Summary Of Friday With Morrie - 2044 Words

Tuesday with Morrie is a book about the life lessons Morrie taught his favorite student, Mitch. Morrie was a teacher most of his life but he didn’t teach his most important lesson until his last six months on earth while battling ALS and losing to the terminal illness. Mitch is a young man that does not expect his life to change so drastically has he spends each Tuesday with Morrie in his study. Each Tuesday Morrie and Mitch share stories, laughs, and tears as Mitch documents every moment with him. Mitch finds himself learning more from Morrie than he ever has being a student in his classroom. The subject Mitch was being taught by Morrie was The Meaning of Life and Mitch was luckily documenting it all and sharing it with the world, teaching readers the lessons of life Morrie has to teach. Morrie turns the dying experience into a learning experience for himself and the loved ones around him. 1. In the beginning of the chapter â€Å"The Professorâ€Å" Morrie is explaining the day he found out his mother died, he was eight years old and a telegram came from the hospital, Morrie had to break the news to his family because he was the only one who could read English. His Russian father tells him to not speak of her and to keep the memory of him inside his head and heart. When his mother was sick he ignored her when she would call Morrie for help, Morrie thought that if he could pretend that he did not hear her, in his mind he believe this could make the illness go away by ignoring it.