Written by Mitch Albom
Reviewed by Gusla Shidiq N
The story is about a man called Eddie. He worked in a park along
his life as an engineer. He took care and fixed various rides there. In his
83th birthday, Eddie got an accident when he wanted to rescue a little girl who
would be hit by a broken ride which is falling onto her. In that moment, when
he was in agony under the sunlight, he heard many things like sounds of
screams, waves, music, winds and many tones from low until high. Then he was
die.
After he died, he traveled to heaven and met the first person, the
Blue Man. He said to Eddie that he would meet five people whose life related to
you. He also told Eddie that indirectly Eddie was responsible for his death. He
showed the truth to Eddie that the Blue Man was died because he felt guilty with
his experience, that was, almost hit Eddie’ friend when they were playing. From
the Blue Man’s story, Eddie learned that an event was not accidentally
happened, but it had a connection to each other which made a reason for it.
Next, the setting was change to become in a war ground in
Philippines. There, Eddie met his captain. He showed Eddie an event when Eddie
wanted to save a girl in a fire, but the captain shot his leg to stop him
entering the fire. He told Eddie about the meaning of sacrifice in live.
Then, he drown back to his father’s house in mountain range, he
saw a scene where a man wanted to hurt
his mother. His father who saw it tried to against the man until the man fell
to the pier. From that time his father suffered pneumonia which finally killed
him. He learned how to lose his anger to his father.
The next person he met was his wife in a wedding reception. She
told him that although she was passed away, she still loved him and saw him
from heaven. She explained about the meaning of true love.
The last person he met was the girl who would be rescued from the
fire by him when he was in Philippines. The end of the story was Eddie became
an angle who kept children’s safety.
I like this story because I can felled it, and my favorite part is
when Eddie met the first person in heaven, the Blue Man. Because when Eddie met
the Blue Man I can learned something that an event was not accidentally
happened, but it had a connection to each other which made a reason for it.
I recommend this story to people who like moving and touching
sroty, I would recommend this story for all ages,
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