Tuesdays With Morrie Essay

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After reading the book tuesdays with Morrie, I began to research Mitch Albom. I came to find out that the real reason he wrote the book was to help Morrie pay his medical bills. While reading the book, it touched me in ways I could never imagine. One of the main reasons I think Morrie Albom wrote this book was to show you that although you are going through a rough time in your life always see the positive in things. Mitch and Morrie rekindled their relationship by having one final “class”: lessons on how to live. And although Morrie had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), he made the best of it by teaching Morrie what he has learned through life. He did not want others to be sad about what had happened to him. Tuesdays with Morrie is a tear-jerking book about an old man, a young man, and life’s greatest lesson.
I thought the book was extremely easy to read. One of the things that made it easy to ready was the chapters. They was all divided into the lessons that was taught. This titles of the chapter told me what lesson was being taught so my mind did not wander. But
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It is very meaningful. It offers a deep insight on life and death. I found this book interesting because it is a true story and it involves the author himself. I really like it that Albom wrote this book to help Morrie pay his medical bills. That is not all Mitch did, he has wrote a book that not only taught him lessons of life but it is now teaching others the lessons of life. It makes the reader think about their own life. It would be a good read for someone grieving the loss of a loved one. The amount of love throughout the story is amazing. My favorite part of the book is the ninth tuesday when they talk about how love goes on. Morrie tells Mitch that love is how you stay alive even after you are gone. Be with the person you are with, think about them. And if you are thought about after you die then you are not

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