Book Info
Who is the author?
Mitch Albom
Who was the love of Eddie's Life?
Marguerite
Pipeline Plunge
Alliteration
THEME:
"Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else."
Sacrifice
When you meet Eddie, he is routined, seen as boring, and follows the same cycle. What type of character would he be CLASSIFIED as?
Flat Character
What did the author do as 'side-gig' before he became a renowned author?
A piano player
Why was Eddie's 7th birthday significant?
He got the baseball that caused the accident that killed the blue man.
DEVICE:
"Eddie was a squat, white-haired old man, with a short neck, a barrel chest, thick forearms, and a faded army tattoo on his right shoulder. His legs were thin and veined now, and his left knee, wounded in the war, was ruined by arthritis."
Imagery
THEME:
"For the first few months of this captivity, Eddie went to sleep with Marguerite's picture in his helmet propped up in front of him. He wasn't much for praying, but he prayed just the same, making up the words and keeping count each night, saying, "Lord, I'll give you these six days if you give me six days with her. . . . I'll give you these nine days if I get nine days with her. . . . I'll give you these sixteen days if I get sixteen days with her. . . ."
Eternal Love
What type of character would you classify Marguirite? Why?
Flat secondary character; because she was only mentioned, nothing really fully developed
How many themes are there in the book?
5
What was the blue man's real name?
Joseph Corvelschick
DEVICE:
"He explored his body like an infant, fascinated by the new mechanics."
Simile
THEME:
“Strangers are just family you have yet to know.”
Connectedness
When you meet the Blue Man, he shares some of the rules/guidelines on how heaven works. What type of character archetype would he fall under?
The Mentor
Where are the 2 main settings of the novel?
Ruby Pier & Heaven
When Eddie first gets to heaven, what is something that he can do that he wasn't able to for a long time?
He can move without pain, he felt like a "rubber man."
DEVICE:
“I took your leg… to save your life.”
Irony
THEME:
“No life is a waste… The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.”
Purpose
What type of character archetype would Annie fall under?
The Herald: a character who brings a call to action or an event
Who is the protagonist based on or inspired by?
The author's uncle (BONUS: know why)
What does Eddie find that scares him, even in Heaven? Why?
Thunder or loud explosions; PTSD
DEVICE:
Whrrrssssh, A wave broke on the beach. Eddie coughed up something he did not want to see. He spat it away.
Whrrssssssh. He used to think a lot about Marguerite. Not so much now. She was like a wound beneath an old bandage, and he had grown more used to the bandage.
Whrrssssssh.
What was shingles?
Whrrsssssh.
Anaphora
THEME:
“I took your leg… to save your life.”
Sacrifice
What character archetype would the captain fall under?
The guardian; the gatekeepers to the new world or deeper parts of the Hero’s Journey.