Tuesdays with Morrie Essay - 812 Words

The focus throughout Tuesdays with Morrie was on life. Many might see it as the story of death, but it is actually the story life. Morrie might talk a little on how he meets death, but what he is talking about is living at the end of his life. Mitch writes, â€Å"Now here we were . . . . . . Dying man talks to living man, tells him what he should know.†(Albom, 133) When a timer is placed on Morrie’s remaining days, he obtains a dying man’s perspective on what is truly important in life, and how to incorporate in life this importance. I looked for parts of the book that pertain directly to my life; I focused on this concept while reading this book. My thesis remained elusive. There wasn’t a Tuesday that jumped out at me, and then I came to the†¦show more content†¦Morrie becomes Mitch’s guru and life-coach in earnest, as he becomes Mitch’s ambassador to death. Mitch is caught in the nowhere-man, rat-race lifestyle. He is unfulfilled in his life and can’t see why. He has suckled from Mother Culture’s teat, and the poison it yields. Mitch shows he has bought into consumerism, when he says â€Å"I was part of the media thunderstorm that now soaks our country. I was in demand.† (Albom, 16) he thinks this is success, and success is happiness. Morrie reveals why Mitch’s definition of happiness is unfulfilling, because culture’s poison has been packaged as nourishment, meaningfulness and life itself. Mother culture is always whispering in your head, and the voice you hear is your own. Culture is not reality, just the mass acceptance of values and behavior that one is indoctrinated in from birth. Morrie outlined how American culture was bad for the soul in many ways, he states â€Å"People are only mean when they’re threatened, and that’s what our culture does. That’s what our economy does. †¦And when you get threatened, you start looking out for only yourself.†(Albom, 154) Morrie sees why people are selfish and they feel a sense of entitlement, and he still has compassion for them. I struggle with feeling compassion in a culture that sees compassion as weakness and charity as a thing to be exploited. There was a great revelation for me when Morrie’s talks about cultures problem, â€Å". . . the biggest defect we human beingShow MoreRelatedTuesday with Morrie2551 Words   |  11 PagesAlbom, and Morrie who is the main subject. Their relationship starts when Mitch is in college while Morrie is his sociology professor. Morrie seems to be a man who wants to leave a legacy behind after he dies since he has been told by the doctor that his life is coming to an end. Mitch considers it a privilege meeting someone who teaches about life and offers solutions to life challenges. 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