Mitch's Change In Tuesdays With Morrie

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Tuesdays with Morrie
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Tuesdays with Morrie is a about a man called Morrie Schwartz who was a professor of sociology at Brandies University. Morrie is diagnosed with ALS disease all so known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Mitch who was a student of Morrie’s went to visit him. Mitch who is a sports journalist starts a friendship with Morrie who teaches Mitch ‘The Meaning of Life’.
Mitch who doesn’t make enough time for himself or his girlfriend Janine. With Morrie’s encouragement Mitch was able to realize all those years of work is meaningless. Mitch soon starts to change with each visit to Morrie. As Mitch and Morrie work on their last thesis together Mitch realizes what Morrie is saying is starting to impact on Mitch’s live. How did
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He was always flying across America writing sports columns for the Detroit Newspaper. When Mitch learns that his old sociology professor Morrie Schwartz is dying of Lou Gehrig’s disease he goes to visit him in Boston Massachusetts. This is where Mitch begins to change. When Mitch hears the live that Morrie had experienced Mitch looks at his own life. With each visit to Morrie Mitch begins to change more and more he starts to time for himself. Mitch visits Morrie every Tuesday to work on their final thesis together. Mitch now finally understands what the true meaning of life means.

Describe the relationship between Mitch and Morrie

The relationship between Morrie and Mitch was a life learning relationship for both Morrie and Mitch. But at the begging of the relationship both men looked at life differently. Mitch who was working himself to death. When Morrie was living life to the fullest. But as the relationship between Morrie and Mitch grew Mitch started to realize that he wasted all those years working himself to death as a sports journalist.

What struggles had to be overcome in the

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