The relationship parents have with their children can have an immense influence on their children's future and the person they are shaped into, whether the impact be intentional or unintentional. Mitch Albom explores the various significance of relationships in The Five People You Meet In Heaven. Within the novel, the protagonist, Eddie, ventures into heaven and is greeted by five diverse people whom all have significance to him. Each of these five people have a valuable lesson to teach Eddie, a lesson one that he failed to understand here on Earth. Eddie has a physically and emotionally abusive relationship with his father. Eddie's father constantly abuses and showers Eddie and his younger brother Joe in disapproval. After Eddie returns from war, his father iswas furious with Eddies post-war depression because he mistakes it for laziness. This disapproval instagates a fight between…show more content… Parents can emit negativity and influence their children for their entire childhood. Nevertheless, a multitude of them refuse to let their parents get the best of them and have a successful future. Some suggest the relationship between parent and child is one of the most important structures in today's society. While it is favorable to have a strong relationship between parent and child, the consequences one faces if the bond is lacking does not have to be permanent. Like many other children, Eddie is able to rise above his father's derogatory comments and influence, and became a man with a significant purpose in life. Parents will damage their children in one way or another, even if it is not silence or violence. A person's childhood is one of their most important parts of their life, it is ultimately what makes children who they end up being. Childhood is controlled by the influence of parents, therefore, they need to step up and become admirable role models and
