The five people you meet in heaven
Uploaded by getogurl88 on Mar 05, 2007
The three people that shaped Eddie’s life were Captain, Marguerite, and Tala. They all had a lesson of their own to teach Eddie. The Captain taught Eddie that no one should get left behind. Marguerite taught Eddie that love is eternal, and Tala’s lesson was that there was a purpose in Eddie’s life. Marguerite, Captain, and Tala all made Eddie realize that there was a purpose in his life; he just never figured it out on his own.
Captain showed Eddie that the sacrifices he made in his life were meaningful. Captain was a huge person in Eddie’s life. Eddie’s whole life was changed after the captain shot his leg. He shot his leg because Eddie accidentally put a hut on fire, and there was a Filipino girl in their named Tala. “We would have lost you in the fire. You would have died. And it wasn’t your time.” Eddie was going through a lot inside when he heard that the captain shot him. The Captain also risked his life because he didn’t want Eddie to go into the hut. “The land mine exploded instantly, like a burping flame from the earth’s core. It blew the captain twenty feet into the air and split him into pieces.” Eddie only lost his leg, but the captain lost his whole life only because he didn’t want anyone to get left behind.
Marguerite taught Eddie that love is eternal. After Marguerite got into the car accident, and passed away he was never the same. He always thought about her, and she was the only woman he ever truly loved. “Marguerite emerges, singing in her soft sweet voice. She looks beautiful, wearing the print dress Eddie likes, her hair and lips done up. Eddie feels the need to inhale, as if undeserving of such a moment. He fights the darkness within him.” Also, Eddie was upset with Marguerite that she left him. “Lost love is still love, Eddie. It takes a different form, that’s all. You can’t see their smile or bring them food or tousle their hair or move them around a dance floor. But when those senses weaken, another heightens. Memory. Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it. You hold it. You dance with...