Pages 50-146

Summary
In this section of the story Eddie meets the second and third people in heaven. The second person was Eddie's old general. The general reminded Eddie of all the advetures they had been through in the war. He reminded him of the enemies that they had fought together, and the time when they burned down the coal mine. When the Eddie and the general burned down the coal mine Eddie thought he saw a shadow inside the burning mine.  He continuously asked the shadow to come forth so he can save him/her from harm. The more time he spent trying to save the person the closer he was at being killed from the exploding mines. The general immediatly shot Eddie's leg to stop him from getting any closer to the building. This made Eddie irate, the tramatic damage in his leg caused him to not accomplish everything that he wanted to accomplish. The general explain to him that if he didn't take his leg then he would have lost his life. Even though the general lost his life in an explosion, he told Eddie that the sacrifice of his life was worth it all. With that he left. Next Eddie saw an old woman named Ruby. At first Eddie did not understand his connection to Ruby, but she told Eddie that the place he where he worked (Ruby Peir) was made in honor of her by her husband Ellie. Ruby main purpose was to tell Eddie of his father and how he died from phemonia from saving a person, and not just from being a drunkie like Eddie thought. Ruby told him that hatred is like a poisen that eats one up from the inside, and the best thing that Eddie can do in order to move on was to forgive his father. Eddie took Ruby's advice and truely forgave his father for everything. Ruby became young again and disappeared.

Quote
"Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves."

Reaction
I thought this quote was very important because it relates to everyday life. Holding anger never makes anyone happy and I loved that this quote was completely relevant to Eddie's life and all the hatred he had towards everyone that ever made his life hard.