TITLE AUTHOR REASON FOR SELECTION

: FOR ONE MORE DAY : Mitch Albom : The structure of the novel is simple enough that it does not present any real
issue, and the pacing is relatively lively to the point that chapters do not tend to drag on. The novel is broken into four principles sections and the material develops fluidly and manages to top itself each time with more anticipation and emotional moments that leave impressions in you for the remainder of the book.

KIND OF STORY THEME

SETTING PLOT

: Fiction about : The book has several themes: 1. Love of Family 2. Divorce 3. Forgiveness 4. Humility and Correcting errors and moving forward : A fictitious small town called Pepperville Beach : [1]

The book's theme is mortality: it analyzes how people might react to the [2] chance to have a dead relative back for a day. The book tells the story of Charley Chick Benetto, a former baseball player who encounters a myriad of problems with his career, finances, family and alcohol abuse. This leads him to become suicidal. Charley goes on a drunken rampage and decides he is going to end his life in his old home town, but when he misses the exit, he turns around driving down the wrong side of the highway causing an accident, Charley flees to his old home his suicide attempt an apparent failure to see his mother, who had died eight years prior. Benetto returns to his old family home, and spends one more day with his mother, wherein a number of previously unknown factors related to his difficult childhood and troubled relationship with his father are revealed to him. His mother assists him in resolving his issues and getting his life back on track. The day ends when Benetto regains consciousness at the scene of the accident in a police officer's arms. The book's epilogue describes how Benetto was inspired by his experience to quit drinking and reconcile with family, including his daughter, Maria, before his death five years later. At the end, Maria is revealed to have been the narrator of the story

CHARACTERS

Main Characters 1. Charles "Chick" Benetto a former baseball player who has a number of problems with his career, finances, family and alcohol abuse. He is also one of the narrators 2. Maria Charles daughter and is also revealed to have been the main narrator 3. Posey Benetto Charles mother who died and whom he was given the chance to communicate with again 4. Len Charles father whom Charley wanted to please Other Characters

SUMMARY

5. Roberta (daughter of Len and Posey) (Chicks/Charleys sister) 6. Catherine Benetto (Chicks/Charleys wife) (mother of Maria) 7. Gianna (the Italian woman) 8. Miss Thelma (hair and make-up appointment with Posey) 9. Rose Templeton (hair and make-up appointment with Posey) For One More Day is about Charles Chick Benetto, the child of a divorced couple, who is forced to choose between his mother and his father. He grows up and starts a family of his own. Chick values his absent father, Len, more than his caring mother, Pauline. Although Pauline is always concerned about Chicks best interests, Chick angrily pushes his mother away. One fateful weekend, he meets his father secretly and his mother dies while he is gone. He is overwhelmed by regret and for years is haunted by the thought he was not with his mother when she died. His mothers death also ended his dreams of a baseball career. As a result, Chick loses his sense of purpose. He no longer has a target. His drinking and depression are too much for his wife, Catherine and their only daughter, Maria. They leave him. But the worst is yet to come. He is not invited to her daughters wedding ceremony. He is so upset that he collapses and tries to end his life by leaping from a water tower. But he survives. On his way home after the unsuccessful suicide, Chick encounters the spirit of his mother, who died eight years earlier. Through a supernatural conversation with his dead mother, Chick begins to understand his mistakes and the great sacrifices made by his mother. The unusual meeting with his mother gives new meaning to Chicks life. Chick cherishes the tenderness he experiences with his mother and tries hard to reorganize all those shattered pieces in his life. He comes to realise that it actually does him no good putting himself before others and completely ignoring their feelings. What he needs to do is to start anew and try to correct the mistakes he has made all his life.
delves into the idea of being given a chance to possess a final day with a loved one who passed away and have the ability to truly connect and appreciate the person they are

THOUGHTS ON THE STORY BEST PART OF THE BOOK RECOMMENDATION

I highly recommended people to read books from Mitch Albom. Even though I have only read two of his books, but I realized that I found more meaning to life every time I come to the end of each book. I think we shouldnt grasp on to the mistakes we made in the past nor the anger that still triggers us from what others did before. For one more day is to go back and change, in Chicks case, it was to make good with a lost parent, to explain the family secrets and to seek forgiveness. As we are still young, we should start appreciating everything that is important to us, because we may lose it without care. And sometimes it is just the ordinary moments that are hard to forget, as Chicks mom had said, You can find something truly important in an ordinary minute.

KEY LEARNINGS

1. Life is short and we have to spend a majority of it in showing our love to people dear to us. 2. treasure little the things they already have. They will eventually feel regret when they find that they have actually lost all the things they consider to be

theirs. Many people are insatiable never satisfied with what they have got and keep asking for more. However they do not have the strength to meet adversity or lifes vagaries. Once they encounter challenges, they simply break down into despair and disappointment in other words, they long for a life that adds to their well-being but they get completely destroyed when their easy life is made difficult by problems that they have never been aware of. 3. love is the biggest influence in our life. We treasure love with love we can have a better understanding of ourselves and get to love all those around us. Remember, grasp the chance to love your parents, family members, teachers and friends. I hope every one of you can have a meaningful and joyful life by sharing your love with the people who come into your life.
One is that maybe it really is true that we dont know what we got till its gone. From the book, I learned this lesson by Chicks reaction after his mother passed away and after he lost his family, his job He was basically left with nothing to lean on anymore; he lost the most important things in life. He drank most of his time, didnt sleep well and didnt eat well. And looking back at what you have lost, most of the time it would be too late to go back and change. So I learned to hold on to the ones I love and care and make every moment the best because you wouldnt want to be left with regrets in the end. The other lesson was learned based on one of Chicks final thoughts, he wrote, I feel ashamed now that I tried to take my life. It is such a precious thing. I had no one to talk me out of my despair, and that was a mistake. You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart.(pg. 193) This paragraph touched me mainly due to how I felt yesterday. I felt really stressed out and I tried to talk to my friends, but they didnt make me feel any better so I just ditched the chat and went off continue reading this book, just as I was up to this paragraph, I thought, if I try to push them away from me, I am never going to feel any better. If you push everything away, that will only pull you further away from your balance. The balance is all the important things in life. So if say I ignore friends, fight with my family, give up putting efforts into my work, I am going to lose balance and slowly lose grip and fall to rock bottom. So instead of feeling depressed and stressed out, think again, is it because you are pushing other people away, is it because you dont give them access to your heart? Because I found out that was exactly my problem for being so stressed after all. I would say, keep your hearts open to anything because we are going to get hurt sometime in life, but if we stay strong, find our balance, and keep everything important to you close by your side, you will realize that nothing is ever that hard to get through.

CONCLUSION