Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom is the most touching story that I have read my whole life because of the life changes in the characters, the mistakes, and the emotion. Mitch, Morrie’s favorite student, has changed a lot since Morrie saw him last, and while Mitch is noticing these changes he becomes very disappointed in himself. When Mitch was in college, he promised himself that he would never let his life and career be all about money. That he would do what he loves no matter if it paid minimum wage. Life sometimes gets the worst of us though. Mitch’s life became everything that he didn’t want to be, but he was too focused on it to even notice it was happening. Being such a good student, person, and having such an amazing understanding of life, love, and compassion didn’t matter in the end, Mitch made a stupid mistake that some people might classify as “bad.”
“Good” people always have to make mistakes to prove that they are human. We all have made promises that we never fulfilled. On his graduation day, Mitch promised Morrie that he would stay in touch, even though he never did. If Mitch hadn’t seen Morrie on TV, Morrie would have died without Mitch ever thinking of him again.
Through all of these good and bad changes in the characters you are never confused of what is going on, and the emotion is stronger than any book I have read before. My grandfather passed away this weekend and this book reminds me of him a lot. My grandpa and Morrie have a lot of things in common; their love of life, their will to fight until the end, and their way of opening up their heart to complete strangers. You only had to know them for an hour or so and you would be in love with them.
Even though Mitch is a really good person that knows when he is being “bad” or making mistakes, he needs to learn how to change his life path and make better choices. He needs to get a new job doing what he loves. I predict that Morrie will help him a lot at seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and how to get to it.
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