Response and Summary: Tuesdays with Morrie
Within our lifetime, we have somebody out there that have taught us the most important lessons within our lives. It can be a grandparent, a teacher, or a parent. They understood that it’s hard growing up, they gave you advice to help your way through it. This is what Morrie had taught one of his fellow students, Mitch Albom. After 16 years that have been astray, Mitch and Morrie begin their last thesis together.
The review begins to go into detail about some background to the basic premise of the story. We are introduced to Mitch Albom, a famous sports journalist who has it all. Though as he begins to realize, is this fame and fortune worth it? But on one evening, he saw his old professor, Morrie Schwartz, …show more content…
And gives it a great insight on what the book holds. There is not a lot to disagree, but my one concern that I can disagree with regarding this book is the comment on “Though Albom insists that Schwartz's words have transformed him, it's hard to see why, to judge from the evidence in ''Tuesdays With Morrie.'' And this can be quite true. You do not really see the effect that it has on Albom, all you hear is what he discusses but doesn’t really dive into what it really means behind these points. One example of this is Morrie’s comment on “If you know how to die, you’ll know how to live”, You don’t really get a full understanding of what he exactly means by it at first. And once they do discuss it seems very rushed or glanced over. Though as you continue to read deeper into the story, he develops a lot over the course of the remaining chapters. I think that Albom really did have a transformation within his attitude and his perspective on life. From the book, you can first see that he seems self-absorbed and always on the run. But as the story progresses he slows down and spends some time with Morrie and quits bringing his phone along, also when helping with his medical needs he feels more comfortable about doing it. Which to some may seem like something uncomfortable or awkward to
Within our lifetime, we have somebody out there that have taught us the most important lessons within our lives. It can be a grandparent, a teacher, or a parent. They understood that it’s hard growing up, they gave you advice to help your way through it. This is what Morrie had taught one of his fellow students, Mitch Albom. After 16 years that have been astray, Mitch and Morrie begin their last thesis together.
The review begins to go into detail about some background to the basic premise of the story. We are introduced to Mitch Albom, a famous sports journalist who has it all. Though as he begins to realize, is this fame and fortune worth it? But on one evening, he saw his old professor, Morrie Schwartz, …show more content…
And gives it a great insight on what the book holds. There is not a lot to disagree, but my one concern that I can disagree with regarding this book is the comment on “Though Albom insists that Schwartz's words have transformed him, it's hard to see why, to judge from the evidence in ''Tuesdays With Morrie.'' And this can be quite true. You do not really see the effect that it has on Albom, all you hear is what he discusses but doesn’t really dive into what it really means behind these points. One example of this is Morrie’s comment on “If you know how to die, you’ll know how to live”, You don’t really get a full understanding of what he exactly means by it at first. And once they do discuss it seems very rushed or glanced over. Though as you continue to read deeper into the story, he develops a lot over the course of the remaining chapters. I think that Albom really did have a transformation within his attitude and his perspective on life. From the book, you can first see that he seems self-absorbed and always on the run. But as the story progresses he slows down and spends some time with Morrie and quits bringing his phone along, also when helping with his medical needs he feels more comfortable about doing it. Which to some may seem like something uncomfortable or awkward to