2. In the beginning of the chapter, the author establishes a metaphor about parents damaging their children like “glass”—“some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces”. He extends the metaphor throughout the chapter, describing the “hands on Eddie’s childhood glass.” Why do you think the author chose to use glass in the extended metaphor? Why is it an effective description of a parent’s influence on a child? in the third lesson of five people meet in heaven