The Five People you Meet in Heaven by Sean LaRocca

laroccas1 — 2024-05-07 16:30:59 UTC

This paragraph on page 19 of The Five People You Meet in Heaven talks about how Eddie's relationship with his father started. It shows how even from when Eddie was born, his father didn't like him and didn't want him as a son. Eddie's father wanted a girl because he already had one son. He thought it was better to be even and equal with one girl and one boy, but ended up having two boys. This relationship between Eddie and his father lasted for Eddie's entire life.

laroccas1 — 2024-05-09 13:34:02 UTC

This excerpt on page 21 from the book The Five People You Meet in Heaven talks about what Eddie could remember from his final moments alive. It talked about how tried to save the girl and how he sacrificed himself to save the little girl. I chose this sentence because it showed how Eddie didn't know if he saved the little girl. He is going to have that burden with him until he finds out if the girl lived or not.

laroccas1 — 2024-05-09 13:34:10 UTC

This excerpt on page 3 from the book The Five People you Meet in Heaven talks about when Eddie finds out he had shingles. This affected him with his walking. Eddie did remember that he was able to lift up a carousel horse with one arm, but that was when he was younger. He is now an 83 year old man that can only walk with a cane. I chose this excerpt because it showed that Eddie was getting older, and that he wasn't in his good ole days, and that he was closer to death.

laroccas1 — 2024-05-09 16:08:19 UTC

This excerpt on page 53 from the book The Five People You Meet in Heaven talks about when Eddie first met Marguerite, the love of his life. Eddie knew that the first time he met her, he was going to marry Marguerite. Eddie was embarrassed when his brother Joe told his mom. Eddie didn't want people to know about it because it would've been embarrassing. I chose this excerpt because it showed how Marguerite shaped the course of Eddie's life from the moment he met her.

laroccas1 — 2024-05-17 13:03:47 UTC

This sentence on page 86 shocked me because I wasn't expecting that it was Eddie's own captain that shot him. But when I found out why his captain shot him, I realized that it was the best choice because it saved his life. The captain sacrificed Eddie's leg to save him from burning to death.

laroccas1 — 2024-05-17 13:03:55 UTC

This sentence on page 93 felt very relatable to me because in life, you always need to sacrifice something when you want to be great. Sacrifices are always meant to be made even when you don't want to make them. If you don't make any sacrifices, life will be harder in multiple ways until you can overcome those hardships.

laroccas1 — 2024-05-17 13:04:25 UTC

This paragraph on page 95 talks about how the captain wanted his life to be. He always wanted to live without war, and live in a peaceful place with beautiful skies. The Captain finally got his wish, but after he died and he was already in heaven. He made his heaven a battlefield until Eddie showed up, he was then able to change it into a beautiful field that didn't have any war.

laroccas1 — 2024-05-17 13:04:35 UTC

This whole excerpt on page 96 talks about the day after the incident with Eddie at the Ruby Pier. It shows how all the workers are feeling and how they don't know what to do with themselves. They were always used to Eddie coming in everyday and telling them what to do. This shows how Eddie was a good leader for this kids, and that all the workers looked up to him and always followed his lead.

laroccas1 — 2024-05-21 15:52:56 UTC

This paragraph on page 105 talks about Eddie's past relationship with his father and how he would treat them. Eddie and his brother faced a lot of abuse from their father who was a severe alcoholic. Eddie's mother wasn't allowed to do anything because she would also get hit by Eddie's dad.

laroccas1 — 2024-05-21 15:53:09 UTC

This excerpt on page 109 talks about the first time Eddie stood up to his father. Eddie's dad had come home drunk and was yelling at Eddie to get a job. Eddie hadn't left the house since he got out of the hospital from his injury during the war. When Eddie's father tried to smack him, he blocked his punch and grabbed his hand. Eddie's dad was shocked and suprised by this incident. After that, Eddie's dad stopped talking to Eddie completely and when his mom tried to talk to him, he said that the boy put his hands on him.

laroccas1 — 2024-05-21 15:53:45 UTC

This excerpt on page 116 talks about the back story of Ruby and what she did on the Ruby Pier. She talks to Eddie about her husband and how nice he was. She talked about the amount of workers her husband would hire and how he would get many different rides imported from all across the country. She also tells Eddie about how the Ruby Pier is named after her.

laroccas1 — 2024-05-21 15:53:54 UTC

This paragraph on page 137 talks about how there was a good side to Eddie's father. After an incident where Mickey Shea tried to rape Eddie's mom, Eddie's father chased after him and wanted to kill him for what he had done. But when he noticed how Mickey Shea was struggling to swim in the ocean, he dived in and went to save him. Eddie's father knew he had to save him because of what Mickey Shea had done for him his entire life.

laroccas1 — 2024-05-30 12:21:53 UTC

This excerpt on page 150 talks about Eddie's first time seeing Marguerite since she had passed away. Eddie was shocked to see her after so long and didn't know how to react to it. Eddie didn't know if he needed to run but he decided not to and stayed still.

laroccas1 — 2024-05-30 12:22:04 UTC

This page talks about one of Eddie's birthdays and how he celebrated it. Marguerite was able to gather a group of children to help give Eddie a nice birthday surprise. Eddie's mood was lifted by the children because of how good Marguerite was with kids.

laroccas1 — 2024-05-30 12:22:11 UTC

This page talks about Eddie meeting his 5th person and him having no idea who this person was. When the little girl, Tala, told him how he knew her, he broke down and started to cry. Eddie was in shock because he burnt down the barn in the Philippines and never knew that there were kids in the barn. Eddie didn't know what to do with this because he was in shock. He felt so bad and was really hurt from it.

laroccas1 — 2024-05-30 12:22:19 UTC

This excerpt on page 196 talks about a couple days after the death of Eddie and how the boy who killed him was doing. The kid, Nicky, would bragg to his friends about the Ruby pier being named after his Grandmother. He also sold his car after getting a new key.