https://padlet.com/30945311/w24xe1ffg1pv This padlet will discuss the novel I read for my March SSR book en-us 2017-04-03 14:31:58 UTC 2023-06-14 21:38:48 UTC hello@padlet.com 30945311 https://padlet.com/30945311/w24xe1ffg1pv/wish/164355801 Eddie, a maintenance man at Ruby Pier amusement park, died on his 83rd birthday trying to save a little girl from a roller coaster accident. He goes to Heaven and one by one, meets the five people who help him understand his life and death. Eddie was in the army, married to a woman named Marguerite, had an abusive, alcoholic father, and took care of his older brother and his mother.]]> 2017-04-03 14:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/30945311/w24xe1ffg1pv/wish/164355801 30945311 https://padlet.com/30945311/w24xe1ffg1pv/wish/164355953 Eddie is the protagonist, or the main character. The story is told almost all in flashbacks of him in the war, him with Marguerite, and his father. It also tells about his past birthdays that show significance to the people he meets.]]> 2017-04-03 14:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/30945311/w24xe1ffg1pv/wish/164355953 30945311 https://padlet.com/30945311/w24xe1ffg1pv/wish/164356067 "Before he could take another breath, the noise of children disappeared above him, and he was submerged in a strong byt silent current. His grip was still entwined with Tala's, but he felt his body being washed from his sould, meat from the bone, and with it went all the pain and weariness he ever held inside him" (Albom 193).]]> 2017-04-03 14:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/30945311/w24xe1ffg1pv/wish/164356067 30945311 https://padlet.com/30945311/w24xe1ffg1pv/wish/164356549 I liked how this was told in flashbacks, it helps me understand the characters better and their meanings. Also, all of the people he met like the Blue Man, his Captain in the army, Ruby from Ruby Pier, Marguerite, and the little Asian girl. The ending was my favorite, when he was talking to the little Asian girl named Tala, she made sense of his life. Eddie had killed her in the war, yet she brought him to Heaven. ]]> 2017-04-03 14:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/30945311/w24xe1ffg1pv/wish/164356549 30945311 https://padlet.com/30945311/w24xe1ffg1pv/wish/164356829 In the ending of the book, he meets a little Asian girl named Tala. She informs him that he saved the little girl from the roller coaster. Eddie killed Tala in the war. So after I read this part, I think the theme is more so Karma. He killed the little girl, Tala, and saved another from an accident then died. ]]> 2017-04-03 14:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/30945311/w24xe1ffg1pv/wish/164356829 30945311 https://padlet.com/30945311/w24xe1ffg1pv/wish/164356891 The theme of this book isn't death, as you might think it is based on the title, but more of understanding your place on earth and why everything happen for a reason. The topic is on Eddie, and the five people he meets after his death to understand his life better.]]> 2017-04-03 14:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/30945311/w24xe1ffg1pv/wish/164356891 30945311 https://padlet.com/30945311/w24xe1ffg1pv/wish/164357372 2017-04-03 14:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/30945311/w24xe1ffg1pv/wish/164357372