Web of Connection

     "That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another that you can separate a breeze from the wind." This is a recognizable quote from The Five People You Meet in Heaven. To me, this quote implies that all human beings' actions are connected in a web to each other, and it tells how someone else's actions can affect another's.

      In The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Eddie meets his first person, Joseph Corvelzchik. Joseph explains how Eddie's actions caused him to die. When Eddie was a young boy, he played catch with his brother, Joe, at Ruby Pier. One day, the ball was thrown into the middle of the road, and Eddie ran after it. Meanwhile, Joseph was driving down the same road and saw a boy in the middle of the road. He swerved out of the way and ended up dying moments later due to shock. Eddie did not think anything of the truck as it swerved out of the way, and they continued playing catch. Eddie blames himself for the death of Joseph when Eddie meets him in heaven. However, Joseph explains that his death caused Eddie to live.

     Eddie, while working at Ruby Pier, performed maintenance on many rides. These actions caused the people riding the rides at Ruby Pier to stay safe. Just like how Joseph's death caused Eddie to live, Eddie's death caused someone else to live. An accident on one of the rides at Ruby Pier caused a little girl to be put in danger as a cart from a ride almost fell on her. Through Eddie's actions, he was able to save the little girl. However, he lost his own life.

     This quote implies that there is a web of connection between peoples' actions. Everything we do affects someone else. This is why we should think carefully about the decisions we make, because it could affect another person horribly, while affecting us mildly. Our lives are just one big web of connection.