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    Oceguera 1 Joseph Oceguera English 9 Mrs. Padron 3/15/17 Mitch Albom I. Biography a. Mitch Albom was born May 23, 1958, in Passaic, New Jersey. b. Mitch Albom is an musician, radio broadcaster, American author, television broadcaster, and a journalist. c. He wrote Non Fiction and young adult fictions. d. He majored in being a Novelist and has written several novels. e. He appeared in ESPN several times as a sports reporter mainly for football. f. He was very poor and said his parents were very supportive by telling them quotes. II. Titles a. Tuesdays with Morrie b. The Five People You Meet in Heaven c. For One More Day d. Have a Little Faith: A True Story e. The Time Keeper f. The First Phone Call from…

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    Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom is a novel on the end of Morrie Schwartz’s life. This book has many examples of the four reasons we do not express emotions and many examples of those reason being broke so people can express their emotions. Morrie was Mitch’s professor back in college and after college Mitch never contacted Morrie again until he saw Morrie on “Nightline”. Morrie was dying of ALS, which is why he was on “Nightline”. Mitch calls to see how his old professor is doing and they…

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    Money is not the reason towards happiness. Living your life to the fullest, but in a more simple and understood way; that’s how Morrie Schwartz lived his life. Mitch Albom, the author of Tuesdays with Morrie, a biographical fiction, he writes about his old college professor, Morrie Schwartz, who he hasn’t seen since 16 years after he graduated from Brandeis University. Later on Mitch spots his professor on T.V. being interviewed for a terminal disease called A.L.S. How did Morrie learn this…

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    Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom is an excellent book about faith. The author has a great experience and a master’s degree in journalism, which gives him the skills to write books. Additionally, as a child, his schools and university were religious, which gives him the knowledge to write about faith. Tuesdays with Morrie, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, and The First Phone Call from Heaven are just three of the 42 books he has written. Furthermore, this book has great points about life…

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    Many of us always want to win and be “number one”. We feel as if being “number two” is the end of the world, but it is not. People want to be the best but that takes hard work and commitment. Being ultra-competitive can keep us from enjoying life and we can lose sight of what is meaningful. When we are focused on winning all of the time, we do not accept losing and when we do lose, we beat ourselves up for it. In reality when we lose, we do not lose because we learn from that experience.…

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    In the novel, Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom becomes acquainted with his former sociology professor, Morrie, as his life becomes threatened with a terminal illness, Morrie decides his final lesson will be on “The Meaning of Life.” Mitch absorbs his old professor’s final lessons on Feeling Sorry for Yourself, Death, Family, Emotions, and Forgiveness. Albom exploits a collection of rhetorical choices such as, syntax, irony, and tone, in order to reveal the ultimate lesson behind, “The Meaning…

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    Sacrifice By Mitch Albom

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    First thing that comes into my mind when I heared the word sacrifice if something you give up, usually for the sake of a better cause. For me that is the meaning of sacrifice. Sometimes we do it but we didn’t realize that it is sacrifice . In the quotes said by Mitch Albom “Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.” He is right sacrifice is a part of our life without even knowing it. We do it but sometimes we don’t recognize…

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    In the chapter the third Tuesday we talked about regrets of the story Tuesday with Morrie written by Mitch Albom, The theme is don't regret things that you can't change. The book states, “I want to remember what we talked about, I told morrie. I want to have your voice so I can listen to it... later. “When i'm dead.” dont say that” (albom 18). Death is going to happen and we can't stop it, we have memories, pictures and videos but we can't reverse death. It's going to come no matter what and all…

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    In the memoir Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom ,Mitch reunites with his old college professor named Morrie Schwartz who he has lost touch with for at least 15 years. When Mitch first sees Morrie, Morrie tells Mitch that he was recently diagnosed with a disease called ALS aka Lou Gehrig’s Disease. ALS a disease that slowly deteriorates the body. Morrie knew that he did not have long before his body started failing him. Every Tuesday Mitch goes to Morrie’s house to participate in a class that…

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    “One in a million” is a phrase that is constantly being thrown around today, but American culture has tried to streamline its people into uniform and shopping obsessed consumers with body issues. Tuesday’s with Morrie, written by Mitch Albom, is a novel of a very unique elderly man named Morrie Schwartz. Morrie truly lived up to the phrase: one in a million. He had his own special charm and unparalleled kindness. Never caring for the “fancy” things in life, he didn’t let society tell him what he…

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