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In this quote, it portrays Eddie as guilty and mad for living a boring life. For staying at the pier his whole life. The blue man reassures him that no life is a waste because he got to live his life he got to experience growing. As the five people he killed didn’t because of his actions, they received deathly consequences, a part of fairness.

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This booksnap is showing the blue man as a person of faith, hope and forgiveness. He knows he is there to teach Eddie his life lessons and is showing that by using his faith, he figured out he lived a good life. He appreciates his life and every action he took, as it is the cycle of life and shows he is very proud of his self built faith.

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This quote is very important because it is saying how everyone has a little kid inside of them and for it to be brought out, means that they are finally happy. Saying no matter how old you get, you still have the little kid inside of you. The little kid likes to be nurtured and comforted which is shown in this quote. When people are finally happy with life, they act like the happy little kid they were again.

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This quote sets the tone between Eddie and his mom. He is very trusting of her, and it shows. He loves her and runs to her whenever he feels uncomfortable. As he grew up she was there for him unlike his father and he cherished that. As this quote is said the tone is soft, simple and trusting. There is a lot of love between Eddie and his mother.

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This scene is very important because it shows that most stories and life experiences are connected. Many people experience the same things in different fonts. Showing that sometimes you don’t realize you are connected until damage is done and you can’t go back. This scene is showing that you have to be mindful of your actions as they are impacting everyone around you constantly.

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This scene in the book portrays the loneliness Eddie felt while in war. It shows how he lost hope. He stoped counting days, stoped caring and everything was an everyday cycle. He thought he was going to die in this his own misery and loneliness, which he also feels in the end of the book, while living without his love Marguerite, he spent everyday is a lonely cycle of grief.

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This quote is showing the way he felt after he arrived home from war. He felt helpless, taken of his life and he lost his courage to make something of himself. When saying “ he knew his life was never the same” the author is showing the loss that Eddie is experiencing. Not of his love but of his youth.

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In this quote, the author is teaching a big lesson of life. Everyone has to make sacrifices, Sometimes even when you are losing yourself, it will all benifit you in the long run. Captain made his sacrifice so that four of his other men could live. Eddie made his sacrifice so that a little girl can grow old, they lost their life’s, but for a reason.

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Eddies Captain lived for others and overall he was such an inspiration to Eddie. As Eddie was in war, captain taught him a lot and one saying was that no one gets left behind. Captain knew that even if he didn’t know his men since birth, he would do anything to save their lives and this is perfectly shown in the quote in page 94

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This quote is a very heavy and meaningful statement. It carry’s a lesson and emotion, which connects it to the story. By explaining how all parents damage their kids, intentionally or not… it connects the text to how Eddie is damaged by his fathers carelessness and silence.

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on page 115, ruby explains how Emile proposed to her, visualizing the soft sand and the gentle tide. Also explains the sound of children screaming, and playing in the ocean. This big moment is filled with emotion and can be perfectly pictured when read by a reader. A beautiful beach proposal, full of love, laughter and happy moments.

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On page 141, the quote “holding anger is a poison, it eats you from inside.” Also later saying “but hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.” These quotes hit home for me because I to once was so angry. I used to hate everything, make other people feel bad and start every day with something that pissed me off. This is an important lesson shown by ruby because it is teaching Eddie to forgive himself. From experience, it’s not easy to forgive yourself and it dosent happen overnight. Forgiveness takes time and you have to put effort into the relationship you have with yourself in order for your love for yourself to grown stronger.

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This scene is important because it shows the true strength a friendship can have on one self. Although Eddies father had a grit for Mickey, after everything he had done. Eddies father was still there to save mickeys life. Forgiving Mickey was not something that Eddies father wanted to do but knew he needed to do in order to forgive himself for all the things that went wrong in his life. Including his horrible parenting style and lack of relationships with Eddie.

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This quote stated on page 139 really sums up how I felt. Silence are the loudest words in my brain, like eddies. I choose to be silent and not say a word, yet all my memories and thoughts always come back to haunt me in the worst moments. Like Eddie. Silence is my escape from life, as I find comfort in my own irrational thoughts

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On this page 173, there is an important lesson taught by Margaret. This lesson is about how love is never lost, through the ups and downs, the mistakes and bad habits, through life and death. True love will never leave your soul. Margaret is showing Eddie how even when she died, his love was never lost. It grew stronger. She explained that for her to die, eddies heart, love and relationship with himself grew stronger than ever.

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in the beginning of this last chapter, they start with a very specific visual that is also repeatedly brought up throughout the book. White space, nothing but Eddie and his breaths. No life, no sun, no ground. Just pure silence. This symbolizes the peace that Eddie feels as he is traveling to his last and final stop. His love Margaret.

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This peice shows the tone of sympathy and sadness. Tala is showing Eddie the importance of his life and the reasoning for his living. This tone is sad because of how unproductive Eddie feels with his life. As well as sympathetic because tala is teaching Eddie about his legacy he has left.

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As the ending of the book comes, this last quote shows the story behind everything as well as wrapping it up to what is show in the begging of the book. Home. Ruby pier. This is such a significant moment because as Eddie has grown up there, he has made memories, lost people, gave up opportunities and met the love of his life.