Mitch Albom's Tuesdays With Morrie

Mitch Albom has created a heartfelt and moving memoir with Tuesdays with Morrie. The overall feel of the story is captivating. From the very first page, the readers are drawn in and urged by the words to read further and further. Before they know it they have finished reading and have tears streaming down their cheeks. Once the initial tears go away, then sets in the deep personal reflection. Tuesdays with Morrie is more than just a story about a man and his professor, it’s a story about life. The book begins with Mitch Albom, the author and narrator, reflecting on his college days. He attended Brandeis University in the 1970’s. He recounts his graduation day on one hot spring day. A professor he had grown very fond of and close to came to congratulate him. Mitch handed him a briefcase with his initials, M.S., engraved into it. This professor’s name was Morrie. The book moves forward a few years. Morrie and Mitch are moving in opposite directions. They had promised to keep in touch after Mitch’s graduation, but they never had. Mitch had been moving up in the world. He got married, got a successful job, and traveled all over the world. All this was happening when his old, meak professor …show more content…
Never conforming to what others want you to be. Morrie preaches this time and time again to Mitch. He really means it, too. “The culture we have is not enough to make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it” (42). Morrie is trying to urge Mitch away from the social norms. Mitch fell into every social trap there is. He plays the game of life for the end goal of money and comes out a winner at his goal. The only problem with this is he doesn’t have any other goals. Throughout the novel the lesson of ‘fight the social norm’ is very prevalent in Mitch. His feelings toward money, family, and life changing as the novel progresses show this