A View From The Bridge Dialectical Journal Essay

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1. “All endings are also beginnings” generally means that once something ends, like a rollercoaster a new one will arrive. It relates to this story, because when Eddie dies he starts his journey in heaven. In my life, I graduated elementary school and started my journey into middle school.
2. The Blue man (Joe) initially grabbed my attention, because he is Blue and the fact that he overdosed on silver nitrate. What held my attention to this book was the anticipation of the other four characters in heaven.
3. Counting down the final minutes of Eddie’s life makes anticipation for the next minute and makes us want to know what happens next. Albom does this to keep our attention and keep us suspensed in the book. The techniques of moving back and forth from past and present, like flashbacks give us a back story of how stuff happened in the book. For example we know why
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I think Marguerite wanted to be in a place in only weddings happens because her wedding was in a China food place. This relates to her life because Eddie and her had a wedding that was not perfect.
14. "Lost love is still love. It takes a different form. You can't see their smile or bring them food or tousle their hair or move them around on the dance floor. But when these senses waken, another heightens...Life has an end. Love doesn't." Marguerite means by this love never stops and she states that she can feel his love in heaven. She says this to Eddie because she helps Eddie coupe with it. I think he gets it
15. He comes to the children in the river because his fifth person is there. She means that in his job Eddie fixes and repairs rides at Ruby Pier. That save children’s lives from being harmed. I think his life is a penance of saving children and giving them joy at Ruby Pier. The significance of Tala pulling Eddie to safety because Eddie pushed the little girl from the ride. I think Tala pulling Eddie to heaven because he killed Tala but made it up by pushing the girl out of the way of the