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In Mitch Albom's 'Tuesdays With Morrie,' he included several quotations by Morrie Schwartz that are very indicative of his philosophy on the 'classroom of life.' 'The most important thing in life. Morrie would walk that final bridge between life and death, and narrate the trip. The fall semester passed quickly. The pills increased. Therapy became a regular routine. Nurses came to his house to work with Morrie's withering legs, to keep the muscles active, bending them back and forth as if pumping water from a well. Instant downloads of all 1393 LitChart PDFs (including Tuesdays with Morrie). LitCharts Teacher Editions. Teach your students to analyze literature like LitCharts does. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on LitCharts. The original text plus a side-by-side.

Tuesdays with Morrie is a memoir^[1] by American author Mitch Albom^[2] about a series of visits Albom made to his former sociology professor Morrie Schwartz, as Schwartz gradually dies of ALS.

“Tuesdays with Morrie” By Mitch Albom 3 touch, and without hesitation I say, “Of course.” When he steps back, I see that he is crying. The Syllabus His death sentence came in the summer of 1994. Looking back, Morrie knew. Tuesdays With Morrie is the true story of the remarkable lessons taught by a dying teacher to his pupil. Morrie Schwartz has been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and has only a few months to live. Mitch Albom is a reporter who was once a student of Morrie's in college, but has sli.

The book topped the New York Times Non-Fiction Bestsellers of 2000. An unabridged audiobook was also published, narrated by Albom. The appendix of the audiobook contains several minutes of excerpts from audio recordings that Albom made in his conversations with Schwartz before writing the book.

A new edition with an afterword by Albom was released on the book's ten-year anniversary in 2007.

Synopsis[edit]

In 1995, Albom is a successful sports columnist for the Detroit Free Press. After seeing his former sociology professor Morrie Schwartz appear on Nightline, Albom phones Schwartz, and is prompted to travel to Massachusetts to visit him. An ensuing newspaper strike allows Albom to visit Schwartz every week, on Tuesdays. The book recounts each of the fourteen visits Albom made to Schwartz, supplemented with Schwartz's lectures, life experiences, and interspersed with both flashbacks and allusions to contemporary events.

After being diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Morrie's final days are spent giving his former student Mitch his final lesson of life. The novel is divided into 14 different 'days' that Mitch Albom spent with his professor Morrie. Throughout these days, Mitch and Morrie discuss various topics important to life and living. The novel also recounts Mitch's memories of Morrie as a professor.^[3]

The 1st Audiovisual[edit]

This was the first episode out of three on a Nightline special on Morrie and his illness. Morrie caught the eye of a Nightline television producer after an article was published titled: 'A Professor's Final Course: His Own Death.' It was through this airing that Morrie's old student Mitch was reminded of his old professor, causing him to reach out and reconnect.

Main characters[edit]

Mitch Albom[edit]

Mitch Albom was born in May 1958 in New Jersey. Originally, he was a pianist and wanted to pursue a life as a musician. Instead he became an author, journalist, screenwriter, and television/radio broadcaster. In his college years, he met sociology professor Dr. Morrie Schwartz who would later influence his memoir, Tuesdays with Morrie.

Morrie Schwartz[edit]

Morrie Schwartz was a sociology professor at Brandeis University who was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Morrie was a very wise man who has had many experiences in life. The son of Russian immigrants, Morrie's childhood was not short of difficulties including the death of his mother and his brother's infection with the Polio virus. Morrie later went on to work as a researcher in a mental hospital where he learned about mental illness and how to have empathy and compassion for other people. Later in life, Morrie decided to be a sociology professor so that his teachings would influence as many people as possible. This is where he met his student and lifelong friend Mitch Albom. Morrie was married to Charlotte Schwartz and together they had two children. After a long battle with ALS, Morrie died on 4 November 1995. His tombstone reads 'A teacher until the end.'

Adaptations[edit]

The book was adapted into a 1999 television film, directed by Mick Jackson and starring Hank Azaria and Jack Lemmon.^[2]

In 2002, the book was adapted as a stage play that opened off Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre. Co-authored by Mitch Albom and Jeffrey Hatcher (Three Viewings) and directed by David Esbjornson (The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?). Tuesdays with Morrie starred Alvin Epstein as Schwartz and Jon Tenney as Albom. It received positive reviews.^[4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^de Botton, Alain (23 November 1997). 'Continuing Ed'. The New York Times.
2. ^ ^ab'Tuesdays with Morrie'. The New York Times.
3. ^Albom, Mitch (2006), 'Tuesdays with Morrie', Managed Care (Langhorne, Pa.), Books on Tape, 11 (2 Suppl): 31–3, ISBN978-0-7393-4615-0, OCLC1002100368, PMID11907999
4. ^Gutman, Les (November 2002). 'Tuesdays with Morrie Review'. CurtainUp. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

External links[edit]

• Tuesdays with Morrie at the Internet Book List
• Summary and analysis of Tuesdays with Morrie at Sparknotes

This Tuesdays with Morrie lesson plan also includes:

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• Analyzing Multiple Interpretations of Literature
• Motion Picture Analysis

Is the movie ever as good as the book? Why or why not? Take literary analysis to the next level with a lesson on Mitch Albom's Tuesdays With Morrie. After reading the novel, learners watch the film and write an essay that argues whether changes made to the story are effective or not compared to the original book.

Concepts

Instructional Ideas

• Assign the novel as independent reading, making periodic comprehension checks throughout the unit
• Use in a film studies class or when focusing on the differences between a film/stage production and its source material

Classroom Considerations

• Assumes learners have already read Tuesdays with Morrie, but that they haven't seen the film
• Requires a copy of the 1999 version of the movie

Pros

• Extension ideas enrich the assignment for engaged learners
• Activates compare/contrast skills as well as film and literary analysis

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