“I forgive you, dad”. (Film) On the film screen Eddie in tears, with his voice trembling, is trying with all his heart to reach his father inside the Diner in Heaven. It's the moment Eddie's sentimental reflection turns into an emotional eruption. Eddie's tears almost ran down my face at that moment. This is just one of the amazing visual effects I experienced while watching the movie "The Five People You Meet in Heaven". The film, directed by Lloyd Kramer, is based on the book of the same title, written by Mitch Albom. In terms of plot, overall theme and setting, they are all projected in similar ways in both the book and the film, such as the chronological order of the five people Eddie meets in Paradise, the use of flashbacks and the Ruby Pier amusement park as a stage central. On the surface, in both the book and the film, Eddie and the five people are naturally the main focus. However, I believe that the relationship between Eddie and his father was purposely fabricated by the director and the author with the intention of making the story more complex and captivating. Beyond that, I find that Eddie's father, portrayed as a controversial character throughout the book and throughout the film, really deserves further review and discussion. More specifically, I would like to analyze the vividly perceived similarities and differences between the novel and the film in the various ways of representing the father. In the same pattern, in both the film and the book, the father is presented as violent and alcoholic on many occasions. In words, the book gives a detailed account of the damage inflicted on Eddie by his father's violence: "he spent his youth beaten, whipped, and beaten." (Albom 105) In the film, the...... center of the card......is in Heaven. In the story, the father's “tough love” is indeed very bad sometimes, but “tough love” is not yet anachronistic in the real world. Overall, I think the adaptation demonstrates high fidelity to its inspiration, and the book gives readers more detail and time to reflect while the film gives audiences a direct visual impression and an easier plot to adhere to. Both versions of "The Five People You Meet in Heave", the novel and the film, are mutually enriching, beneficial and complementary to each other and are ultimately quintessential masterpieces carefully selected by our lovely professor, Tracy Virgil. CitedAlbom, Mitch. The five people you meet in heaven. New York: Hyperion, 2003.Print.The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Dr. Lloyd Kramer. Hallmark Entertainment, 2004.DVD.