Professor Morrie's Albom Analysis

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Some people say that success can be achieved only materialistically. However, if success is only achieved materialistically, we will not notice people who achieved their success through a different way. I believe that success is having an influence over a person or society that will eventually remain in people’s memory and give help at the decisive moments. In the memoir by s Albom, Morrie Schwartz, old professor of Brandies University, clearly defines the success and is paragon of successful human being. In the beginning of the memoir, professor Morrie discovers that he has Lou Gehrig’s disease developing in his body. Lou Gehrig’s disease slowly weakens muscle from lower body to top and eventually patient cannot move his or her body

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