What Dreams May Come (pgs 109-199)

Summary
Chris wakes up and finds that Albert sent Leona, who is also helping Chris learn some new things. Leona tells Chris that he can find out when Ann is going to crossover and as soon as he found that out he immediately wanted to rush to the office of records. Chris was not able to find out that Ann was going to crossover, because trying to find that information takes awhile so he was going to have to wait. Using the mind is a big part because a newcomer was missing an arm in life so now that he is dead he believes its not there, but once he does his arm will appear. There's a library filled with history, Leona tells Chris the history books on Earth are false and the books in the afterlife have the true story to everything that happen. Chris finds out when his wife Ann will crossover, which was at the age of 72, he is told that time works differently in Summerland and Earth that what may seem long on Earth can pass very fast if your active. Chris is dreaming about Ann, but then Albert wakes him up and tells him Ann has pass on, Chris was really excited but when he saw Albert's expression he knew something was wrong. It turns out Ann killed herself, yes killed herself. Albert tells Chris that suicides like his wife go to a level in Hell, but that is not stopping Chris from going to get her from there. Albert is shocked that Chris would want to do something like that, telling him it has never been done. Albert agrees to go with Chris, as they get closer to Hell everything changes Chris and Albert have to communicate by using their voices because they have to concentrate on other things. Albert explains to Chris that Hell has different levels, and where suicides go it will be very hard to find his wife. Albert kept telling Chris to not take it seriously when he wife acts as if she doesn't remember you, Chris finds Ann but all the anger towards him is pulling him away from her he finally reaches her body and then...

Quotation
As Albert and Chris go deeper into Hell the people that are there bother them and Albert says, "Misery loves company, is what they say on earth. It should be: Misery, in company, grows ever worse" (Matheson 169).

Reaction
First of all if Ann was not being so stubborn and would believe the communication signals Chris was sending her, I think she would of kept herself alive. This is a reason why Chris did not even bother trying another time. Since the mind is so commonly used in the afterlife it was hard for hard for Chris to ignore the thoughts people were thinking as he was there. That is the reason why Albert was talking about "Misery" and at first I did not understand what he meant by what the saying should really be until I read over it again. Albert means that when you put misery and company are put together it only gets worse. Which fits into their situation because they are in a place full of misery and also they are the company. I think he is trying to say since they are the company that trying to look for Ann is only going to get worse for them. It is Chris' wife and no matter what happens or how long it will take he wants to save her. I would think that Albert would not go with Chris, I wonder he decided to go especially if Chris was sure of going to to a place full misery. The misery really steps in when Chris finds Ann and the thoughts racing through his head would make someone angry but thanks to Albert for telling him to ignore. I wonder how Robert reacts when reading this, and Chris does point out things just for his brother.