Morrie Essay Outline

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1. The subject of “The Curriculum” is the Meaning of Life. - pg.1(Ch.1)
2. Morrie developed asthma, he had ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Instead of a funeral when Morrie’s dead, he has a living funeral. –pg.6-12(Ch.2)
3. Mitch realized that time goes by fast, therefore you’d want to use every possible moment and do something great with it. -pg.15(Ch.3)
4. While at home, Mitch is flipping through channels and he hears “Who is Morrie Schwartz?” and at last he becomes reintroduced to Morrie. -pg.23(Ch.4)
5. When Mitch pulls up and gets out his car at Morrie’s house Morrie greets Mitch with a wide smile, a humongous hug, and a new story. –pg.27-29(Ch.5)
6. Mitch’s nickname for Morrie is “coach”. –pg.30-35(Ch.6)
7. Mitch’s
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What gives Morrie satisfaction is “offering others what you have to give.” –pg.126(Ch.18)
20. Morrie would like “A Teacher to the Last” on his tombstone. –pg.134-135(Ch.19)
21. On the tenth Tuesday Mitch brought his wife Janine. –pg.142(Ch.20)
22. Mitch is hitting Morrie because he was trying to “bang loose of the poison in Morrie’s lungs.” –pg.152(Ch.21)
23. Everyone in the world is watching the OJ Simpson Trial. –pg.158(Ch.21)
24. Morrie’s body was worsening, he couldn’t smile big, couldn’t raise his hand far, couldn’t sit straight on the toilet, and so much more. –pg.161-162(Ch.22)
25. Morrie’s advice is “Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.” –pg.164-167(Ch.23)
26. Morrie’s perfect day will be like this… In the morning he would exercise, eat a great breakfast, go swimming, and have friends over for lunch and talk about their lives, then he’ll go for a walk, look at nature, go to a restaurant with amazing pasta, duck, and dance. Morrie’s perfect day isn’t much, but we don’t need everything to have a perfect day. –pg.175-176(Ch.24)
27. Mitch didn’t know how to say farewell to his professor because Morrie has shrunk before his eyes and the time they spent together was

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