Tuesdays With Morrie :: Tuesdays With Morrie Essays

Tuesdays With Morrie   Tuesdays With Morrie is a true novel based upon an older dying(p) mans outlook on life.  Throughout the story, the older man teaches his past student about life as his body is slowly withering away from the Lou Gehrigs Disease.   character DEVELOPMENT  Morrie Schwartz (the older man) teaches his student, Mitch Albom, what really matters in life.  The only way that I can begin to describe Morries character, is to quote an excerpt from pg. 10 regarding his reaction after(prenominal) being diagnosed       But my old professor had a profound decision, one he began to construct the day he came out of the doctors office with a make hanging over his head.  Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left? He asked himself.  He would not wither.  He would not be ashamed of dying. Instead he would make death his final project, the center point of his days. Since everyone was going to die , he could be of great value, right?  He could be research.  A human textbook.  Study me in my slow and patient demise. Watch what happens to me.  Learn with me.  Morrie would walk that final tide over between life and death, and narrate the trip.       Based on his decision not to wither up and die, and instead use his dying, as an opportunity to teach others what actually matters in life, shows how unselfish and positive he really was.  Morrie didnt see his time spent ill as a waste, instead, he said, and I quote, I deplore my dwindling time, but I cherish the chance it gives me to make things right. (Pg. 167)  As a way to further carry out Morries wish to be useful, both Morrie and Mitch decided to meet every Tuesday to study and discuss lifes greatest lessons. Not only do we see evidence of Morries character, we also see a intensify in Mitch and his values.  With Morrie as a guide, Mitch begins to understand that m oney, and materialistic wealth, have less significance than things such as relationships, forgiveness, and love.       IMAGERY  An excerpt from the book, which related to imagery, was what Morrie referred to as detachment.