Tuesdays with Morrie- Being Number Two In Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch learns many life lessons from Morrie. One of the greatest things he could have learned- and did learn- was that it is okay to come in second sometimes. This has a great meaning on many levels for a multitude of reasons and can be applied in every-day life. Morrie taught Mitch that it was okay to be number two at times. Morrie did this by telling Mitch a story of his own life. The story was about a time that Morrie had gone to a ball game and experienced people gloating. After one of the teams won, the fans on the winning side started chanting things that made the other team sound terrible. Morrie stood up from his seat at the game and yelled, “What’s wrong with being number …show more content…
Firstly, it can help someone find peace in not always being the best. There are some things that just can not be won so easily. People do not always understand that it is okay to not win everything that they do in life, but it is an important thing to know. This advice is wonderful, and it was truly helpful, and dare I say calming, to read it and to have it reinforced in my brain. It reminds be of the quote, “just because you lose the battle does not mean that you won’t win the war.” That is one of my favorite quotes because it reminds me that it is okay to be second at some times. Lastly, Morrie’s quote is special to me because it reminds me, like in the ball game scene in the book, that even if I try my hardest and fail at something, I will always know that I did my absolute best. It is not okay to fail if I am not trying, but if I do my best, I will be victorious one way or another. Tuesdays with Morrie is a valuable book to read for life lessons. Some of the lessons are small, some are huge, but one way or another, they will leave a huge impact on people’s lives. The book taught me that it was okay to not always be first. Everyone always likes to win, but sometimes, second is not bad,
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts”
Morrie’s criticisms of Mitch were never harsh or inaccurate. I believe impending death dims one’s filter of projecting their opinion. If Morrie was tougher on Mitch he may have weakened their relationship. If he was easier the reality of mortality would have never have been accepted by Mitch. The balance of being caring and concerned allowed for Morrie to reach Mitch deeply.
Conflicts arise in his love life and work, but Mitch keeps visiting Morrie every Tuesday. Mitch goes through the stages of grief, and Morrie goes through the stages of death. At the end of the movie Morrie dies, and has a small funeral (those who Mitch says would’ve been invited to go dancing on Morrie’s perfect day).
Morrie was talking about money and mentioned that money doesn’t satisfy our needs because we don’t need what money can buy us. He told Mitch that time with certain people is what we need to be satisfied. I think Mitch Albom
Mitch Albom and Morrie Schwartz, surely, demonstrate a mutualistic relationship in Tuesdays with Morrie because both characters benefit from affection, and their visits gives them a sense of purpose. One way Mitch and Morrie share a mutualistic relationship is with love and affection. Morrie is very affectionate and outgoing, so he surrounds himself with the people he loves instead of shutting everyone out when he discovered he had ALS. Mitch describes Morrie’s need for affection when he says, “I suddenly knew why he so enjoyed my leaning over… or wiping his eyes. Human Touch. At seventy-eight, he was giving as an adult and taking as a child” (Albom 116). Mitch sees that Morrie likes affection, and at first he feels uncomfortable at first, but by his last visit, he had changed, ”I leaned in and kissed him closely…he had finally made me cry” (Albom 185-186). Mitch also benefits greatly in this relationship. After his uncle passed away, Mitch decides t...
“Challenges is what makes life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” - Joshua J. Marine. Life is difficult and people need to accept it and in someway every thing in life is a challenge and people need to know how overcome and how live life with those challenges. Morrie teaches people to live life by showing how to accept death, that money isn’t everything, and how to accept aging.
Mitch spends every Tuesday with Morrie not knowing when it might be his dear sociology professor’s last. One line of Morrie’s: “People walk around with a meaningless life…This is because they are doing things wrong” (53) pretty much encapsulates the life lessons from Morrie, Mitch describes in his novel, Tuesdays With Morrie. Morrie Schwartz, a beloved sociology professor at Brandeis University, was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), which most people would take as a death sentence. Morrie viewed it differently; he saw it more as an opportunity. This is because he does not follow the so-called “rules” of society. These rules come from the sociological concept of symbolic interaction, the theory that states that an individual’s
Which is why he falls under Erikson’s theory of identity achievement. Identity achievement is when a person understands who he or she is as a unique individual, in accord with past experiences(Berger pg 356). Morrie understands who he is completely so he decides to give advice on life issues that most people go through while Mitch records him. During one session Mitch asked Morrie what his perfect last day would be and he gave it in complete detail from start to finish, it started off having a lovely breakfast, then going for a swim, have some lunch with friends, sit around and tell each other how much they meant to one another, go to dinner and have pasta and duck, then dance until he was exhausted, then go home and fall asleep. He had lived his life too the fullest and he knew exactly how he would want to spend his last day.
Morrie Schwartz the lead character in Tuesdays with Morrie, receives terrible news early on that his death is near, as he is suffering from Lou G...
With the threatening reality of Morrie’s illness looming overhead, Mitch must learn from him just how necessary it is to live life to the fullest. Mitch was living an empty life, a life lacking fulfillment and love. Morrie explained this in a quote “So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they are busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things.” He also explained, “The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” Morrie helps Mitch lead a life consisting of love and happiness rather then material possessions. Morrie taught Mitch to live with the key ingredients of happiness and gave him understanding about what those ingredients are, and how to make them apart of his life.
Morrie teaches that showing love and concern for family is one of the most important actions in life. Morrie had a dysfunctional family, but he still managed to show love for his family even after the great tragedy of losing his mother. Overall, Morrie always had his family come first. “There is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand if it isn't the family”(Albom 91). Family support is the
Wisdom is a part of this story because morrie has very good judgement, and experience. Morrie is very aware and responsible, morrie told some very great life lessons to morrie and to the class that he taught. More is a very wise man who has been thr0ugh a lot of rough stuff in his life, these hard times he has been through has taught him many new and helpful things that he tries and shares with those around him. He is clever and discerning. An example of wisdom in tuesdays with morrie is, “The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it.” (Albom, 42). This quote is an example of wisdom because morrie is very aware 0f this culture and how it works, morrie shows intelligence and respect. Morrie tells it how it is to mitch and gives him some good advice that if the culture doesn't work don’t buy it. Morrie also said, “Everyone knows they’re going to die but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently.” (Albom,81). By this quote morrie is saying that the best thing is to not live life in denial. There is as bit of pressure in life to make it count. Don’t be complacent about life. Be aware and try to make something matter in the time you are here. If you don’t know where to start, it usually good to start with giving of yourself and finding out where that
The class is conducted in Morrie’s house in the suburb or Boston, there is no books or any other students, just Mitch and Morrie. Throughout this class Morrie teaches Mitch the lessons of life; lessons such as death, fear, aging, greed, marriage, family, society, forgiveness, and a meaningful life. As Morrie’s conditions worsen, Mitch’s condition is getting better, Mitch is becoming a better person with the help of Morrie. Finally Morrie’s life comes to an end, and Mitch graduates from Life 101.
Morrie’s messages about life in this book were not solely directed fro Mitch; they are meant for anyone who is willing to take the time to listen. For me, there is not only one thing I learned from Morrie. I learned that I should not take life for granted because you never know when it will be over. Even though I have heard it many times I never really believed that what the media says is not necessarily true, until I read this book. Finally, I learned that love and compassion, not only for others, but also for oneself are essential in living a happy life. It does not matter if someone is rich, or if they are poor for that matter. The truth is that as long as you lived your life as best you could, you learned from your mistakes, and you are happy with yourself, then you lead a fulfilling life.
The importance of materialism in Tuesdays with Morrie. Many people are very confuse on what they think really makes them happy. Morrie all through the memoir shows us that what really makes happiness is being love and giving love. For example, when Morrie talks about family he said that it doesn't matter how much money you have, if you don't have the love and companionship of a family, you really don't have anything that is worth. Mitch is an example of the type of people that think money makes happiness because since the death of his uncle he has dedicated himself to work and not his family. Morrie says, “These were people so hungry for love th...