REFLECTION ON THE FILM ‘FIVE PEOPLE YOU MET IN HEAVEN’

ERICKA A. ROSCO

STEM 11-24, Senior High School Department

Polytechnic University of the Philippines

Everyone in this world has different roles in lives that we need to fulfill.
We have different destinations. We also have different thoughts. Just like
me, when I heard the word heaven the first thing came into my mind is
paradise. I visualized it having an eternity, and peaceful surroundings, I
thought also that we only have one heaven, but then again as I’ve watched
the movie it shows that we have different heaven wherein each of us find
their comfort feelings with.

The story of the film have proven that everyone are connected to each
other, something like if someone makes things either good or not it has an
equivalent matters in other people. All things we are doing every time, there
is a certain person that is affected.

Eddie is the main character in the movie; I salute him, why..?

imagined an old man with poor foot used to save a little girl. The first thing
that I’ve learned is to help those people who are in need, no matter what
happen you need to help as long as you can. After that scenes with the little
girl, Eddie have opened his eyes on the plae wherein he meet the blue man
that is familiar with him. Those scence that I’ve watched help me to realize
that even the little things you do it can affect other people’s lives.

After meeting the blue man, he met his captain at the top of the tree
wherein in this part they remembered those things that were happened to
them during the war, they remembered all the things that they have
sacrifice that time. After I watched that part I’ve realized that as we live, we
also sacrifices things, everyone makes this sacrifices. There are only some
sacrifices that are big and others day-to-day small sacrifices, but all of that
sacrifices make an impact in other lives.

Ruby is the third person that he met in heaven; their conversations only
insinuate the importance of releasing anger and granting forgiveness.

He also met his wife Marguerite. I’ve learned that love is really powerful.
Love is there even death if and only if the love is real.

Tala is the last person he met in heaven. I have learned that our life has
many purposes. Everything happens for a reason. We live for a reason the
same way that we die for a reason. Where you are today is a combination of
all your past actions, decisions, and the same way the people around you
have affected you.