What does the reader learn about Eddie’s character in Chapter Eight?

Eddie moves onto the next phase of his journey. At this point, Albom has been hinting at Eddie's troubled relationship with his father, and Eddie's reaction upon seeing his father in the diner only underlines that point. In this section, Eddie discovers that even in death, he still holds onto his unresolved conflicts with his father. Eddie has yet to deal with the trauma of his childhood at the hands of his father.