Eddie's fifth person in Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven was Tala, a young Filipino girl he unknowingly killed during the war; she appears as a child in heaven to reveal his life's purpose was protecting children at Ruby Pier, giving him peace and redemption.
Tala: Eddie's fifth person in heaven, a little Filipino girl who Eddie unknowingly killed while he and his unit are escaping captivity during the war. Tala is affectionate, trusting, and wise. Following her mother's instructions, Tala hides from Eddie and his men in one of the abandoned village huts.
The novel's protagonist, a lonely, elderly man who has spent his life working in maintenance at Ruby Pier, an amusement park by the ocean. Eddie is from a working-class family of Romanian origin, and he is tough, hardworking, and concerned about the well-being of others.
Though he did save the little girl, what gave his death meaning wasn't just that he died saving someone, but also that someone saved him when he died. Tala, whom he took life from, chose to be the person to give him his second life —fulfilling an act of absolute forgiveness.
Marguerite: Eddie's beloved wife and the fourth person he meets in heaven. She teaches Eddie that love transcends death and takes on new forms.
The third person Eddie meets is Ruby, the woman he loved but never married. Ruby helps Eddie to understand the importance of forgiveness and the role it plays in both life and death. She also reveals to Eddie the sacrifices she made for him, which he never knew about.
What is the fifth lesson Eddie learns? He learns the purpose of his life was to save children and keep them safe.
Marguerite tells Eddie that she also met five people in heaven, and learned things, and that she has waited for him ever since then. She tells Eddie that she remembers everything that happened when they were together, but that she now knows why it all happened.
In heaven, Ruby tells Eddie the true story of how his father died saving Mickey, and teaches him the lesson of forgiveness.
Eddie and Marguerite got married but never had children. Eddie's stubbornness ruined their chances at adoption - Marguerite got in a car accident while driving to reconcile with him after a fight, and the subsequent medical costs meant that they could no longer afford to adopt a child.
Eddie never met Ruby during his life, as she was much older and they weren't directly related, but the amusement park where Eddie works all his life, Ruby Pier, was built for Ruby by her husband. Ruby feels connected to Eddie, as she was present in the shared hospital room when Eddie's father died.
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Eddie thinks about how different he feels since the war, like he can't find happiness. He can't express to Marguerite the darkness he feels inside, and how it has stopped him from living the life he imagined. So he just goes to work driving his taxi.
Albom's portrait of God, life and heaven are all as fictional as his story. Don't come to The Five People You Meet in Heaven looking for insight into Christian living or the afterlife—turn to the Word for these things.
Ruby tells Eddie that during the night, just before he died, Eddie's father staggered to the window, opened it, and started calling out to Eddie, Joe, and their mother. It seemed that his heart was finally spilling out all that he wanted to say. The cold was too much for him, and he was dead by morning.
Rizky Nurfajri It made Eddie feel angry at Marguerite for leaving him so young that it made his life unhappy and unfulfilled, but he still felt in love with her after her death. Likewise Marguerite, she can feel Eddie's love and her love for Eddie doesn't end when her life ends.
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Eddie ruined their chances of adopting a child, after Marguerite got into a devastating car accident while trying to stop Eddie from gambling away all their money on his birthday. Margeurite eventually forgave him, but soon afterward she died from a brain tumor.
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