The Blue Man teaches Eddie the lesson of human connection-that all lives are connected, even those of strangers.Įddie again travels through the colors, and then arrives in a familiar jungle battleground. He explains that he died because of Eddie: when Eddie was a child, he once ran into the road after a lost ball, and the Blue Man had a heart attack after swerving to avoid hitting him. The Blue Man explains that he turned blue as a child from medicinal silver nitrate, and led a lonely life thereafter. The Blue Man tells Eddie that in heaven, he will meet five important people who will each teach him a lesson about his life. Eddie goes to save her, and dies when the cart falls on him.Įddie goes to heaven, where he travels through many shifting colors until he meets the Blue Man, who was one of the “circus freaks” at Ruby Pier long ago. Eddie quickly helps other workers get the people out, but then he notices that the cart is still falling-while a little girl, “ Amy or Annie,” stands below. While making his ordinary rounds one day, Eddie sees a cart on a ride called “Freddy’s Free Fall” hanging and threating to dump out the ride-goers. Eddie has always wanted to leave Ruby Pier to make a life for himself elsewhere, but has never been able to. The novel begins with a countdown to the death of Eddie, a crippled, elderly man who works in maintenance at Ruby Pier, a seaside amusement park.
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