Analyzing Mitch Albom's Tuesdays With Morrie

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ZEN Project: “Tuesdays with Morrie” In the novel “Tuesday’s with Morrie”, Mitch Albom describes the relationship between him and his college professor who he hasn’t seen in years. Mitch, who is a sports reporter is constantly busy and hasn’t had time to stay in touch with his professor as he promised. After sixteen years, Mitch is bombarded with the devastating news that he professor has been diagnosed with ALS. Not knowing how to face him after breaking his promise, Mitch decided to fly to Boston to apologize and to say his goodbyes. Once Mitch arrived, his professor remembered him instantly and gives him a warm welcoming hug. They both go inside where the professor’s nurse prepared dinner for the both of them to catch up on sixteen years and reminisce about past memories. As Mitch was getting ready to leave, the professor told him he would like to see him again. Feeling remorse for not following through the first time he promised he would stay in touch, Mitch decides to amend his actions with a second promise. It then becomes a routine for Mitch to go and visit his professor consistently, eventually getting to the point that he would go and visit his professor every Tuesday. Throughout these meetings with the professor, Mitch realizes that he has been living life the wrong way. The more Mitch meets with Morrie, the less of an obligation …show more content…

As Sullivan suggested, our personality is like plastic, it can change from total relaxation to total horror. Morris’s personality though appears to be stable due to his coping mechanism. As he approaches death, he abandons each of the five theories of personality, he is no longer an extrovert or stable, and soon enough he will no longer be conscious or agreeable. All he has left is to be open, open with Mitch. By teaching Mitch about life and how to break free from cultural norms, he also teaching the concept of

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