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Author: Mitch Albom
It was a cold, damp morning, Mitch walking up the steps to Morrie's house. This is the final meet up of The coach and player until Morrie is no longer here to teach. Charlotte had called the day before, telling him Morrie isn't doing well. He had canceled all of his appointments and been sleeping lately, which he usually never sleeps and He is informed that today isn't the best for Morrie. He walks in the study, no Morrie. he peeks in the bedroom. There he is, all weak and frail. He is still sleeping, even at 10pm. His voice was raspy and smelled of ointment.They say their goodbyes. Mitch has touched Morrie, says he's a great soul. Mitch really touched Morrie. They love each other, and Mitch does not want to say goodbye, nor does he know how. For the first time, Morrie made him cry. Mitch will miss Morrie and wont forget to talk to him, and he will listen.
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In this Chapter we discuss Morrie's perfect day. Mitch thinks that his perfect day, without any health issues at all for twenty-four hours, would be a trip to Italy or to have lunch with the President. However, Morrie's perfect day would be... To wake up in the morning and do his exercises, have a lovely breakfast of sweet rolls and tea, go for a swim, and have his friends come over for a nice lunch. He would have them come at one or two at a time so he could talk to them about family issues, and how much they mean to each other. Then he would go for a walk, in the garden and watch their colors, the birds, take in the nature that he hadn't seen in so long. In the Evening, they would all get together to a restaurant, with some great pasta, his beloved duck, and then they would dance the rest of the night.. Since he would be so exhausted, he would go back home to find a deep and wonderful sleep awaiting for him. My Perfect day is if I won one of my dance competitions. That would mean the world to me! I would take thousands of pictures with the judges, teachers, friends and family who are there to congratulate me. Then we would go out to eat later on, at my favorite restaurant Portabellos and have a lovely dinner. That would be the best day of my life, so far, because you never know what awaits for you! In this chapter we learn that you should forgive. This is important because when you forgive it means you want to start over with that person that you made a mistake with. I 100% agree with that statement. We hear that Morrie had a friend named Norman, and Morrie never forgave him for what he did. Norman ended up with cancer and died. He says its very impotant to forgive because you never know what could happen any day of the week. This made Morrie feel abandoned and sad. Morrie wanted Mitch to be his son but Mitch thought that would be disrespectful to his actual dad.
In this chapter, Mitch and Morrie talk about each of their cultures. On My dad's side, I am 75% Italian. I am always eating something new, but the funny thing is I'm a picky eater, but no one else is. I am fed cakes, pastries some of which no one knows of, chicken, racks of lamb, meatballs, pasta, anything Italian guarantee my family eats, except for meat. I only eat chicken, burgers, meatballs, tacos, and hot dogs. My immediate family does not speak Italian, my dad knows this and that, but my grandparents and uncles are born in Italy, which is awesome! But on my moms side, we don't really celebrate much culture. Both my moms parents died, her older sister lives in Florida and her younger sister lives in Long Island. We don't see each other often, but when we do we make it count! In this chapter, Morrie says "marriage is a test, in it, you learn who you are, who the other person is, and how you can or cannot make the relationship work." He means that marriage is a very important thing, and it is a test for how much you really love someone. On Mitch and Morrie's 10th Tuesday together, Mitch brings his wife, Janine. Morrie had been asking about her since the first day they met up. They discuss how Morrie is feeling, not sleeping enough, and needs much oxygen almost nightly now. Mitch Morrie and Janine chatted about how they all met. They laughed and shed a few tears. We hear that Janine is a professional singer and sings for Morrie. She is amazing. Morrie tries to do the least bit of dancing that he can, but not much.They talked a lot and enjoyed the time with each other. The time came where they had to depart from etcher. Morrie ended the day with the most lovely quote "Love each other or perish.
In this chapter we talk about how Morrie is dying more and more every Tuesday, and will shortly come to an end. We learn that even though After Morrie dies, He will still be in everyones heart and his love for everyone will continue. Morris love for his friends and family will never die, although Morrie will. Someone in my life like this is my grandpa. He passed away one year ago from today. The last time I saw him I was 5. We tried to get many visits, but it never worked our because he had flying issues and doctor appointments. I guess it was his time, just like Morrie's. |
Mitch AlbomBorn: May 23, 1958 in Passaic New Jersey Archives
May 2016
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