Comparing Society's 'Dealing With Morrie'

Morrie wants to be cremated instead of being buried. He compares himself and other humans to plants but includes that we are only different because we have emotions. Morrie’s legacy will be remembered as a man who had strong beliefs about life. He will be remembered for his kindness and faith in living while dying. The most important part of Morrie that will live on is his need to always want to talk to people and make them happy. After someone I know dies I always think about how much more peaceful they are in heaven rather than how much pain they felt while dying. Society deals with death in many ways some are scared and some cant wait to die. I don’t think anybody ever understands death until they die. If Morrie had the chance to be healthy for 24 hours he would …show more content…
A couple life lessons I can take away from this novel are being able to be self confident and humble towards others. I would recommend this book to others to help others notice how great their lives are. This book helped me realize that people are going through worse things than me and I shouldn’t sit in my own self-pity. Society would see this book as a push forward into their lives simply because of the story being shared about another person’s life while they’re dying. Morrie would have loved to read this book because it shows the love and appreciation Mitch has for him. He would know for sure that someone cared for him. My favorite chapter was The Eighth Tuesday We Talk About Money. This was my favorite chapter because it proved that materialistic items aren’t the only things that can make people happy. Money doesn’t grow on trees and neither do humans because we have feelings. The true thing that can make a person happy is love. It doesn’t matter what kind of love it is, as long as you’re getting the right amount of it is what makes people