The Five People You Meet In Heaven
The idea of heaven has been pondered by philosophers, theologians, and just about everyone else. Many people imagine that Heaven is someplace above the clouds with angels. Some think heaven will contain the material things they longed for in life. Even more controversial is who will be allowed in. How does someone choose who is in their heaven? Are they remembered from when they are alive or are they people that affected their timeline? What if it was much simpler than that? Suppose each person could choose what their heaven looks like and who was there. In the book The Five People You Meet in Heaven and in the poem “Thanatopsis”, there are two different views of heaven but a similar idea that all people will be there. In The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom and “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant there is the required nostalgia for the past and use of imagination to comprehend the idea of oversoul ,but each story provides two distinct
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Eddie remembers how he would spend each of his birthdays with Marguerite. The narrator says “Taffy. He thinks about taffy. He thinks it would take his teeth out now,but he would eat it anyhow, if it meant eating it with her” (Albom 184). What Eddie is really thinking about is the time that he spent with Marguerite before she passed away and how much he had enjoyed every second with her. In “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant he states “Thou shalt lie down with the kings of the infant world” (Bryant 33-34). This line reflects on how we will all be united when we die so that people can make up for lost time on earth. “Thanatopsis” nostalgic view promotes the idea that all people will be reunited. In The Five People You Meet in Heaven , however the nostalgia stems from deep memories that provide an idea of the sacrifice needed to be reunited with those who have passed
Eddie remembers how he would spend each of his birthdays with Marguerite. The narrator says “Taffy. He thinks about taffy. He thinks it would take his teeth out now,but he would eat it anyhow, if it meant eating it with her” (Albom 184). What Eddie is really thinking about is the time that he spent with Marguerite before she passed away and how much he had enjoyed every second with her. In “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant he states “Thou shalt lie down with the kings of the infant world” (Bryant 33-34). This line reflects on how we will all be united when we die so that people can make up for lost time on earth. “Thanatopsis” nostalgic view promotes the idea that all people will be reunited. In The Five People You Meet in Heaven , however the nostalgia stems from deep memories that provide an idea of the sacrifice needed to be reunited with those who have passed