Mitch Albom's Love To Morrie Research Paper

There are 30,000 people in the United States that currently have ALS. That's more than 5,600 people a day. Morrie Schwartz was a college professor who was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrigs Disease). Mitch Albom who was Morrie’s favorite had a special bond with Morrie like no student and professor has had before. Mitch promised Morrie when he graduated he would spend time with Morrie but after he did graduated he didn't see Morrie for sixteen years. The way that Mitch Albom showed love to Morrie was outstanding. Mitch lived with a normal job, normal house, with a normal girlfriend, and a normal life. Morrie on the other hand lived his same life being a college professor with the same life other than the fact that soon he would be diagnosed with …show more content…
A living funeral is a funeral but instead of being dead you’re alive so you can get the satisfaction of hearing what all of your close ones have to say about you before your time comes. Mitch barely made it in time for Morrie’s living funeral because he had a whole flight to go through before getting to Morrie’s house. When Mitch first took the time to see Morrie after sixteen years the look on Morries face when Mitch got out of the car was priceless. Mitch first was in a really important phone call and when Morrie first noticed Mitch, he had to act like he was finding something so he could finish his phone call without hanging up. When he got out of the car they acted like strangers but deep down with no matter how much pain and suffering Morrie is going through he still noticed his favorite student. “So after all these years you still won't give your old friend a hug?” Morrie spoke out. When they were done speaking about the good times Mitch still had a busy job to get back to so he promised Morrie that he would visit him every single tuesday. For the rest of the night and day all Mitch could think about is why he missed so many years without seeing Morrie and also all the pain he must be in. So far Mitch hasn't missed a single tuesday with Morrie and he has been getting to know him like if he was taking his class but little did he know, he was …show more content…
He didn't want to think of all of bad times he just wanted to move forward in life and accept that he is going to die. Most people if they would find out such heartbreaking news would only want to sit and be sad about it but what everyone liked about Morrie was that he did the opposite. Each of Morrie's lessons contributes to a larger, all-encompassing message that each individual, Mitch especially, should reject popular cultural values, and instead develop his own. As Morrie sees it, popular culture is a dictator under which the human community must suffer. “Everything that gets born dies.” Is a really popular quote from morrie that he once said because he's not afraid of death and he has came to his senses that everyone dies and that was just his time to go. Mitch tape records his discussions with Morrie so that he may compile notes with which to write a book, Tuesdays With Morrie, a project which he and Morrie refer to as their "last thesis together." Morrie continually tells Mitch that he wants to share his stories with the world, a the book will allow him to do just that. The way that they showed the bond together was like a sad love movie. Mitch wanted to learn how to take care of Morrie eventually after every tuesday past. He eventually learned how to do morries back, feed him, learn how to pick him up properly, and make sure that he doesn't