Tuesdays with Morrie

and ferocity, it’s as if she is saying “ i am crippled, but i don’t let it affect me”. She feels so formidable in the eyes of the readers, which is the first impression that i see as she speaks. Nancy Mairs is crippled, but just like Morrie form “Tuesdays with Morrie” she doesn’t let it have too much of an effect. Crippled is a word that makes people automatically believe the person cannot help themselves or are weak. To Nancy Mairs, the word “crippled” makes people “wince at the word” which…

On Spirituality Mitch and Morrie do not discuss much about the concept of spirituality itself as they do not appreciate the word “spiritual” (Albom, 1997, p. 84). Spirituality considers the human yearn, “to seek meaning and purpose in life, inner peace and acceptance, forgiveness and harmony, hope, beauty” (Berman, et al., 2016, p. 954). Though Morrie culturally Jewish, he is all inclusive when it comes to religion. Though, Morrie discusses God testing Job in the Bible, the Buddhist concept of…

career in cycling forever. Lastly, Morrie didn’t necessarily fear death or aging but he talked a lot about how many people feared it instead of embracing it like he…

The play Wit and the book Tuesday 's with Morrie both carry the heavy subject of facing death. These two works are similar in the sense that they both contain professors, confronted with their mortality. Though similar in profession, they have lead very different lives; as a result, they respond to their fate differently. In the play Wit, readers are introduced to Dr. Vivian Bearing. Vivian has recently found that she has ovarian cancer. Previous to her diagnosis, Vivian was an English professor…

most absurd and perhaps the most dangerous. We stand together or we fall apart” (Monbiot, 2016). In every aspect of life, the lack of compassion generates a dilemma. Sometimes the skies are gray — people forget compassion heals the wound. The late Morrie Schwartz reveres the ideology, “Be compassionate. And take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much a better place” (Albom, 1997). In the 21st century, the idea of pretending the other half of…

Protagonist Morrie Schwartz faced adversity at a young age and promised himself from a young age to give his nuclear family the life he never had. “In the evenings he watched his father eat in silence, hoping for-but never getting- a show of affection, communication, warmth. At nine years old, he felt as if the weight of a mountain was on his shoulder.”(Albom). Morrie vowed to be more affectionate and this example of adversity that he faced…

police isn't what they need to run from) Execution (Escape from the Furnace) - Alexander Smith; (Finding the man responsible for starting a war of genocide) Hoot - Carl Hiaasen; (Struggle to save owls from a pancake restaurant) Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom; (Morrie spreading his ideas on how to live life) Maus - Art Spiegelman; (Mouse version of a Holocaust survivor) Skeleton Creek - Patrick Garman; (Search for the secrets of a town while gaining help from a friend) In a Dark, Dark Wood:…

Don’t let Susan Hendrix’s quaint apartment fool you; hidden within is a score for which thieves and con men would kill. Employing disguise and deception, two newly acquainted crooks become all the more desperate and depraved, but must wait until dark to play out this classic thriller’s chilling conclusion. Frederick Knott’s play inspired a film of the same name and multiple Broadway productions, earning Tony and Academy Award nominations for many of the actors involved – including the film’s…

Siddhartha is Deeper Than People May Think This semester, the most important text we have read is Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. There are three main parts of this book that have been well presented and have made this the most important text this semester. This book has taught valuable lessons that we can apply in our life, kept the plot solid throughout the story, and developed a wide variety of characters that help Siddhartha, the main character, throughout his journey. Siddhartha is about a…

Write-up What I learned from my interview is that everything you are going to learn and every advice from your family, especially your parents, during your childhood can have a big impact on your future. It does not matter if you live in the richest or poorest country in the world because your infant hood can change you mentally, physically (of course) but also financially. Here is my mother example: During the interview, I learned that my mom had good grades and memories at school. All she…