Julianne Morris

Copyright Āc 2007 Ed Bagley

The five people I met in the sky - 2 stars (average)

For those who read the book by Mitch Albom's Tuesdays With Morrie, it was clear to read the five people I met in the sky, then watch the movie.

Albom asked why it took so long between his first two books, he said: "To be honest, I was a little overwhelmed by Tuesdays' success. At first, nobody wanted to publish this book or a lot about him.

Then, suddenly, all anyone wanted me to do was write a sequel. I knew I did not do. I said everything in this book I had to say about the last class between Morrie and me. So I waited until something has inspired me the way this book is. It just happened to take six years. "

When asked if something had told Morrie led to the line of the history of "Five", he revealed that "Morrie often told a story on the air, and how when they hit the ground, they have ceased to exist unless you understand that, in truth, they are not really waves at all, they were part of the ocean.

"Morrie saw himself this way, as part of something connected to a greater humanity. Within five people, somehow I explore this idea, we're all connected to each other in ways we do not even realize, and perhaps, when your life is over, you can find all the "other in this great ocean waves that have affected you without even knowing it."

These insights show the integrity and sensitivity of Mitch Albom, who also wrote the movie script for his book. Albom works for the Detroit Free Press and is probably one of the best sports journalists in the United States. His work in "Five People" shows flashes of his pure writing talent.

The five people I met in Heaven is the story of Eddie (Jon Voight), a simple man living a simple life as a maintenance man who has a regret and pain in his heart.

He spent his entire life reprimanded because he never left the amusement park to pursue his dream of becoming an engineer. He blamed everybody but himself for failing in the world. It is with great regret, and he feels that his life was ruined.

Eddie dies on his 83rd birthday trying to save a girl from a falling cart in a roller coaster that went wrong, and developed pain in his heart. With his last breath, he feels two small hands in his, he tries to pull the girl away and then nothing.

He died without knowing if he saved the life of the girl or not.

He wakes up in the sky and is designed to meet five people, near and distant strangers who form a thread of her life when woven into a fabric to explain the meaning of life.

Each person shares with Eddie a lesson in life he did not learn about the Earth.

Albom writing to shine through these memorable quotes of the five characters:

Ruby: "Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that by hating someone we hurt them. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do to others, we also do for us. "

Blue Man: "There are no random acts. We are all connected. You can not separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind."

Blue Man: "In heaven there is no trial but rather an opportunity to examine our lives that we touch, we made the choices and consequences of those choices."

Blue Man: "Strangers are family you have not yet learned to know."

Margaret (wife of Eddie that precedes in death): "Lost love is still love, Eddie. Just a different form, that's all. You can not hold their hand, you can not ruffle your hair. But when those senses weaken another one comes.