Setting

This story takes place in several different locations in both heaven and on earth. The story begins at Ruby Pier.

Eddie grew up very close to Ruby Pier because his father worked there for a living. Ruby Pier was an

important setting in Eddie's childhood; the story flashes back many times to Eddie's childhood involving

incidents at Ruby Pier. Ruby Pier is also where Eddie had his career as a maintenance man and is the very place

where he was killed on his birthday. When Eddie is in heaven, which is the bulk of the story and also where he learns the five lessons, he visits five different settings: Ruby Pier, the battlegrounds on which he fought in the war, mountains, various wedding

receptions and a river. Eddie meets the Blue Man, in heaven, at Ruby Pier. But, it is not the Ruby Pier where Eddie was killed at the start of the story; it was the Ruby Pier Eddie remembers from his childhood. When he awakes he notices

the primitive, simple, amusements and their crisp white paint. This is the apartment in which he used to live, the main setting is heaven, so it's basically taking place in the sky and the clouds.

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