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The Five People You Meet in Heavenby Mitch,Mitch Albom
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Part melodrama and part parable, Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven weaves together three stories, all told about the same man: 83-year-old Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement Park. As the novel opens, readers...(more)
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Sixth Person?

missmanagirl said Nov 7, 6:40 PM:

 

Do you think the author should have added a sixth person?


I, personally, think he should have. I love the book the way it is, and the lessons that Eddie, the main character, learns are valuable. But I feel that there should have been a sixth person, with a sixth lesson. I feel that lesson should have been to love yourself for who are. In today's society, there are far too many people who have insecuirities and themselves. There are too many people who develop problems such as eating fisorders or things such as cutting themselves, or worse, killing themselves, because they do not love who they are. Yes, for some of these people who have these problems have different reasons for doing such things, but for a majority of people, the reason is because they do not love themselves.