Years have passed since Mitch attended Brandies University, he hasn't seen or thought of Professor Schwartz since. But when he hears about the terminal illness Professor Schwartz has he decides to pay his old friend a visit. Morrie has developed a terminal illness called Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis more commonly known as Lou Gherig's disease.
Mitch is a changed man since his Brandies days, life has changed Mitch as he has abandoned his dreams of being a musician for material wealth and professional success. Mitch worries if Morrie will even recognize this new man as hes not the boy Morrie once knew,
When Morrie and Mitch reunite they fall back into the old routine, they recall the stories of their past, they flourish in that moment. Mitch and Morrie spend every Tuesday together and Morrie teaches Mitch the important lessons of life, so that when Morrie is gone those lessons don't get lost with him.
In what is suppose to be the darkest moment of Morries life, Morrie accepts death and realizes he is not afraid of death but what he really fears is that people will not hear what he has to say before he dies. Morrie sees the superficial, material world we have all absorbed ourselves with. Morrie want people to know that life has a deeper meaning. We should each cherish and pay more attention to the relationships we form through out our lives as those are what are important in the end of ones life. To feel love and to be loved is what makes ones life meaningful.
“Everyone knows they're going to die but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently.”
“The most important thing in life is learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”
-Mitch Albom (Tuesdays With Morrie)
I like how you included quotes from the book and how you also chose to use two pictures, one of Morrie as a healthy man and one when he becomes ill. That way people aren't just focusing on him as a sick and dying man and can see that he was once a healthy person like themselves.
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