Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” is a tragic story of Willy Loman, the father of what can be considered a typical American family. Willy’s father was never there to teach him the importance of tradition, values, or healthy opinions. Willy has spent his whole life chasing the American dream of wealth and posterity working as a salesman. Now in his sixty’s he is suffering from memory loss, he has lost his job, and has no financial security. He never knew his father so he doesn’t have a good sense of his own identity, he makes poor decisions in raising his son’s by instilling a false sense of what it takes to be successful, and allows them to steal and cheat.
In the book, The Five People You Meet In Heaven written by Mitch Albom introduces an eighty-three old man named Eddie. Eddie worked at an amusement park Ruby Pier as a maintenance man. Eddie was drafted into a war in the Philippines, and after the war he had no ability to fill his life with happiness. During the time growing up, Eddie felt far apart from his father. Eddie's father abused and acted rudely towards him.
One of the little kids hit the ball across the street where the Blue Man was driving and Eddie ran toward it. The Blue Man had to turn the car and it hit a fruit stand. His heart was racing and eventually turned off and he died. When Eddie finished watching this he was mad at himself and said that he should have died instead of the Blue Man. Ruby Pier was the blue Mans heaven.
He appears to be lonely and sad, and he just lets the days pass by without a care in the world. He went through a rough childhood with his father being an alcoholic, and he got shot in the knee when he went into the army; could never walk the same way. The novel begins on Eddie's 83rd birthday, where unfortunately, that same day, he gets killed by a falling cart because of trying to save a little girl from being hit. He does not manage to get out of the way soon enough and dies. When he awakes in heaven, he meets five people who guide him and each person teaches him a lesson.
Sam does not have any respect for others, he swears, he smokes and he takes drugs. His father, George, who is dying of cancer; came to take Sam to spend the summer tearing down his old house and rebuilding a new one along with their relationship. George is hopeful that this time they spend together will change Sam’s behavior and his outlook on life. As the house is being torn down, Sam is unprepared for the changes that happened to him. He doesn’t want to take this risk but somehow he changes.
A medical examiner pronounces him dead. The cause of death is listed as ‘heart attack’” [Albom 43-44]. Eddie was nervous and had had no idea that he had killed the blue man when he was younger. The Blue Man finished his story and referred to Eddie as “Little Boy” [Albom 44]. Eddie was nervous as he realized he was the young boy who chased
THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN “All ending are beginnings. We just don't know it at the time..." From the author of the number one New York Times bestsellerTuesdays with Morrie comes this long-awaited follow-up, an enchanting, beautifully crafted novel that explores a mystery only heaven can unfold. Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in a meaningless life of fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. As the park has changed over the years -- from the Loop-the-Loop to the Pipeline Plunge -- so, too, has Eddie changed, from optimistic youth to embittered old age. His days are a dull routine of work, loneliness, and regret.
Without even knowing the Blue Man, Eddie had killed the him by running in the street when he was just a child. In some way, people's lives intersect. It might be in the most insignificant way or it could be in a way that is drastically life changing. Eddie's life affected every person's life that he met in Heaven. To me, it's like when people say “It's a small world.” when they meet someone who knows a friend of theirs.
The Five People in Heaven, written by Mitch Albom, is a story about a man named Eddie, a maintenance man who has worked at Ruby Pier his whole life. He dies while trying to save a young girl named Annie or Amy because a falling cart is about to land on her. When Eddie tries to save her, he feels two small hands grab him, but they aren’t Annie or Amy’s. These two hands pull him up to Heaven. When he arrives in Heaven, Eddie meets five people.
The older waiter, the one who has empathy for the old man, defends him to the younger waiter whom only seems to care about himself and that fact that he never gets home at a decent hour. The younger waiter is stumped by the fact that someone with a large sum of money would try to commit suicide, without taking into account the things that are transpiring in the old man’s life. The older waiter at least takes into account the fact that the old man is alone and without a job or pastime. When I was about eight years old I was beaten by my step-father, he was taken to jail and then bailed out, he was allowed x number of hours of community service and no contact until I am an adult. The next time I saw my mother after the fact she blamed me for everything and told me that because of me her marriage would never be the same.