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The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Mitch Albom

The 1st Lesson (pgs. 32-50)

The Person:

The Setting:

The Lesson (theme) (in one sentence, in my own words):

Two lines from this section that I enjoyed (with explanations why):

1.

2.

Two Literary Elements that I found in this section (with explanations):

1.

2.

Pick two of the three questions below to answer about this part of the story:

1. What do you think about the Blue Man’s story, his relationship with his father,
and his taking silver nitrate? What, if anything, does this have to do with Eddie?
Why does he say to Eddie, “This is not your heaven; it’s mine”?
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2. How does the Blue Man die? What effect does it have on you when you look
at the story from different points of view – his and Eddie’s? Share an event that
you have been involved in that could have been viewed entirely differently from
another’s point of view.

3. Discuss what it means 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.” Describe at least one event in your life that
may have changed who you have become if it had happened differently.
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The 2nd Lesson (pgs. 56-96)

The Person:

The Setting:

The Lesson (theme) (in one sentence, in my own words):

Two lines from this section that I enjoyed (with explanations why):

1.

2.

Two Literary Elements that I found in this section (with explanations):

1.

2.

Pick two of the three questions below to answer about this part of the story:

1. Give a detailed (5 sentence minimum) description of Eddie’s experience at

war.
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2. What did the captain do that changed Eddie’s life?

3. In “The Second Lesson,” what lesson did the captain teach Eddie? Which of
the first two lessons do you think is more important to you, the Blue Man’s or the
Captain’s? Explain why.
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The 3rd Lesson (pgs. 98-144)

The Person:

The Setting:

The Lesson (theme) (in one sentence, in my own words):

Two lines from this section that I enjoyed (with explanations why):

1.

2.

Two Literary Elements that I found in this section (with explanations):

1.

2.

Pick two of the three questions below to answer about this part of the story:

1. What was Eddie’s relationship with his father like? Give two specific examples
supporting your claim.
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2. “You have peace…when you make it with yourself.” Do you agree or disagree
with this idea? Explain your opinion.

3. The beginning of the chapter establishes a metaphor about parents damaging

their children “like glass.” On page 109, Albom writes of “the final handprint on
Eddie’s glass.” Explain your interpretation of this extended “glass” metaphor.
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The 4th Lesson (pgs. 146-178)

The Person:

The Setting:

The Lesson (theme) (in one sentence, in my own words):

Two lines from this section that I enjoyed (with explanations why):

1.

2.

Two Literary Elements that I found in this section (with explanations):

1.

2.

Pick two of the three questions below to answer about this part of the story:

1. Why does Marguerite want to be in a place where there are only weddings?
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2. Explain Marguerite’s accident. (pages 162-163)

3. Eddie’s fourth lesson is that love lives beyond mere physical presence, and it
lives not just in our hearts but also in our memories. Love is specific. Love is
forever. Love has multiple forms. What is your opinion of these statements?
Give specific reasons to support your opinion.
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The 5th Lesson (pgs. 179-194)

The Person:

The Setting:

The Lesson (theme) (in one sentence, in my own words):

Two lines from this section that I enjoyed (with explanations why):

1.

2.

Two Literary Elements that I found in this section (with explanations):

1.

2.

Pick two of the three questions below to answer about this part of the story:

1. Why do you think “Today is Eddie’s Birthday” on page 183 covers more than
30 years worth of birthdays in two pages? What does that tell us about Eddie’s
life from age 51 on?
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2. On page 191, Eddie says, “I was sad because I didn’t do anything with my life.
I was nothing. I accomplished nothing.” What do you think of this assessment
of his life? Give specific examples to support your claim.

3. On the final page of the novel, Albom writes that “each affects the other and
the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all
one.” Now that you’ve finished the novel, what do you think about this
statement?