The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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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. Eddie blamed his father for his problems to where he was at in his life. Eddie's death introduced the beginning of the book. After dying Eddie goes on a journey through heaven meeting five people who share the importance of sacrifice. As the beginning of Eddie's journey to heaven began, he first met "The Blue Man". The Blue Man shared the significant moments of his life to Eddie. The Blue Man's real name is Joseph Corvelzchik. He was a middle-aged man who had sorrowful memories as a child. His family were immigrants from Poland and arrived in America in 1894. As the only boy in the family, he went to work with his father in a sweatshop fixing coats. One of the days Joseph went to work with his father, he clumsily dropped a bucket of buttons. Joseph's father was embarrassed when the foreman scolded at his son. Joseph felt humiliated and ashamed of his accident. He then went to a chemist to find a cure for his clumsy nerves, but what he got was silver nitrate, a poisonous toxin. The silver nitrate had turned Joseph's skin from ash grey to blue. Joseph lived a life where he felt outcast from the normal people in life. As Joseph was on the run to find a somewhere safe and not be judged, he came across into carnival entertainers. Joseph without any hesitation approached them. After that moment of fearfulness, he became an entertainer in the freak show at Ruby Pier, being known as The Blue Man. The Blue Man finally felt a sense of
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