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Term Paper Title	ENGLISH ESSAY: “TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE”
# of Words	1038
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	4.15

ENGLISH ESSAY: “TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE”

“Tuesdays with Morrie” written by Mitch Albom, tells the amazing story of the unbelievable life that Morrie Schwartz lived, and how he left such a huge impact on peoples life’s such as Mitch Albom. Morrie Schwartz, with whom Mitch has lost in touch with for the last 16 years. Upon seeing him on the “Nightline” program talking to Ted Koppel about what it was like to die from Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS) Mitch was both horrified and ashamed. Soon Mitch found himself in weekly meetings with Morrie on a Tuesday where they would share and reflect on life’s issues, this is where the transformation of Mitch begins. The story is an Autobiographical documentary written in first person narrated by Mitch Albom. What makes this story so brilliant is the way in which it is written to portray Morries fantastic philosophy of life and his attitudes towards death. What keeps the reader so intrigued to find out what happens next is the style of the Narrative structure of the text. Narrative Structure, repetition, foreshadowing flashbacks and symbolism are some of the techniques used by Mitch Albom to present the main themes in the text which are love and perish, acceptance through detachment and morality.

Repetition is an important technique used to depict both Mitch and Morries characters. Mitch calls Morrie “Coach” as he views him as a teacher of life. Coach is repeated throughout the text which illustrates the impact Morrie is having on Mitch’s life, he continually learns from him.

“Then again, how many business or law students ever visit their old professors once they leave? Morrie’s students did that all the time. And in final months, they came back to him, hundreds of them, from Boston, New York, California, London, and Switzerland; from corporate offices and inner city school programs. They called. They wrote. They drove hundreds of miles for a visit, a word, a smile. “I’ve never had a teacher like you,” they all said.”

This proves that Morrie was not just a teacher, but a mentor. Also, it wasn’t just Mitch who became aware of this fact. The extract from the text highlights Mitch wasn’t the only student who saw his ‘coach’ as a mentor and even, a hero. Morrie affected hundreds of his students in great unimaginable ways to make significant differences in their lives. This is one of the reasons why Morrie is looked upon by so many as a fine inspirational professor, and was mourned by so many as he became ill and began to pass away.

Morrie was Mitch’s “coach” at university teaching sociology, and this is where he fell in love with him and saw his love for teaching and helping others. On one occasion Morrie gave all his students A’s to avoid them having to go to war, this shows Morrie’s strong character. The repetition of flashbacks is an important and effective device used to show the growth of Mitch’s character. Before having a strong relationship with Morrie, Mitch can be seen as an ambitious...

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