Mutual Relationships In 'Tuesdays With Morrie'

Mutual relationships are when both sides of the relationship are beneficially; an example of this would be a spider and algae; spider crabs live in shallow areas of the ocean floor, and greenish-brown algae lives on the crabs' backs, making the crabs blend in with their environment, and unnoticeable to predators. The algae get a good place to live, and the crab gets camouflage. In the books, “Tuesdays with Morrie”, “The Mice and Men”, and “Freak the mighty” there are many relationships between the two main characters of this books; their relationship is a good example for mutual relationships. There are three things that we can see in a mutual relationship, same power, getting something out of the relationship, and being really good friends.

Years passed and Mitch finally goes to see Morrie in his deathbed. Morrie soon started teaching Mitch life lessons and Morrie got Mitch’s company. Mitch truly cared for Morrie, but he looked at things different than Morrie. “I came to love the way Morrie lit up when I entered the room. He did this for many people, I know, but it was his special talent to make each visitor feel that unique smile….” …“Mitch, I try to keep focused only on what is going on between us. I am not thinking about something we said last week. “(Page 135) this quote is explaining to us that Mitch loves the way Morrie greets people, Mitch finds every good thing about him and loves it. Morrie explains to Mitch that he is trying to focus on the topic at hand, not something that happened last week, so Mitch has Morrie’s full attention. When Morrie passed away Mitch changed into a better person and wrote a book just for Morrie. This relationship was mutual because they were both getting something out of it, Mitch was getting lessons from Morrie, and Morrie was getting company and he got his own book, so his story could go viral. Morrie and Mitch’s friendship was incredible in college; they always had lunch together, talked in class, and went dancing sometimes. Morrie and Mitch

This relationship is similar to the Max and Kevin relationship. George is very smart and always tells Lennie what to do; Lennie follows George’s orders and helps him. “George turned to Lennie. ‘It ain’t your fault,’ he said. ‘You don’t need to be scairt no more. You done jus’ what I tol’ you to. Maybe you better go in the wash an’ clean up your face. You look like hell.’ Lennie smiled with his bruised mouth. ‘I didn’t want no trouble.’ He said. This quote is telling us that when Lennie was freaking out over the fight George was trying to calm him down, Lennie did and he asked George if he can tend the rabbits, George said yes that e didn’t do anything wrong. He was just doing what George said. They might not have mutual powers, but they still have friendship and are both getting something out of it. George and Lennie both get company from one