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There are multiple settings in this book. It takes place both in heaven and on earth. It starts at Ruby Pier, an amusement park near the Great Gray Ocean. After he dies, the rest of the novel takes place in heaven. There are a few other places Eddie finds himself, like where he was at war, in the mountains, at different weddings, and finally by a river. At each different setting, Eddie learns something and realizes things about his life that he hadn’t before.

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What is The Five People You Meet in Heaven setting? How does the setting change throughout the book?

The Five People You Meet in Heaven 's setting changes depending on who Eddie is talking to. The book also explores Eddie's memories, and the setting reflects the time and mood.

The Five People You Meet in Heaven Setting 1

In The Five People You Meet in Heaven, setting is important. Eddie is in heaven, which changes depending on who Eddie is with. The setting also changes in his memories, exploring places like Ruby Pier and his childhood home. The following are just a few of The Five People You Meet in Heaven settings.

Ruby Pier

Ruby Pier is the first The Five People You Meet in Heaven setting. Eddie spends his final hour at Ruby Pier amusement park, a place that he has worked for most of his life. He is the maintenance man, so his job is to maintain and fix the park's many rides, attractions, and games. After so many years, he can detect problems with the rides just by listening to them. He is an old, resilient man. He has the stature and dress of a workingman, which is exactly what he is.

Eddie walks with a cane now because of a knee injury he got in the war. He has white hair and a strong, barrel chest. Despite Eddie's past of alley fights in his youth, the park's regulars trust Eddie and children like him. Many people have taken to calling him "Eddie Maintenance," like it says on his name tag. He doesn't think that's funny.

Today is Eddie's 83rd birthday. If he had known he was about to die, he would have gone somewhere else and done something new. He had always dreamed of leaving Ruby Pier behind and starting a different life. But he never got around to leaving after the war. So, he goes about his last day as he did every other.

With thirty-four minutes left to live, Eddie walks into the amusement park maintenance shop. There, he talks with Dominguez, one of the fellow workers. Dominguez tells Eddie that he is planning a trip to Mexico with his wife. Eddie takes out 40 dollars, hands it to "Dom," and tells him to get his wife a nice gift. Then, he walks away.

With only 19 minutes left in his life, Eddie goes to sit in his special spot. It's an old aluminum beach chair that he has placed behind the ride where he first met his late wife Marguerite. The ride used to be called the Stardust Band Shell in those days. The night they met, Eddie and Marguerite danced together on the boardwalk. Listening to the sounds of the ocean, he visualizes that moment, which he considers the snapshot of true love. Eddie used to think of his wife all the time, but lately, he tries to forget the pain like an old wound.

Eddie's daydream of Marguerite is interrupted by a young girl with blonde curls. Eddie has seen her around the park many times before, but can't remember her name. Annie? Amy? She asks him to make her an animal out of the pipe cleaners he is known to carry in his front pocket. He twists up a small, yellow bunny for her, and she dances away, smiling.

All of a sudden, Eddie hears screams and immediately knows something is wrong. Looking up, he sees the cart of the Freddy's Free Fall ride dangling at a dangerous angle. The passengers are terrified. He calls to Dom and the rest of the park maintenance and security teams. He gives everyone directions of how to handle the situation. He tells them to evacuate the passengers from the ride, then send the broken cart down to be examined.

Eddie could never have known this, but a few months earlier, a young man lost his car key at Ruby Pier. He had been keeping it in his jacket pocket while he rode the rides. As it turns out, the key had fallen and become lodged in Freddy's Free Fall and had been slowly wearing away at the cable. There was no way to see that this was happening. Every person's story overlaps with someone else's.

Just as the passengers are being taken off the dangerous ride, Eddie realizes that there must be something wrong with the cable. He screams for Dom to keep the cart at the top, but it's too late. He sees the cart hurling toward the ground. Just underneath, the little girl with the pipe cleaner bunny is crying out for her mom.

Without hesitation, Eddie runs toward the girl, ignoring the pain in his injured knee. He jumps toward her and feels her small hands just before the impact and a flash of light. Then, he feels nothing.

The Five People You Meet in Heaven Setting 2

The other major The Five People You Meet in Heaven setting is heaven itself. Heaven looks different as Eddie's journey continues.

Eddie did not get to witness anything after his final breath. He didn't see the cart shatter or the crowd on the pier. He remembers the little girl's face as she cried and the feeling of her hands in his. Then what? He wonders if he was able to save her.

Eddie is floating in the sky, which turns from pink to yellow to green to sapphire. He feels calm. Any pain or sadness he had in life has vanished. He wonders where his worry has gone. Now, he is dropping towards a colorful ocean, but he is not afraid.

Eddie wakes up in a teacup. Though his instinct is to reach for his cane, he realizes it isn't there and he doesn't need it. His back doesn't hurt. His knee doesn't throb. He jumps out of the teacup and lands awkwardly on the ground. Three things strike Eddie as odd:

He feels great.

He is completely alone.

He is still at Ruby Pier. But it's the Ruby Pier he knew as a young boy, 75 years ago.

Eddie begins to walk around and take in his surroundings. Realizing he feels no pain, he starts to run for the first time in 60 years - the first time since the war. He runs and leaps and tries to fly like a child would. He only stops when he hears a voice.

Looking towards a large theater, Eddie realizes it's the voice of a barker announcing a freak show. As a kid, Eddie always felt bad for the cast of the freak shows and how they were forced to sit behind bars while people pointed at them. For some reason, he still walks inside.

In the dark hall, he sees a man sitting alone. The man's skin is blue. Eddie has seen this man before.

The Blue Man says, "Hello, Edward... I have been waiting for you."

The Captain's Setting

When Eddie's feet meet the ground, he finds himself surrounded by rubble and lifeless terrain. The sky is changing colors again, from deep blue to dark gray. He feels his body, stronger than before but less flexible. Then, the sky explodes and hot air whips him in the face. Once again, Eddie starts to run. But this time, he runs like a soldier. This is the The Five People You Meet in Heaven setting where Eddie meets the Captain.

Marguerite's Setting

Eddie feels himself lifted up on a strong wind. The sky gathers around him and then explodes into a million stars. He finds himself in the most beautiful mountain range, ankle-deep in snow that doesn't make him cold or wet. In the distance, he sees a flickering light.

Eddie feels his body for clues about where he could be. He's flabbier in the middle now, but still muscular in his arms. He squeezes his left knee and feels the familiar throbbing pain. Frustrated, he wonders why pain and deterioration would follow you in heaven. This is The Five People You Meet in Heaven setting where Eddie meets Marguerite, and it's the most abstract.

Walking along the silent ridge toward the flickering light, he notices that it is the sign of a diner. Looking in through the glass door, he sees many different kinds of customers that appear to be from many different time periods and walks of life. Then, in the farthest booth from the door, he sees someone he thought he would never see again - his father.

Eddie looks around and finds himself in a circular room with plain brown walls, a wooden stool, and a mirror. But when he looks into the mirror he doesn't see himself. Instead, he sees a row of doors behind him. He turns around to face them.

Eddie is startled when he coughs a deep, rattling cough. Then he notices that his skin is thin and dry, his stomach is soft with age, and his knee is stiff. He's frustrated to realize that he is deteriorating with each new stage in heaven.

Eventually, Eddie starts to open the doors. Each one opens into a different wedding reception, seemingly in a different country. The first wedding might have been German or Swedish. The next door takes him to a Spanish wedding. He sees weddings in what he guesses to be Africa, China, and France. Each of these celebrations has different music and different customs. But to Eddie, they're all pretty much the same.

Eddie is hanging in a white, silent place. The only noise is his own labored breathing. Eddie realizes that Marguerite is gone, and is overcome with an empty feeling. After some time, Eddie hears a noise and opens his eyes. This feels different than the first four areas of heaven he's seen.

He hears the noise again-louder this time. It is a noise that has haunted his dreams. The sound is like a medley of squeals and cackles. He yells into the white void: What do you want?

Then, the noise changes. He hears running water and sees that there is now ground under his feet. He is relieved to see that the noise is nothing but the sound of thousands of children laughing and playing. He wonders if that is what he's been dreaming about all this time, when he thought he was having nightmares.

The Five People You Meet in Heaven setting changes often. The two major settings are Ruby Pier and Heaven. One is where many of Eddie's memories take place, and the place where he dies, and the other is where he spends the afterlife.

The Five People You Meet in Heaven: Every Setting in the Book

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The Five People You Meet in Heaven: Every Setting in the Book

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What is The Five People You Meet in Heaven setting? How does the setting change throughout the book? The Five People You Meet in Heaven 's setting changes depending on who Eddie is talking to. The book also explores Eddie's memories, and the setting reflects the time and mood.

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This art connects to The Five People You Meet in Heaven because one of the main themes making an impact on people. Making an impact on someone can be doing something as small as holding a door open or as big as donating an organ. This image shows a man standing in the rain and another man running up to him with an umbrella. This image resembles making an impact because the man with the umbrella decided to go out of his way to help the other man and keep him dry even though he did not have to. This is just a piece of art, but in the real world you do not know what someone else is going through and that small action for the man with the umbrella but it could have made the other man's day and meant the world to him, so the man with the umbrella made a big impact without even realizing it.

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Given To Me by: Catherine Pulsifer

This poem is about someone who felt sad and alone, but someone decided to help them and the person helped them out of their sadness. The writer described the person helping as an angel, which goes to show that lending a hand to someone can mean the world to them. It is not said what the situation was or what the person did to help, but no matter what it was, they made an impact on the person they were helping and that person will definitely never forget it.

This poem is about someone who felt sad and alone, but someone decided to help them and the person helped them out of their sadness. The writer described the person helping as an angel, which goes to show that lending a hand to someone can mean the world to them. It is not said what the situation was or what the person did to help, but no matter what it was, they made an impact on the person they were helping and that person will definitely never forget it.

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8 Poems About Helping Others, Short Poems To Inspire

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May these short poems about helping others inspire you to lend a hand whenever possible. The world needs more helping hands. And you never know when it is that you may need a helping hand; things can change in a split second, things that are out of our control.

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Mitch Albom, the author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven, wrote the book in 2003. He had said in an interview that the whole process happened "by accident". He explored journalism while in grad school at Colombia University and had never thought to himself, "I am going to write a book", but he ended up writing Tuesdays with Morrie at 37 years old after meeting up with his old professor. Mitch had a very strong relationship with his professor, Morrie Schwartz, and after he found out that Morrie was sick and in medical debt, he wrote a memoir in an attempt to make money and help pay off his debts. Mitch was rejected by numerous publishing companies until one of them finally gave him the exact amount of money they needed for the medical bills. From there, his career had taken off and now he has written 12 books.

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Mitch Albom on how he accidentally became a world-renowned author | Nightly News Films

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This is an interview of Annabel Beam, a girl who tells her story of going to heaven and coming back. At a young age, she had experienced many chronic stomach problems, and one day she was climbing a hollow tree when she fell into it headfirst. She says that when she fell, she went to a bright place where she saw Jesus, angels, and her grandmother. Jesus told her “Annabel, I have plans for you on Earth you cannot complete in heaven”, so she was sent back to earth and was cured of her illness. This story connects to The Five People You Meet in Heaven because they both went to heaven and had similar experiences seeing people there in their lives. Annabel saw her grandmother, while Eddie saw his wife and a few other people in his life.

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DALLAS - While on the road promoting the upcoming film "Miracles From Heaven" about their life, the Beam family opened up about Heaven, keeping the faith in times of crisis and more.

"Miracles From Heaven" narrates the real-life story of 12-year-old Annabel Beam (Kylie Rogers), who is the daughter of Kevin (Martin Henderson) and Christy Beam (Jennifer Garner). Anna suffered from a pseudo-obstruction motility disorder for years and was unable to eat, using feeding tubes for nutrition. One day, after a near-death fall from a tree, she is subsequently cured of her disorder - a miracle that Anna said she was told would happen by Jesus himself while unconscious and in Heaven.

When asked if "Miracles From Heaven" really captured her experience in Heaven, Anna flat out said "No!"

"In my experience I didn't have to go through a journey to go to Heaven," she told The Christian Post. "I was just kind of there."

"Miracles from Heaven," which hits theaters March 16, portrays Heaven as somewhat of a magical forest with brilliant colors and butterflies. Anna maintains that she did not in fact see those things.

"In my experience it was bright and [there] wasn't fields and things like that," she revealed.
Watch CP's full interview with the Beam family below.
Although the movie took theatrical liberties in its portrayal of Heaven, it does give viewers an accurate glimpse into the pain the Beam family suffered. Kevin, Anna's father, explains how he kept his faith while navigating through the rough times.

"It was a daily reset for me and I feel like on the surface I had to be incredibly strong, first off for Anna because she was going through so much physically on a daily basis, that I needed to be strong for her and then for the entire family," he said.

Kevin is portrayed in the movie as the calm parent who keeps his faith throughout everything and does whatever he can to support his family, but he says in real life things were a bit different.

"It doesn't come across in the movie but they were there for me way more than I was there for them - our family, we just fed off of each other," Kevin assured. "This would be my week to have just a really hard week and Christy would be right there for me, Abby, Addeline even Anna! There's times when she's comforting me when I was trying to comfort her."

"Ultimately it was a daily reset to say, 'my family needs me to be strong.' It doesn't mean that I wasn't challenged, it doesn't mean that I didn't question why things were happening but I ultimately didn't question the source." The father of three continued, "I knew that God was ultimately in control. Never did I imagine that the outcome would be as beautiful as it was but I knew that God knew."

Abigail (Abby) is the eldest Beam daughter and was present at the time of Anna's miraculous fall. After watching the movie, it is evident that all of the family members were seemingly affected by Anna's condition, but Abby maintains that it was much worse having to live it out.

"It was hard to watch for sure. That whole time period was just so hard. In the movie it happens a lot quicker than it actually did in our lives. It actually went on for a period of a few years of when she was sick. So it was such a large section of my life that I don't really think about as much, because it was so hard," the 16-year-old sibling said. "Seeing it on screen was hard. Also, I just left feeling my faith so reassured. I'm just so excited for other people to see it and hopefully leave with that same sense of just faith that God is real and God is there."

In the faith-based flick, Christy Beam fights until the end to get answers on her daughter's condition but at one point loses peace and becomes angry with God.

"I look back right now and reflect on that time when I was so angry and frustrated and the sweetest thing about that is, as angry and as frustrated as I got at Him, He never, ever, ever was angry or frustrated at me and always showed His love through others to me. So never at any time was I alone," Christy said of God and her experience.

She added, "Even when I thought that I was alone and in a dark place, He was still reaching and loving me through the arms and the hands and the help and prayers [of] other people."

Now with a book out and a movie on the horizon, Christy and her family have been propelled into full-time ministry, spreading the message of hope in eternity through those platforms. Christy admits that she is still baffled.

"I know that my platform has become that of the encourager, I never thought that I would be the encourager to others," Christy stated, "Just that God is not only real but that He is faithful, during those times when you feel like there's silence or darkness. There are acts of faithfulness all around you."

"That has become my platform and my ministry to help people come to that understanding that it may be dark and it may be a struggle but look at Him reaching you through so many other avenues that you're missing because your head is down, but look up," she concludes.

For more information on "Miracles from Heaven," visit sonypictures.com

jeannie.law@christianpost.com

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'Miracles From Heaven' Girl Annabel Beam Talks Real Life Experience in Heaven (Interview)

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DALLAS - While on the road promoting the upcoming film "Miracles From Heaven" about their life, the Beam family opened up about Heaven, keeping the faith in times of crisis and more. "Miracles From Heaven" narrates the real-life story of 12-year-old Annabel Beam (Kylie Rogers), who is the daughter of Kevin (Martin Henderson) and Christy Beam (Jennifer Garner).

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This piece titled "First Moments in Heaven" shows children in heaven who are seeing their loved ones. Everyone is very happy to see each other and seems very excited. This piece connects to The Five People You Meet in Heaven because these people are seeing each other for the first time in seemingly a long time and they have finally reunited again, similarly to Eddie seeing the people

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This is a Ted Talk from the author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom. He describes his experiences, after chasing what he thought was the meaning of life, which led him to write his first book, Tuesdays with Morrie, starting his writing career.