How To Write An Essay On Tuesdays With Morrie

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In the book, Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. Morrie, Mitch’s old college professor says numerous aphorisms, and one of the best ones is “Once you learn how to die, you learn to live” (82). What Morrie means is people take life for granted and they get stuck in this monotonous and dull routine that they do day in and day out. People think that there will always be tomorrow to change things or try something new. The truth is, there isn’t always going to be another day, and when people realize they are going to die or are close to death. They start doing things differently, because they know that they are running out of time. What Morrie is getting at is, start doing exciting and new things from the beginning, because you never know, there

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