Tuesday With Morrie Book Report

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Tuesday with Morrie. This book starts with Morrie Schwartz’s story. Professor likes dance. Every Wednesday night, he used to go to church in Harvard Square for something called “Dance free”. And he loved that acting. One day, his illness gets worse. He was tired in a moment when he walks. And he fall down more and more. After he goes to see doctors, he finally found that he got a brutal illness of the neurological system. This illness doesn’t have medicine and treat method. He can’t swim and drive for himself. Badly, he purchased a cane. That was the end of his walking free and he hired his first care worker. Morrie’s doctors guessed he had two years. Morrie would not be ashamed of dying. Instead, he would make death his final project, the …show more content…
But the reason of popular of Tuesday with Morrie is that this story is real story. If I get ill that cannot be recovered, I can’t find my mental. And so I will die with alcohol. Consider this point, Morrie is a great person. He has a lot of love for his students, and meets many people. And he advises any person who has the problem in anything. I’m the cold person who hates counsel other person, and have not many attachments. I think that I would like to love people and communication with them. If I will do it, I can harvest my friendship with all of the people. Although the death is frightening, if I have many friends who can divide my pain, I can stand about every pain and scary. Until Morrie’s strength run out, he communicates with Mitch and other people constantly. I am loved his act. Because I know that communicate with other person constantly is very hard work. Although my body is health, I have not relationship with my around people. Morrie’s mind can move the people who read the Tuesday with Morrie. It is the reason why this story endlessly is loved from whole world people. I’m so happy because I read this book now. If I do not read this book, I don’t know people’s value and Death’s

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