“Tuesdays with Morrie” is a book with enlightening wisdoms that are applicable to most readers. In this biography, the author, Mitch, spends time each Tuesdays with Morrie, his dying professor from college, giving him life “lessons”. Albom wrote this book to share his lessons of Morrie that teaches you about important concepts in life like family, marriage, culture, and money which will lead people into living more fulfilled life.
The book’s main focus is to allow the readers to rethink about essential concepts that are often clouded by advertised values that the media culture offers, and also the importance of optimistic outlook. The culture befogs the real values of life by wrongly directing people to believe that more is always good, and to be happy and in control, you must climb high up in social rank. This lead people to worship the money as their idol and make them falsely believe everything else, like relationship with other people and family matters are only secondary subjects that would be fixed automatically when you are financially successful. This is not the case, as shown by Mitch who feels that something is missing from the core of his life even after his success. It also emphasizes how pessimistic perspective forces people to function inefficiently. Good example is given by how different Morrie and Mitch’s opinion is about the matter of Morrie’s terminal disease. Mitch simply sees it as the curse of life, while Morrie sees it as a blessing because if you die instantly, you do not get the time you need to wrap things up in your life, such as “living funeral” he did. He could have just weep all day and whine about his terminal disease and get nothing done, but instead makes the best out of it by seeing it as a positive event. Morrie substitutes as a real life example of how efficiently you can function when you have your priorities and values set correctly.
One major strength of this book is author’s ability to make the reader understand his points. It is very easy to comprehend due to ample amount of examples that helps the reader to easily understand author’s point. Author uses himself as an example to show the readers how someone can be successful financial wise, but miss out on what is truly crucial in life. Another technique that author uses is how he reminds us what we already know, but easily forgets. We know we cannot take anything when we die, but we try our best to earn most fortune. I could not find any major weakness in this book as everything that Morrie teaches is like a wisdom that holds its values in most circumstances.
Overall, this book is a bestseller for a reason and it doubtlessly aids the reader to define what is more important in life. It has the power to change many people’s lives by simply tweaking their views on looking at things. I would recommend this book to anyone.
Tuesdays with Morrie, is a non-fiction novel about self-discovery. The reader is taken on an emotional, enlightening and inspiring journey to find the true meaning of life. After reading Tuesdays with Morrie you will be left with a greater feeling of purpose as well as an understanding of how to live a life with meaning, emotion and love. The book will forever act as a reminder that it is never too late to make things right in your life. Mitch Albom, a Detroit sports journalist, is reunited with his former university professor who is dying. After nearly twenty years of lost contact, the two men meet every Tuesdays, just like in college, for their last class together. Over the course of Morrie’s last fourteen weeks, the professor and student discuss what key things make a life meaningful. Morrie provides insightful knowledge on what he thinks is wrong with the world and what should change. Along with Mitch Albom, the reader is able to see the world as a more profound place because of Morrie’s insight. His wisdom and advice reveal the importance of human relationships, emotion and forgiveness. Tuesdays with Morrie is a powerful piece of literature that asks all the major questions a person has about the world. More importantly, it has the answers to those difficult questions. The readers, no matter what age, are able to find a piece of themselves in Mitch Albom. This makes Morrie’s answers just as important to the reader as they are to Mitch. Tuesdays with Morrie, with all its answers, makes life less complicated. Even death, the most mysterious terror of all, seems to be just another piece of the puzzle to a meaningful life. After reading Tuesdays with Morrie, the fears people have are diminished and are turned into inspiration to live a life full of compassion. According to Morrie, “as long as we can love each other and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without really going away.” (167) Tuesdays with Morrie is an enjoyable book that convinces the reader that despite life’s struggles, it is never too late to change your life. Mitch Albom is a thirty-something year old journalist who feels his life does not have a purpose. With Morrie’s guidance classes he relearns to love again and finding his passion. For Morrie, as he is lying on his death bed, he is able to re-teach Mitch the power of love and the value of friendship, something he did not succeed in doing twenty years earlier. Tuesdays with Morrie is one of the top pieces of literature to read if you are looking for a book that explores the meaning of life. It is intriguing, powerful and personal. It shows character and courage from Morrie who is at the end of his life but still finds the strength and time to encourage and teach his former student and from Mitch who has the character and courage to change his life. This book will inspire anyone who reads it. You will feel as if you are sitting in on some of the deepest conversations. Once you read Tuesdays with Morrie, you will never see the world in the same way.
“Tuesdays with Morrie” is a book with enlightening wisdoms that are applicable to most readers. In this biography, the author, Mitch, spends time each Tuesdays with Morrie, his dying professor from college, giving him life “lessons”. Albom wrote this book to share his lessons of Morrie that teaches you about important concepts in life like family, marriage, culture, and money which will lead people into living more fulfilled life.
ReplyDeleteThe book’s main focus is to allow the readers to rethink about essential concepts that are often clouded by advertised values that the media culture offers, and also the importance of optimistic outlook. The culture befogs the real values of life by wrongly directing people to believe that more is always good, and to be happy and in control, you must climb high up in social rank. This lead people to worship the money as their idol and make them falsely believe everything else, like relationship with other people and family matters are only secondary subjects that would be fixed automatically when you are financially successful. This is not the case, as shown by Mitch who feels that something is missing from the core of his life even after his success. It also emphasizes how pessimistic perspective forces people to function inefficiently. Good example is given by how different Morrie and Mitch’s opinion is about the matter of Morrie’s terminal disease. Mitch simply sees it as the curse of life, while Morrie sees it as a blessing because if you die instantly, you do not get the time you need to wrap things up in your life, such as “living funeral” he did. He could have just weep all day and whine about his terminal disease and get nothing done, but instead makes the best out of it by seeing it as a positive event. Morrie substitutes as a real life example of how efficiently you can function when you have your priorities and values set correctly.
One major strength of this book is author’s ability to make the reader understand his points. It is very easy to comprehend due to ample amount of examples that helps the reader to easily understand author’s point. Author uses himself as an example to show the readers how someone can be successful financial wise, but miss out on what is truly crucial in life. Another technique that author uses is how he reminds us what we already know, but easily forgets. We know we cannot take anything when we die, but we try our best to earn most fortune. I could not find any major weakness in this book as everything that Morrie teaches is like a wisdom that holds its values in most circumstances.
Overall, this book is a bestseller for a reason and it doubtlessly aids the reader to define what is more important in life. It has the power to change many people’s lives by simply tweaking their views on looking at things. I would recommend this book to anyone.
Tuesdays with Morrie, is a non-fiction novel about self-discovery. The reader is taken on an emotional, enlightening and inspiring journey to find the true meaning of life. After reading Tuesdays with Morrie you will be left with a greater feeling of purpose as well as an understanding of how to live a life with meaning, emotion and love. The book will forever act as a reminder that it is never too late to make things right in your life.
ReplyDeleteMitch Albom, a Detroit sports journalist, is reunited with his former university professor who is dying. After nearly twenty years of lost contact, the two men meet every Tuesdays, just like in college, for their last class together. Over the course of Morrie’s last fourteen weeks, the professor and student discuss what key things make a life meaningful. Morrie provides insightful knowledge on what he thinks is wrong with the world and what should change. Along with Mitch Albom, the reader is able to see the world as a more profound place because of Morrie’s insight. His wisdom and advice reveal the importance of human relationships, emotion and forgiveness.
Tuesdays with Morrie is a powerful piece of literature that asks all the major questions a person has about the world. More importantly, it has the answers to those difficult questions. The readers, no matter what age, are able to find a piece of themselves in Mitch Albom. This makes Morrie’s answers just as important to the reader as they are to Mitch. Tuesdays with Morrie, with all its answers, makes life less complicated. Even death, the most mysterious terror of all, seems to be just another piece of the puzzle to a meaningful life. After reading Tuesdays with Morrie, the fears people have are diminished and are turned into inspiration to live a life full of compassion. According to Morrie, “as long as we can love each other and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without really going away.” (167)
Tuesdays with Morrie is an enjoyable book that convinces the reader that despite life’s struggles, it is never too late to change your life. Mitch Albom is a thirty-something year old journalist who feels his life does not have a purpose. With Morrie’s guidance classes he relearns to love again and finding his passion. For Morrie, as he is lying on his death bed, he is able to re-teach Mitch the power of love and the value of friendship, something he did not succeed in doing twenty years earlier.
Tuesdays with Morrie is one of the top pieces of literature to read if you are looking for a book that explores the meaning of life. It is intriguing, powerful and personal. It shows character and courage from Morrie who is at the end of his life but still finds the strength and time to encourage and teach his former student and from Mitch who has the character and courage to change his life. This book will inspire anyone who reads it. You will feel as if you are sitting in on some of the deepest conversations. Once you read Tuesdays with Morrie, you will never see the world in the same way.