Finding Meaning and Purpose in Mitch Albom’s, The Five People You Meet

â€Å"The Five People You Meet In Heaven† composed by Mitch Albom tells about a man named Eddie and his encounters throughout everyday life and in paradise. During his excursion in paradise he meet five individuals. He figures out how he has affected the five lives while on earth. Eddie finds that his life had genuine importance and reason. Preceding gathering the five individuals that he meets in paradise, he feels as though his life is useless and has no significance. Genuinely he isn't fit as a fiddle, â€Å"His left knee, injured in the war, was destroyed by joint pain. He utilized a stick to get around†(2, section 1). He feels stuck at a spot with an occupation that he completely detests, â€Å"He reviled his dad for biting the dust and for catching him in the very life he’d been attempting to get away: an actual existence that, as he heard the elderly person giggling from the grave, evidently now was adequate for him†(128, passage 1). The unrivaled love of his life has kicked the bucket, â€Å"I lost everything. I lost the main lady I loved†(173, passage 9). The triumphs cut Eddie down and cause him to feel as though his life didn't go as he had arranged. In spite of the fact that Eddie meets five individuals in paradise that attempt to assist him with understanding his life, one of these individuals stand apart over the rest. When Eddie meets Ruby, he has no clue about what her identity is nevertheless she attempts to assist him with attempting to comprehend and excuse his dad for the long periods of disregard and misuse. â€Å"Once Eddie attempted to remain close to his dad and see his cards, however the elderly person put down his stogie and ejected like thunder, smacking Eddie’s face with the rear of his hand. â€Å"Stop breathing on me,† he stated, â€Å"Eddie never got that nearby again†(105, section 2). As Eddie becomes more seasoned, their nonexistent relationship doesn't improve! Ruby aides Eddie with this battle by giving him that... ... ordinary things Eddie had done in his life, the mishaps he had forestalled, the rides he had remained careful, the unnoticed turns he had influenced regular. And keeping in mind that their lips didn't move, Eddie heard their voices, a bigger number of voices than he could have envisioned, and a harmony happened upon him that he had never known before†(193, section 3). Presently Eddie knew, He at long last knew the importance and motivation behind his life. In spite of the fact that it requires some investment, Eddie discovers everything that he has been searching for to comprehend and be content with his life. The Five People You Meet In Heaven shows perusers how every life has an arrangement. The arrangement probably won't be acknowledged til' the very end, its conceivable that life’s encounters will be clarified. When the five individuals are met and contrasts are settled, at that point comes harmony. Works Cited Albom, Mitch. The Five People You Meet In Heaven. New York: Hyperion, 2003.