Tuesdays With Morrie Character Analysis

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“Only by speaking out can we create lasting change. And that change begins with coming out.” by DaShanne Stokes. When you speak out, you can change other people, the way they think, the way they act, and the way they look at their surrounding. Mitch Albom, a person that only think about working, Mitch didn’t do a job what he dream most about, he became a sports writer. He work for the newspaper, he chase after athletes to get news from them. He work and work, he was buried under accomplishments, he believe he could control things with his accomplishments. This change after he come visit Morrie every Tuesday. Morrie Schwartz, a professor who has Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). ALS is a disease that weakens the muscle and it impacts the …show more content…
According to Tuesdays with Morrie on page 81, the author wrote, “Yes. But there’s a better approach. To know you’re going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time. That’s better. That way you can actually be more involved in your life while you’re living” (Almon 81). The author is indicating, Morrie teach Mitch to be more involved in his life, when he still able to live and can be involved. But if you know you will die, you would want to be more involved in your life. As Morrie said on page 91 to 92, Mitch wrote, “ It’s good, no? And it’s so true. Without love, we are birds with broken wings” (Albom 91-92)The author is indicated that, when there is no love, we can’t go on, it is hard to go through obstacles in life without love. Without love from family, there would be no support when we needed it the most. As stated by the author on page 118, Morrie said that people say “Oh, if I were young again,” that mean they are having an unsatisfied life, a life that don’t have meaning. When you found meaning in your life, you would want to go forward and don’t want to go back. The author is pointing out that, when your life is not satisfied, you want to be younger to do what you should have done. But, when your life is satisfied, you don’t want to go back to the pass, and you have found meaning to life. In this world, money is very important, you need money to buy foods, clothes, and the resources that you need to survive. That what Mitch think too until he visit Morrie. This lead me to my next

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