Essay on Tuesdays with Morrie You never stop changing as a person until the last breath of your life. Mitch Albom, the main character in Tuesdays with Morrie, drastically changes throughout the memoir. Mitch, first-handedly, experiences the final days with his professor, his “coach,” Morrie Schwartz. Weekly, specifically tuesdays, Mitch and Morrie get together for a household conference at Morrie’s house. These get togethers change Mitch as a person, the way he thinks, feels, and loves. Mitch is person who has a sincere heart who has caught himself in dreams of one day becoming financially successful. Mitch has involved himself in work that in reality, has no meaning to him. Mitch put his work before the love of his friends, and family.
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Every tuesday, Mitch visits Morrie and interacts with his life lessons and learns from them. It becomes clear to Mitch what he has missed and that he needs to change. As he witnesses Morrie die, he comes to conclude that, similar to his professor, wants to live life to its highest degree and give meaning to life. He wants certainty in that he has forgiven himself and others, and most importantly, loved. He desires to be the man Morrie is, one who makes worth of love over money. This is because the influence Morrie has on Mitch encourages Mitch to turn around his life and and his insights to be more like his mentor. During the seventh tuesday, as Morrie Mitch talked about the fear of aging Morrie says, "So many people walk around with a meaningless life…This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning" (43). Before, Mitch was a sports reporter, he was busy all the time and only focused on his career. All he did was chase fortune, Morrie has told him before that people get so caught in their life with no meaning, When Mitch recalls this, he realizes that in his life he is “chasing the wrong things”(43), and needs to change. Secondly, Morrie, in his meetings with
Every tuesday, Mitch visits Morrie and interacts with his life lessons and learns from them. It becomes clear to Mitch what he has missed and that he needs to change. As he witnesses Morrie die, he comes to conclude that, similar to his professor, wants to live life to its highest degree and give meaning to life. He wants certainty in that he has forgiven himself and others, and most importantly, loved. He desires to be the man Morrie is, one who makes worth of love over money. This is because the influence Morrie has on Mitch encourages Mitch to turn around his life and and his insights to be more like his mentor. During the seventh tuesday, as Morrie Mitch talked about the fear of aging Morrie says, "So many people walk around with a meaningless life…This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning" (43). Before, Mitch was a sports reporter, he was busy all the time and only focused on his career. All he did was chase fortune, Morrie has told him before that people get so caught in their life with no meaning, When Mitch recalls this, he realizes that in his life he is “chasing the wrong things”(43), and needs to change. Secondly, Morrie, in his meetings with