Mitch's Relationship With Morrie

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As Mitch talks with Morrie he is realizes that morrie was right all along, he was trying to say culture is messed up. Mitch thinks back to when he was in college and in Morries class. He loved the class and still does but he thinks of it differently now. As Morrie talks more about culture the more Mitch thinks about it. Thinking about his college days when he was sitting in the chair listening to Morrie speak. He relates it to his job and life moving with stuff that is no different just looks better or different. Morrie knows what will work and won’t, he is straight up with everyone. He knows that he is dying but he believes he has become more interesting.
“I had been in Detroit for ten years now, at the same work place, going to the same bank,

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