Tuesdays with Morrie By Mitch Albom
Summary:
Tuesdays With Morrie is a Heart-warming book, based on a true story, about a young man named Mitch who has just graduated from college. He has grown extremely close to his human relations proffesor Morrie. Right before he graduates from college his professor is diagnosed with a Terminal illness called, "lou gherrigs" disease and Mitch must struggle with leaving his professor behind to live his life. He comes back to visit his dying professor years later, and relizes he isn't the same person his professor recognized him to be anymore. Then when Mitch's newspaper company goes on strike he decides the most productive thing he can do is visit his dying professor every Tuesday. Mitch and Morrie discuss some of the best ways to live a happy meaningful life. That's when Mitch's brother is diagnosed with cancer and becomes extremely distant towards Mitch and Mitch doesn't understand why when all he wants is to be there for his brother. Morrie helps Mitch understand that this is out of love. Feel the emotion and drastic change in Mitch's view on life and change in behavior and maybe you can make some of the same changes that he made.
Themes
There are many different themes in this story.
- love
- drastic change in emotion
- regrets
- promises
This Story is a rollarcoaster. in the beginning of the story there is so much love and content emotion between both Morrie and Mitch as they are About to leave each other when Mitch is graduating from college and he promises he will visit morrie again someday in the future. years later, Mitch sees Morrie on TV and decides he needs to make a visit like he promised. when the time came he regreted not visiting his very dear and sick professor earlier because he noticed he wasnt the person his professor remembered and he feels that if we would have visited sooner before almost forgetting about him he wouldnt have lost himself in his everyday tasks.
- love
- drastic change in emotion
- regrets
- promises
This Story is a rollarcoaster. in the beginning of the story there is so much love and content emotion between both Morrie and Mitch as they are About to leave each other when Mitch is graduating from college and he promises he will visit morrie again someday in the future. years later, Mitch sees Morrie on TV and decides he needs to make a visit like he promised. when the time came he regreted not visiting his very dear and sick professor earlier because he noticed he wasnt the person his professor remembered and he feels that if we would have visited sooner before almost forgetting about him he wouldnt have lost himself in his everyday tasks.
Plot
Mitch realizes there is a problem with the way he looked at life and thats why he felt un-content with his life and visiting morrie changed that by helping mitch undergo "lifes final lesson." like it was meant to be mitch had morrie there for him like a sign from god that we need to live life with happiness and not get caught up in what america calls life.
Characters
- Mitch Albom who is the main character
- Morrie Schwartz; Mitch's beloved professor who is diagnosed with ALS
- Mitch's Brother who is diagnosed with cancer in the story
- Janine Sabino, Mitch's wife who he meets in the story tuesdays with morrie
- Morrie Schwartz; Mitch's beloved professor who is diagnosed with ALS
- Mitch's Brother who is diagnosed with cancer in the story
- Janine Sabino, Mitch's wife who he meets in the story tuesdays with morrie
Setting(s)
- University where Mitch Graduated from and Morrie Worked
- Mitch's Home
- Morries Home These are all real places and they help us connect to the characters in the story.
- Europe on a buisness trip
- Detroit Michigan
- Oaklyn New Jersey
- Mitch's Home
- Morries Home These are all real places and they help us connect to the characters in the story.
- Europe on a buisness trip
- Detroit Michigan
- Oaklyn New Jersey
- "Dying is only one thing to be sad over, living life unhappily is something else."
- "Learn how to live and you'll learn how to die, learn how to die and you'll learn how to live."
- "The Most important thing in Life is to learn how to give out love, and how to let it in."
- "So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half asleep, even when they are busy doing things that they think are important."
- "We must love one another, or we die."
"We...need to forgive ourselves...For all the things we didn't do. All the things we should have done. You can't get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened." (p.166)
This passage means alot to me because, everyday i go to school or anywhere people are always complaining about things that have happened to them or things that should happen to them and they are always blaming someone else.
Everything happens for a reason, and you doit to yourself. therefore, you must be willing to forgive yourself and everyone around you.
This passage means alot to me because, everyday i go to school or anywhere people are always complaining about things that have happened to them or things that should happen to them and they are always blaming someone else.
Everything happens for a reason, and you doit to yourself. therefore, you must be willing to forgive yourself and everyone around you.
Author Biography: Mitch Albom
Mitch was born on May 23, 1958 in Passaic, New Jersey. Mitch Albom is an internationally renowned and best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, playwright, radio and television broadcaster and musician. His books have collectively sold over 28 million copies worldwide; have been published in forty-one territories and in forty-two languages around the world; and have been made into Emmy Award-winning and critically-acclaimed television movies. Mitch grew up wanting to be a cartoonist before switching to music. He taught himself to play piano, and played in bands, including The Lucky Tiger Grease Stick Band, throughout his adolescence. After attending high schools in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, he left for college after his junior year. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1979 at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, majoring in sociology, but stayed true to his dream of a life in music, and upon graduation, he worked for several years as a performer, both in Europe and America. One of his engagements during this time included a taverna on the Greek island of Crete, in which he was a featured American performer who sang Elvis Presley and Ray Charles songs. He also wrote and produced the recording of several songs. In his early 20’s, while living in New York, he took an interest in journalism and volunteered to work for a local weekly paper, the Queens Tribune. He eventually returned to graduate school, earning a Master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, followed by an MBA from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business. During this time, he paid his tuition partly through work as a piano player. Mitch eventually turned full-time to his writing, working as a freelance sports journalist in New York for publications such as Sports Illustrated, GEO, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. His first full time newspaper job was as a feature writer and eventual sports columnist for The Fort Lauderdale News and Sun Sentinel in Florida. He moved to Detroit in 1985, where he became a nationally-acclaimed sports journalist at the Detroit Free Press and one of the best-known media figures in that city’s history, working in newspapers, radio and television. He currently hosts a daily talk show on WJR radio (airs Monday through Friday, 5-7 p.m. EST) and appears regularly on ESPN Sports Reporters and SportsCenter. In 1995, he married Janine Sabino. That same year he re-encountered Morrie Schwartz, a former college professor who was dying of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. His visits with Schwartz would lead to the book Tuesdays with Morrie, which moved Mitch away from sports and began his career as an internationally recognized author. (I found this info at http://mitchalbom.com/bio)
Recommendations
I recommend these books because they are all by the same author and they are basically the definition of inspirational fiction. they inspire us to do good and live good and we can all connect in some way to these stories. these are all life changing stories and i recommend them because they teach you to reflect on the way you do things and how you should be greatful for the way they are.