Exploring The Importance Of Relationships In Tuesdays With Morrie

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Relationships come in all different ways. Some good some bad etc. but there is one relationship that is important. That relationship is the unbreakable that is when two people help each other out and always have eachothers backs, even when they fight, at the end of the day they make up. Relationship by an adult and child or even friends. They teach them life lessons and keep them on a good note at life. A symbol that appears is food. Food is key in Mitch and Morrie because it shows Mitch’s love for Morrie and shows that Mitch thinks of him. The relationship between Mitch and Morrie compares to Edward and William Bloom because, They are both strong. They were teacher relationships, and both relationships teach life long lessons.
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They had a teacher to student relationship and Morrie acted like a father to Mitch. In Big Fish William and Edward had a rocky relationship but it grew to that unbreakable bond like Mitch and Morrie had. Morrie was Mitch's teacher and when Morrie got sick he became Mitch’s life coach. He gave Mitch great life advice and steered him in the right track of life. William came to take care of his dying dad and they’re distant relationship of never talking etc. came together and they grew closer. Morrie was a teacher except he didn’t have a classroom he gave out no exams. It was just him and his students. “No books were required, yet many topics were covered, including love, work, community, family, aging, forgiveness, and, finally, death,” Morrie teaches his kids valuable life lessons. That is what he teaches he wants to have an impact on their lives. This was only the beginning. William is in the hospital with his mom and Doctor Bennet comes out with bad news so Edward and his mom go in and see him. “In nagoya he said on one such night of arrival, my mother in her chair, he in his, and me on the floor at his feet,” Edward is doing what he does best and telling a story teach teach his lesson’s William did not believe him at first but he would listen anyway. All in all the two relationships in the end came together and was an unbreakable bond. When both mentors died the “students” let the mentors stories and soul …show more content…
Everything they learned was everything they needed to know. Now they are mostly ready for the world. Morrie and Edward wanted to pass down their teachings to the next generation. They wanted to apply everything they learned into their everyday life. Then soon it will be their turn to pass down these teachings.Morrie has passed away and Mitch has been going through Morries stuff to look back into the passed. He came across an old essay with notes all over it from him and Morrie. Morrie has taught Mitch so much. “The subject was the meaning of life. It was taught from experience. The teaching goes on.” Mitch realized what Morrie has done all his life and now Mitch wants to take up that role and keep the teachings going. Edward is dying in the bed and he wants William to tell him a story. William has an epiphone and starts to tell him the story. “There's this man, I say. There’s this man, and he’s a poor man, but he needs a suit, and” Edward wanted William to share everything he learned from his dad so William tells him a story. Soon the students will become the teachers but first they have to learn and apply it into their everyday life.It is up to you whether to obtain all this valuable information and apply it. In the end all this information will help you through your

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