Tuesday's With Morrie

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The much acclaimed novel Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom, is a timeless story of the last tale of an American life. This is an honest and provoking documentary of a great teacher’s last thoughts as he confronts his mortality via a terminal illness. Audiences are starving for this straight forward message of what it is like to die with a respectable insight as to what the purpose of life is – this has been proven true by the great reception of this book. Mitch Albom has done a great service to share his very personal and rare, but universally appreciated, research with the rest of the world.

Morrie Schwartz was a very influential teacher in Mitch Albom’s life all through his college years. After almost two decades of lost touch between the two, Mitch learns that his mentor and friend is dying of Lou Gehrig’s disease. Mitch reestablishes his weekly meetings with Morrie and is forced to reassess his values and lifestyle as he helps his old professor document his last thesis about his view of life and death.

The purpose of this book is very simple, but the contemplation that it stirs is intense and complex. Rarely does such an insightful and articulate person have the opportunity to share their insights and experiences as they die. Morrie, though extremely humble, knows that the rest of the world needs to hear his message and he understands his uniqueness. I think that he was aware of the impact that his words would have on the rest of the world. Mitch is also unique that he had the great privilege to be able to help him do that.

There were unique strengths to this book that both the author and the subject brought to it. Morrie brought the personality and wisdom to the story. Mitch brought the technical strengths with his eagerness for information and his writing experience. I think the biggest strength is that Mitch recorded all of his conversations with Morrie. Though he sometimes questioned whether ...