Tuesday\'s With Morrie

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“Tuesday’s With Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson”
by Mitch Albom has a title which outlines the direction of the book. An older man,
Morrie, a young man, Mitch, and about life’s greatest lesson.
Morrie was a professor at Brandeis University in Massachusetts when Mitch
attended college. Morrie was his favorite professor. A few years after Morrie was
diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ASL) he was unable to teach anymore.
This was about 20 years after Mitch graduated from the University. After graduation,
Mitch didn’t stay in contact with his college friends or his favorite teacher Morrie. When
Mitch heard “Who is Morrie Schwartz” on ABC’s “Nightline” he couldn’t believe what he
had heard. Mitch was both horrified and ashamed. It was then he heard about Morrie’s
illness. Finally Mitch went to see him. From then on Mitch visited Morrie every
Tuesday. Whenever they met, they would talk about the meaning of life. Mitch wrote a
list of topics he wanted to talk about. The list consisted of death, fear, aging, greed,
marriage, family, society, forgiveness, and a meaningful life. Morrie went through all of
these topics, plus more. Morrie helped Mitch understand that there is more to life than
money and materialistic things. From the first Tuesday until the last Tuesday, Mitch
listened to Morrie, his coach, talk about the real meaning of life. How much life means
to you when you are about to die. How much people take for granted. Mitch
sometimes looks back at the person he was. He wishes he could change the way he
was back then but he can’t. The one thing he really learned was that there is no such
thing as “too late” in life. This book was Mitch’s final project from Morrie. While in
college, Mitch wrote a thesis for Morrie, now he wrote another one, but this time it has
become a very popular book. As of the summer of 19...