Mrs. Dupuy's Reading Room

The Connection of All People

          People do not realize their significance and their actions that affect other people’s lives. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom shows how people are connected to one other. In the story, Eddie meets Joseph Corvelzchik in heaven and he tells him “That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind.” This means that everyone is connected through their decisions and impacts each other lives.  The choices of other people and sacrifice play a big role in changing other lives.

          In the story, Eddie meets Ruby, the person the pier is named after. She later tells him that if it wasn’t for her husband, there wouldn’t be a pier. And if there was not pier, Eddie would not be working there. This is an example of how people’s choices can later affect people in life. The decision of Ruby and her husband gave Eddie his job and gave him a place to grow up.

          The second person Eddie meets in heaven is the Captain. He sacrificed his life to save Eddie and the others in the truck. According to the story “The land mine exploded instantly…It blew the Captain 20 feet in the air and split him into pieces…” If nobody had went out to check for the land mines, everybody in the transporter would have been killed. This decision extended the rest of their lives and helped them get back to safety.

          The people Eddie meets in heaven and their encounters in real life are examples on how people affect other lives. All the accidents Eddie has prevented by fixing rides, kept all the people who rode them safe. He affects everyone at the pier and we also make countless decisions that affect the people around us everyday.