The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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The 21st Annual Book Report Competition for Secondary School Students The Distinction of English Junior Section Name of Award Student : Ngan Sze Ting Name of School : Diocesan Girls’ School Title of Book Read : The Five People You Meet in Heaven Author : Mitch Albom Publisher : Timer Warner Books Heaven is a word without a precise definition. Everyone conceives his or her own interpretation of the word with infinite imagination. Before reading “the five people you meet in Heaven”, heaven in my perspective is a serene place where we laze on clouds and savor the scenic below. However, my preconceived ideas about heaven changed entirely after reading the inspirational fiction; the author- Mitch Albom has adequately illustrated to the readers his distinctive version of heaven, one more than sole scenery, one where you find a treasure chest of life values and morals. “All endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time,” wrote Mitch Albom. The story began with a tragic ending, when Eddie, a maintenance worker at an amusement park, was only minutes away from his imminent death. The “ending” was appealingly portrayed with a countdown of how ignorantly Eddie had spent his last moments doing his monotonous routines as if his days were enduring. Then it had all happened in a flash. Eddie vaguely remembered himself trying to save a little girl from a falling cart of the Ferris wheel. But before Eddie could figure out what was happening, he arrived at the last place he and I had expected- heaven. The story became most disillusioning when it truly unfolded itself. Sequentially, Eddie encountered five individuals who were crucial to his life- the Blue Man, the Captain, Ruby, his wife Marguerite and Tala. They might be Eddie’s old friends, his loved one, or strangers Eddie had never

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