The Timekeeper Albom

In this assignment where we had to find the theme of the book The Timekeeper by Mitch Albom, I made a mind map to represent my ideas. I think the theme of this book is to “appreciate the time you have” and not complain about whether it is too much or too less for your needs. To prove my theme, I picked six evidences - more time, hope, less time, time, aging and power. Firstly, I chose more time to show my theme because people are unsatisfied and do not appreciate the time they are given, instead they want more and more time either to finish a task or to make something last. Hope was my next choice because it is a key tool for living a pleasant life and acknowledging moments; when you are in a troublesome situation, hope is what can give you the motivation to keep moving forward. …show more content…
Less time since this is the one thing which stops a person from being grateful; people are not happy with what they have and do not understand that their life is not theirs to end whenever they feel like it. Time because this is what you should be grateful for, we do activities just to fill the hour, but do not live for the joy they give us. Aging considering this is a part of appreciating time. A person should enjoy and be so contented with life that when they look back when they are older, they should be pleased with what they have accomplished instead of being remorseful about what they did not do or about what they have lost. Power was my last choice because this is what could deviate one from being grateful. Power can cause a person to forget all the important things in life such as family, joy and being grateful because a person stops being thankful for the simple things in life and discovers the want for material luxuries such as huge homes, lots of workers and higher positions. These are my six proofs explaining my theme of being fulfilled with