Tuesdays With Morrie was overall a very touching book. The story of a withering life, a teacher who wants to give even when it seems there is nothing more to give. The book takes place for the most part in Morrie's study in his house. Morrie was a sociology teacher who loved things like dancing, music and specially eating. the book follows Morrie's life after he is diagnosed with ALS. A disease that slowly paralyzes his body while leaving his mind and soul completely in tact. The doctors give him two years to live. A student of Morrie's who promised to keep in touch after his graduation (but failed to) finds out about all of that through Nightline, a TV show. He visits Morrie and their old friendship is almost instantly rekindled. Morrie then begins to talk with Mitch and teaches him life lessons every Tuesday while his condition worsens. It is Morries last class and Mitch is the only student.
I enjoyed the book thoroughly, it made me rethink some aspects of my life mainly how materialistic it is. The book touches heavily on topics like love, culture, family, acceptance, life and death. I would defenently recommend this book to friend to read. i recommend it do every single person to read. I don't think theres anybody this book can't touch.
True most anybody could get something from these "lessons."
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear you liked the book. I'm also glad you stuck with it in English 100 until the end./lm