Tuesdays With Morrie Theme Analysis
Tuesdays With Morrie is about the lifelong bond between a student and his college professor. Mitch hadn’t spoken to his old teacher in years. Morrie and Mitch had a very close relationship, they were not only student and teacher but best friends. One night everything changed. Morrie was on the show “Nightline” being interviewed about his terminal disease. Morrie had ALS or more commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease. Mitch was an up and coming author of a popular sports column in The Detroit Free Press. He spent every hour of everyday working: traveling for his job, watching many different teams play many different sports, constantly writing, whether it was from home, at the office or whatever hotel he was staying at that night. After seeing Morrie on TV and the fact that he was dying, Mitch decided to pay him a visit. After that Mitch visited almost once a week, always on a Tuesday. Morrie was determined to teach Mitch all that he had learned in his life. Mitch compiled a list of questions he wanted answered about life. Every time he visited, they would tackle one of them. They talk about topics like death, fear, aging, greed, marriage, family, society, forgiveness and the meaning of life. Mitch Albom uses narration in his memoir, “Tuesdays With Morrie” to show how dying can actually teach …show more content…
He wanted to show people that this is how they should live their life too, dying or not. “His philosophy was that death should not be embarrassing.” (Pg 8) Death is something that everybody fears and when it comes down to it, it’s almost a competition. Who dies first? In a family, workplace, friend group. Whoever dies first is weak and therefore should be embarrassed. Morrie is not embarrassed that he is dying. He doesn’t see life as a competition. He sees it as something that shouldn't be taken for granted. He sees it as something to
Tuesdays With Morrie is about the lifelong bond between a student and his college professor. Mitch hadn’t spoken to his old teacher in years. Morrie and Mitch had a very close relationship, they were not only student and teacher but best friends. One night everything changed. Morrie was on the show “Nightline” being interviewed about his terminal disease. Morrie had ALS or more commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease. Mitch was an up and coming author of a popular sports column in The Detroit Free Press. He spent every hour of everyday working: traveling for his job, watching many different teams play many different sports, constantly writing, whether it was from home, at the office or whatever hotel he was staying at that night. After seeing Morrie on TV and the fact that he was dying, Mitch decided to pay him a visit. After that Mitch visited almost once a week, always on a Tuesday. Morrie was determined to teach Mitch all that he had learned in his life. Mitch compiled a list of questions he wanted answered about life. Every time he visited, they would tackle one of them. They talk about topics like death, fear, aging, greed, marriage, family, society, forgiveness and the meaning of life. Mitch Albom uses narration in his memoir, “Tuesdays With Morrie” to show how dying can actually teach …show more content…
He wanted to show people that this is how they should live their life too, dying or not. “His philosophy was that death should not be embarrassing.” (Pg 8) Death is something that everybody fears and when it comes down to it, it’s almost a competition. Who dies first? In a family, workplace, friend group. Whoever dies first is weak and therefore should be embarrassed. Morrie is not embarrassed that he is dying. He doesn’t see life as a competition. He sees it as something that shouldn't be taken for granted. He sees it as something to