Analyzing Mitch Albom's Tuesdays With Morrie

Tuesdays with Morrie is about a professor and his previous student, who share one last class together. A wise professor, Morrie Schwartz, finds out he is dying in his late sixties to Lou Gehrig’s Disease, commonly known as ALS. Morrie is refusing to give up his life to ALS, but instead is reaching out to everyone who he has come in contact with over the years. The story is told through the eyes of Mitch Albom, a previous student of Morrie’s. Mitch includes a background story in order to give the reader an understanding on how his close-knit relationship started with his professor. Most of the story takes place during present time, sixteen years after he has graduated from college. Mitch lived a mediocre life. He had a great paying job, was

The first one is “Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live”(82). This comes from the lesson of death, It shows me that I don’t need to hover over the things that aren’t most important in life. You need to accept the fact that you will pass on and it’s just apart of life. Once you understand that you will learn how to embrace life for what it gives off. The other lesson is, “Learn to detach”(103). This idea was given during the emotions lesson. It tells us that we need to indulge in life’s greatest moments with no strings attached. This will give us the full experience without hesitation in order not to leave out any particular points to be learned. The design of Tuesdays with Morrie makes it easier to follow along on the lessons that Morrie is teaching Mitch in their last session of ‘class’. Morrie’s aphorisms are most easily found under the chapters that are labeled the lessons. This makes you remember what his aphorism really means and how it connects with the lesson that he taught. The overall moral aspect of the book is straightforward, Morrie’s lessons to Mitch are lessons he was taught throughout life. He has not only been through his own teaching but, he has also seen the effects of that specific experience has had on him. He only wants what's best for people so he teaches Mitch the critical points in order to live his life happily and in