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The title = Tuesdays with Morrie:
an old man, a young man, and
life’s greatest lesson
By
Mitch Albom
Courtesy:
Shahid Riaz
Islamabad – Pakistan
SUMMARY
The Professor, Part TwoAfter earning a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Morrie has been a researcher at a private mental hospital outside Washington, D.C. He was given the mandate to research patients and provide care for them, which was the concept of solving grunder later, in the early 1950s. Every day, one female patient often lies on his stomach on the floor in the hallway and stays there for hours. That made Morrie feel sad, and he began to sit on the floor beside him, even though he shouldn't interact at such a close level. Morrie finally persuaded the woman to return to her room, because all she wanted was a little attention, which she gave her. Many Morrie come to patients to be friends. A woman is famous for her bad behavior. He spat on everyone except Morrie, whom he called his friend. When he escaped, Morrie was asked to help bring him back to the hospital. When he and other staff members found the woman hiding in a nearby shop, he accused Morrie of betraying him, because he had taken his "prison" side. When he was hired in a hospital, Morrie often noticed that many patients came from families who had problems. Although from rich families they lack happiness.
At Brandeis University, Morrie has taught radical students, supporters of the cultural revolution of the 1960s. The sociology faculty, including Morrie, sympathized with them by taking a liberal attitude. When they learned that male students did not maintain average grades, they boldly decided to give them all A. So Morrie was personally involved in the revolution and came from Washington D.C. to protest the students.
At one point, a group of black Brandeis students claimed one of the campus spaces as their own by hanging a banner on it that read: "Malcolm X University." This special hall, Ford Hall, held a university chemistry lab, and most of the administration was afraid that students would assemble bombs. The battle between students and the university lasted for weeks, and only ended when Morrie walked past Ford Hall and an ex-student called him from the building. The man goes in through the window, and shows up an hour later with a list of the protesters' demands, which he brings to the president of the university. Shortly after, the situation was resolved. Mitch examined how different cultures view death. He admired the North American Arctic theory of believing that there was a miniature of each creature, so that when a creature died a miniature lived. So take temporary protection in the sky and wait for the moon to return it to earth.
The Seventh Tuesday We Talk about the Fear of Aging
Morrie told Ted Koppel in his interview that the thing he feared most about his illness was probability. one day, someone else must wipe him. his worst fear has come true. Co nnie, Morrie's maid has to do it for her, and she sees as a surrender to the disease. He now depends on other people, almost all of his needs are taken care of by his servants. Morrie told Mitch, despite the difficulties, he tried to enjoy being a child for the second time. He repeated that we must reject culture if culture does not find conducive to our needs, and tell back to Mitch that we need to be loved like us when we were babies. Mitch noted at the age of 78 that Morrie "gave as an adult and took as a child."
Eight Tuesday: We Talk about Money
Mitch showed a Morrie quote about billionaire Ted Turner which he found in the newspaper that read, "I don't want my tombstone to be read, 'I never have a network". The men laughed, and Mitch saw a pink hibiscus plant on Morrie's window sill. Morrie repeated his lesson that we should not give someone value with matter, because it would lead to disappointment and incompleteness.
Today is a good day for Morrie, because the local group Capella has come the night to give her a personal appearance. Morrie always liked music, but since there was an illness it had a more profound effect on him. He usually shed tears when listening to music. This is a simple pleasure for Morrie because it can be visited by capella groups grown by Morrie, not money or material wealth like the cultural norms it receives. In a sense, culture has brainwashed us into believing that love has been replaced with money and he tried it. Mitch noted that after Morrie learned of his illness, he lost interest in items such as money and since then did not buy new items anymore. Despite a lack of funds, Mitch thought that Morrie's house was filled with enormous wealth, because of the love in it. Morrie urged Mitch to give himself with love rather than giving money. He advised him to devote himself to love and give generosity to the community, perhaps by volunteering at a local senior center. Mitch now realized that after years of spending time driven by financial success but he could not find happiness in money and professional strength.
Ninth Tuesday: We Talk about How Love Happens
The newspaper strikes at Mitch's workplace continues. So the trial of Simpson's murder will end and create a frenzied media circus. Mitch revealed that he often thought of his younger brother and had tried calling him at his home in Spain. He left a message informing him that he wanted to talk to him, and had received a short message in response to a few weeks. then his brother assured him that everything was fine, but he did not want to talk about his illness. Morrie's condition worsened. He had to urinate through a catheter, and could hardly move his own head. He felt pain in his limbs, but could not hold back the pain. Morrie spends his days resting in his study chair, and conveys the latest saying, "When you are in bed, you die." "Nightline" had called to schedule a third follow-up interview with Morrie, even though they wanted to wait until Morrie's condition deteriorated a little more, which made the mitch disturbed.
Tenth Day: We Talk about Marriage
Morrie could no longer eat whatever food Mitch brought, because he was limited to a liquid diet. His condition was very bad, because the disease had reached his lungs, which he always said about his death. He now relies on an oxygen tank, and suffers from a hard long duration, every serious threat to his life. Mitch brought his wife, Janine to meet Morrie because he had asked to meet Janine since his first meeting with Mitch. One night, Morrie spoke on the phone with Mitch, and he asked to speak to Janine. Janine had taken the telephone and talked to Morrie as if they had been friends for years, even though they had never spoken before. Mitch thought that if he was placed in his position and forced to talk on the phone with strangers, he would refuse to take the call. When Janine finished her conversation with Morrie, she announced that she would join Mitch on the next trip to Boston to meet with her professor. Mitch's report is not a dangerous temptation, and seems to use new energy with Janine by his side. Janine is from Detroit, and Morrie tells a "funny story" about her time to teach at a university. Sometimes, he and other sociology professors will gather to play the poker game. One of the other professors was a surgeon, and he invited Morrie to join him at work to watch him do the surgery. Morrie went to see the operation, but felt nauseous from seeing blood. When he feels ready to pass out, one of the nurses thinks he is a doctor, and asks if he feels healthy. Morrie yelled at the nurse that he was not a doctor, and had come out of the room feeling sick.
Janine is a professional singer, and her request is requested by Morrie, although she usually doesn't sing on request. When he finished singing, Morrie was so touched that he made a morale. After that, Morrie taught Mitch and Janine about how the culture of children now makes their generation too selfish to commit to love relationships. Morrie and his wife, Charlotte, have been married for forty-four years. The only time Morrie would not reveal a personal anecdote was when he was afraid he might violate Charlotte's privacy. He said that marriage is a test in it. Similar values, very important for partners to share but the biggest is the importance of marriage itself. He advocates marriage as a very important thing to do and teaches that those who don't try it will lose a great life experience. Lately Mitch asked Morrie if he remembered the Book of Job from the Bible about the good people God had made just to test his religious faith. Morrie told Mitch that in his opinion, God overcame it.
The Eleventh Tuesday: We Talk about Our Culture
Morrie spreads to her lungs, and soon suffocates. His physical therapist instructed Mitch about how to free toxins in Morrie's lungs through punches and massages. Mitch joked that the blow was revenge for class B given by Morrie on his campus. Mitch is now less self-conscious and less shy about helping Morrie. Now, he wants to observe and learn how to help him. Even Morrie was not ashamed of her own physical disabilities, such as being unable to go to the bathroom without help. He reported that he and Morrie were now holding hands. Morrie complains that culture considers that natural physical needs are socially embarrassing and thus they must reject them. Mitch asked him why he had not moved to a place with a less selfish culture. Morrie told him that every culture has its own problems, so they created it themselves. The biggest problem with culture is its inability to visualize and exploit its potential. Morrie suggests that we must invest in people because we need other people not only at the beginning and end of our lives.
Audiovisual, Part Three
The "Nightline" television crew, including Ted Koppel, arrived at Morrie's house. They interviewed their third and final, according to Mitch's notes, more like solemn farewells. Morrie was not sure that he would give his interview because he was now having difficulty breathing and talking. When Morrie told Koppel about his objections, Koppel understood because he now called Morrie a friend. When Koppel first reunited with Morrie, he kissed him. In the end, Morrie conducted an interview, where she wore the same clothes she had worn before. He now changes his clothes only twice a day. This third interview was not as before done in Morrie, because he was now limited to his chair.
In the interview, Morrie explained that he was gradually releasing the outside world. He said that he admired courage and perseverance as ALS victims such as famous physicist and writer Stephen Hawking, who had a breathing hole in his throat and spoke through a computer synthesizer. However, Morrie does not want to live like this. He instead wants to die in calm, and conveys his latest saying, "Don't go quickly, but don't last too long". After that, he reiterated that love and affection were the most important lessons in life, and told Koppel that his illness might attack his body but he would not let him attack his spirit. Koppel almost cried in the last segment of Morrie's interview and revealed that he had "negotiated with him there," the first time Mitch heard him admit that he spoke to God.
Twelfth Tuesday: We Talk about Forgiveness
When Mitch massaged Morrie's feet, they discussed that there was no meaning in retaliation and the importance of forgiveness. Morrie acknowledged his regret for past attacks of pride and pride, and Mitch wondered if he felt the need to apologize before he died. With that, Morrie pointed to the bronze statue in the corner of his study. This is a replica of a bust from Morrie that has been carved by his former friend Norman thirty years earlier. He and Norman were close friends until Norman moved to Chicago. Shortly after he moved, Charlotte would undergo surgery and Morrie was offended because his old friend who knew about the operation was coming, never called to say goodbye or show his support. Years later, Norman made repeated attempts at reconciliation but Morrie refused. Norman died of cancer some time ago and now Morrie regrets never receiving an apology and reconciliation. He started crying when he talked about his old friend. Morrie stressed that it is very important to forgive yourself, as important as forgiving others. He calls himself "lucky" because he has time to forgive himself and others when he is dying. Mitch realized that the hibiscus plant near the window "still survived, small but sturdy". Morrie admitted that if he could have another son, he would want him to be Mitch. After hearing this, Mitch was afraid that accepting Morrie's statement would betray his own father. Although, when he saw Morrie crying, he knew that there was no betrayal in such a loving moment and his fear lay in saying goodbye.
Morrie chose to be buried on a hill, under a tree, near a pond. He told Mitch that the location was very quiet, and Morrie asked Mitch if he would come and talk to him about the problem every Tuesday. Mitch tells him that it won't be the same, because he won't be able to answer back. Morrie assured him that after he died, he would continue to listen to Mitch.
The Thirteenth Tuesday: We Talk about Perfect Day
Morrie decided that he wanted to discuss the plan for his funeral with Charlotte and Al Axelrad, a rabbi from Brandeis and old friend Morrie. Morrie must breathe through the oxygen tube that has been inserted into his nose. Mitch hated seeing oxygen cylinders because he saw them as symbols of helplessness and even had the urge to pull them out of his nose. Morrie explained to him the cough he had suffered the night before and explained that he had found calm in frightening moments when he could accept his own death. That's when he really felt ready to die and surpass. He stressed that when we live, we must "make peace" with the reality of death.
Morrie asked to see hibiscus plants on the windowsill of his studies. Mitch put in his hand and carried it to his professor's face, which made Morrie smile. Morrie mentions that a person can die without ever leaving completely, because they are remembered by people who live lovingly remembering them. The word Love is created when life will remain long after death. Morrie never expected that his illness could be cured. He told Mitch that there was no possible way he could return to being the man he had before contracting the disease, because he was now the same and different self. Mitch then asked what Morrie would do if he could have full health for 24 hours. Morrie answered very simply that he would do what he would do every day like lunch with friends and go for an afternoon walk. Mitch was surprised at first, and then realized that Morrie was trying to give an example that there was perfection on that day.
Then, Morrie talked about a sensitive topic from Mitch's younger brother Peter. Mitch remembered him as a carefree child and thought how different he was now as an adult and weak from chemotherapy treatments. Mitch had called his brother, even though he couldn't talk to him yet. Peter continues to reject Mitch's support and reaffirms that he doesn't want to talk about his cancer. Morrie assured Mitch that his love affair with his brother would recover in time. Morrie told a story he heard about waves in the ocean. The waves will feel good until they realize that like all the other waves, the waves immediately fall to the beach and are destroyed. Another wave told him not to be afraid, because all the small waves were part of a larger ocean.
Fourteenth Day: We Say Goodbye
Charlotte called the day before the visit, Mitch told him that Morrie was not fine. The sign that he has reached his last days. Morrie was sleeping when he arrived on the last fourteenth Tuesday and he had to wait to meet him. For a moment, Mitch was worried that he would forget to carry his cassette recorder. He had brought food for him as usual, although Morrie had not been able to eat food like that for quite a long time. He apologized to Charlotte for bringing food, and explained that it had become a tradition. Mitch read the newspaper while waiting for Morrie to wake up and read about murder and hatred. When he entered Morrie's bedroom, he watched a 24-hour hospice nurse sit in the hall and reminded Morrie's saying, "When you are in bed, you die".
Review
The summar of this novel is emotive. The novel tells the story of Morrie's life as a professor and his life that love and affection cannot be replaced by material. Morrie always wants to say that life must be used properly. With culture we exist as beings must make life unselfish. What I have read, this novel is very moving and I get to teach that life must be used properly because at first humans will die. This novel gives motivation to me that life must be fought for and don't give up quickly because life is only short.
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