Ruby Tells All

Eddie grows up at Ruby pier due to his father's working there as a maintenance man. When he grows up, he tries to leave the pier behind him and takes up jobs such as driving taxis instead of following in his father's footsteps. When his father dies, he is forced to take up his old job in an effort to support his wife and his mother financially. He and his wife end up living in an apartment from which the ferris wheel at Ruby Pier can be seen. In the end, Eddie never does leave Ruby Pier and lives out his days until he eventually dies while saving a young girl from dying under a malfunctioning free-falling ride. (Wikipedia)


Ruby has her own stories but she’s there to meet Eddie, purposely, to help him realize about how series of events allow Eddie struggle to permit forgiveness. Ruby is the wife of the original owner of the amusement park by the beach. But due to a fire, her husband sells it far less than its original cost.


Ruby hands to Eddie secrets of his family. Eddies isn’t aware of these but he has to be informed about the wishes, sentiments and desires of his father. Most of them are typical dreams of a father for his kids but turn out to be his worst frustrations. Death serves no use to bridge the gap between him and his father.