The main symbol in this book is a pink Samsung flip phone. This is because Katherine Yellin was getting her phone calls from heaven on this phone. Everyone wanted this phone because they believed if they got this phone they would be able to get phone calls as well. This phone was a symbol of the phone calls that all of these people were getting from there dead friends or relatives.
There was one main shift in mood in this book. It was when Su.ly launched his own investigation to figure out what was really going on. He thought that whoever was doing this was rude and disrespectful. He went from annoyed to having rage and being angry. This is the biggest mood change in my opinion in this book.
ConflictThe conflict that is most common in our book is man vs. man. The conflict is between Pastor Warren and all the people getting calls from heaven. The Pastor is not believing that all these people are getting phone calls from heaven. The pastor is believing that these people are lying yet they are not. Pastor is not believing anybody.
ThemesThere are many themes throughout the First Phone Call From Heaven. One of the main themes is courage because all of the people who get the phone calls have courage and are scared that something will happen to them. The Pastor is very timid because he does not believe these people are getting these phone calls. These are the most noticeable themes in the story thus far.
CharacterizationTess Rafferty: Was the first person to get a phone call from heaven. This phone call was from her mom who dies 4 years ago.
Jack Sellers: Also got a phone call who was from his son Robbie who died as a soldier fighting in his third duty as a soldier. Pastor Warren: Was very old and didn't believe that these people were actually getting phone calls from the deceased. He wanted to just call them crazy, but he realized they were telling the truth because so many people had gotten phone calls. Katherine Yellin: Red headed woman who got a call from her deceased sister (Diane) she stated that since she had gotten this call she feels at peace. Sullivan Harding: Was a tall broad shouldered man. Jules: Sullivan Harding's son who had curly hair. Horace Belfin: Tall, thinly boned man with pallid skin and bushy eyebrow. Was a funeral home director. Giselle: Sullivan Harding's wife who died when he was in prison. Mark: Sullivan's (sully) best friend. Offered Sully a job as a salesman. The author of the book The First Phone Call From Heaven is written by Mitch Albom. Mitch Albom is an award winning author who has written many books. He was born in 1958 in New Jersey and was the middle of 3 children. As he grew up he moved from Buffalo, New York and New Jersey. As he got older he got married and then met Morrie Schwartz who was dying of ALS. More grew very close to Mitch which caused him to write a renown book know as Tuesday's with Morrie. After this he wrote many more books including the one my group is going to read The First Phone Call From Heaven. This is just an overview of the author Mitch Albom.
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