a helment with the name on it. Another difference was in the old in the movie even though in the book he was young, like he was in the war. Some similarities between two are that his second person is the caption. Another

The book, The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom is a book full of reflection, life lessons, and experiences of the joys and sorrows that accompany life. The Five People You Meet in Heaven is about an old man named Eddie who meets his death after an accident at a theme park. On his path to heaven, Eddie meets five people from his life who he had an impact on, or who impacted him. These people teach Eddie important lessons before he is ready to move on. In the portion of the book about Eddie’s 2nd person, his captain, Eddie learns more about his life at war. The movie, The Five People You Meet in Heaven is very similar to the book at this part. In the section about war, in both the book and the movie, Eddie relives his experiences

God then commands Death to show Everyman who is outside of the law of God what must come to him without escape or delay, the day of reckoning for all. Death encounters Everyman and has questioned him about why he has neglected God, “Everyman, stand still! Whither art thou going thus gaily? Hast thou thy Maker forget?” (Anonymous). Death dispenses the bad news that his day of reckoning for his sins has come and he must give account to God. Upon hearing that his time has come to an end he begins to fear his journey to go before God and give an answer to how he lived his life on earth. Everyman bribes Death to give him another day. Everyman’s argument is that Death did not give him a warning and now he wants to find a companion to accompany him on this journey of reckoning. As time nears Everyman struggles with his ignorance and therefore begins to seek and call upon his earthly friends such as Fellowship, Kindred, Cousin, and Goods. Everyman discovers that one by one his acquaintances and possessions, whom he held dear to his heart and promised to be with him till the end, all abandon him in his time of need.

Through the use of hopeful repetition, Jonathon Edwards conveys to the readers optimistic thoughts the shows us how God upkeeps. . Edwards stresses the fact that God wants us to be on the right path of life “restrains” (3) from sending us into hell as in giving us a second chance. Edwards uses the word “restraint” to show how God is on our side and he expects great thing out of us, the loving side of God. Furthermore, Edwards uses the word “promise” (5) multiple times to show the readers that God is not just making a promise to let everyone into heaven. Trying to convey the theme of devoting oneself to Christ, Edwards uses the phrase “God made no promise to keep any natural man out of hell one moment” (5) as a reference that only true Christians will get into Heaven. This pressures the unconverted because it makes them think, “Should I convert so I can get into Heaven?” With this thought process in mind, Edwards also exclaims that God’s wrath is “eternal and everlasting” (10). This means that people cannot just call themselves Christians and get into Heaven. They have to show God that they

There are simple things in life that could mean something so important, yet our society doesn’t seem to notice it. Well, in this novel, it is the perfect example of that. Throughout the book, The Five You Meet In Heaven, an eye catching quote was stated. The author Mitch Albom mentions, “Nothing important. No bank statements. No insurance policies. Just a black bow tie, a Chinese restaurant menu, an old deck of cards, a letter with an army medal, and a faded Polaroid of a man by a birthday cake, surrounded by children.” Each of those items represent an important character in the novel. For some background knowledge, The Five People you Meet in Heaven is a novel written by Mitch Albom. The story is based upon the main character who is an old man named Eddie and has worked on the Ruby Pier all his life. His life comes to an end when he tries to save a little girl from a collapsed cart of a ride, but the cart lands on Eddie and kills him. Eddie then arrives in heaven and travels through five different environments to learn lessons from five different people. These five people were important in his life. Everything works out in the end and he is reunited with his one true love, Marguerite, at the pier with lovely children galloping all around. So from that quote and reading this inspiring novel, conclusions can be made of who represents each item. These objects symbolize important moments that have happened in Eddie’s life.

In this case, an English play called Everyman introduced, “ ‘For ye shall hear, how our Heaven-King Calleth Everyman to a general reckoning:* Give audience, and hear what he doth say’”(Doc B). This medieval play focused on death, sin and the final judgment when God decides whether a person is going to heaven or hell. This reflects Middle Ages perception that living on earth is meaningless; it’s afterlife that really matters. Although, Hamlet by William Shakespeare stated, “ ‘What a piece of work is a man… in apprehension like god!’ ”

“It was a glorious resurrection, from the tomb of slavery to the heaven of freedom.”This quote explains that the existing hope of being free if it is accomplished can be the difference between heaven and hell, the next quote can relate as he is in a dark moment in his life. “I was now left to my fate. I was all alone, and within the walls of prison. But a few days before, I was full of hope.”This quotes shows the darkness he feels as he is beginning to lose the hope he once had before, he felt as if he’d never be a free man.

According to Kevin Nelson, a neuroscientist and the author of “The Spiritual Doorway in the Brain,” adults often have a sense of looking back over a life; young children, lacking that perspective, tend to report “castles and rainbows, often populated with pets, wizards, guardian angels, and like adults, they see relatives and religious figures, too.” It’s hard to convey to anyone who grew up without the idea of God just how fully the language, stories and “logic” of the Bible can dominate a young mind, even perhaps especially the mind of a toddler (Nelson, The Spiritual Doorway in the Brain”20-21.) There have been various accounts taken over the years regarding near death or life after death experiences. A known account of this situation is taken from Colton Burpo, in which a bestseller book published in 2010 and motion picture released in 2014 known as “Heaven is for Real” is based on. In 2003 three year-old Colton claimed to have visited Heaven during a near death experience where an emergency surgery was performed on him to save his life. Colton recounts the details of his amazing journey with childlike innocence and speaks about things that happened before his birth... things he could not possibly know. The next is the story of Dr. Eben Alexander, who is a proclaimed neurosurgeon and writer coming from a lineage of scholars and medical doctors. He

There was no heaven and no hell; we just survived this period of time on earth. We died, we were buried, we rotted, and that was the end. This was my worldview. This was the lens through which I interpreted everything in life.

Upon everyone’s reunification in heaven they realize that the one thing that paradise is missing is life. They decide that they need to be reborn in order to experience the beauty that is living. Through all of their struggles, they have experienced a myriad of emotions. They have hated life, and yearned for death. Now they look forward towards life with a changed and renewed outlook.

Lastly, the author uses religious words to contrast heaven from hell. For example, the author says, “O, great Christ.” This works because it shows the religious side of the story. This shows how the African American people feel like they are walking in hell on earth and don’t feel they are being treated fairly.

Paradise Lost by John Milton thrives off the implicit and explicit aspects of Hell offered by the narrator and the physical and psychological descriptions offered by various characters. Their separate perspectives coincide to expose the intentions of Milton and the purpose Hell serves in this epic poem. Each character adds a new element to the physical and psychological development of this alternative world. The narrator and Satan provide the greatest insight into the dynamics of this underworld by attempting to redress the issues of accommodation.

The most powerful line in “ Death in paradise” is when the author said “what do 800,000 deaths in paradise sound like?” meaning paradise isn't what it seems. Paradise is not all sweet there is evil lurking in it. Death in paradise might be saying there is not paradise and if there is, it’s in the afterlife

This is my longer analysis of the Kingdom of Heaven. Appreciate any feedback. [SPOILER WARNING]

The book seems to be the wisdom of experience coming from someone looking back and reflecting on their life and wishing to warn the next generation. To advise the reader or listener that whatever their earthly pursuit outside of God will end in emptiness, even disaster, but then calls the individual back to hope if the focus is on living for Him.