Character Analysis: The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Many quotes from the novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, affected me greatly, but one stood out more than the others. This quote was “Death doesn’t just take someone, it misses someone else, and in the small distance between being taken and being missed, lives are changed.” I personally have been fortunate enough to not have dealt with many losses within my family, but when I was in fifth grade my grandfather passed away. When I was in fourth grade he was diagnosed with cancer. All of the months of chemo were a long and painful process for him and for my family. He and I were close; although I was young, I still have great memories of him. One of which, is he and my grandmother used to take my sister, my cousin, and me out to River Ranch …show more content…
He used to come to all my games to support me, no matter what sport I was doing. He was also a diehard for gator fan which kind of sparked my entire family’s love for that team. Bringing him his favorite candy, Swedish fish, while he was still in the hospital is something I will never forget. After a 10 months of treatment the doctors told us the good news that he was cancer free. My family had never been so happy; we celebrated and welcomed him home, we were all so relieved to have him back. After a few months of being home and getting back to his old routine he and my grandmother noticed that he wasn’t looking too healthy. A couple days later, he collapsed. He was rushed to the hospital and a day later they told us the cancer was back and incurable. During his last few days, he was positive because he knew that he had lived his life the best way he could: spending time with the ones he loved and living his life to the fullest. Although I was only in fifth grade at the time, going through the grieving process was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. I hate to say it but, my family has never really been the same after his

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Character Analysis: The Five People You Meet In Heaven