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Book Reviewer: Leslie Medina Quarter: 2 School Year:

Book Title: Tuesdays with Morrie Genre: Memoir
Author: Mitch Alom ! o" #a$es: %&2
The ook Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Alom is a memoir aout a youn$ man and his
teacher' The main character Mitch use to have a relationshi# with his teacher Morrie like no other'
Morrie cared aout Mitch more than on a student level' Morrie was always there to listen to Mitch and
$ive him advice when he needed it' A"ter Mitch $raduated "rom colle$e he #romised his #ro"essor
they would never lose touch' Si(teen years later Mitch "ailed to kee# his #romise to kee# in touch with
Morrie' )ne ni$ht while watchin$ the news he discovers that Mitch is sick and will soon die' Mitch
makes the decision to visit Morrie' A"ter his "irst visit he continues to visit Morrie every Tuesday' Their
relationshi# ecomes stron$er than it was in colle$e' Morrie knew he would die soon so he savored
every moment he had with Mitch' Mitch received numerous advices "rom his #ro"essor durin$ the
#eriod they s#ent to$ether until his li"e ended' Morrie $ave Mitch advice on death* "amily* "eelin$s*
money* love* and many more thin$s that Mitch would always rememer'
Tuesdays with Morrie was an ama+in$ ook that , "ell in love with' There are so many
#assa$es that , en-oyed' But the one #assa$e that was the est o" all was when Morrie and Mitch
talked aout "or$iveness' Morrie was e(#lainin$ to Mitch how it.s im#ortant to "or$ive those who have
hurt us and ourselves most o" all' Morrie was talkin$ aout how he had $otten into a "i$ht with an old
"riend that died o" cancer/ in the end he held his $rud$e "or so lon$ he was never ale to "or$ive him'
This is im#ortant ecause sometimes #eo#le tend to $et into "i$hts with #eo#le they care aout
whether it.s "or a i$ reason or small reason' 0eo#le tend to hold a $rud$e "or so lon$ not reali+in$
that one o" them could leave without "i(in$ the #rolem' Morrie says to Mitch 12e also need to "or$ive
ourselves' 3or all the thin$s we didn.t do' All the thin$s we should have done' You can.t $et stuck on
the re$rets o" what should have ha##ened45#$%667' , en-oyed readin$ this ecause , was ale to
connect it to mysel"' , am the #erson who tends to e e(tremely hard on mysel" ecause , did
somethin$ , shouldn.t have or didn.t do somethin$ , should have' But readin$ what Morrie said
allowed me to acknowled$e that , need to "or$ive mysel" "or doin$ what , re$ret' , need to learn that
hatin$ on mysel" and re$rettin$ my choices won.t $et me anywhere'
Readin$ the ook Tuesdays with Morrie allowed me to view li"e in a com#letely di""erent way' ,
was ale to learn "rom all the advice that Morrie $ave to Mitch' All the advice on "amily* love* money*
and death is somethin$ that will a""ect me in my li"e now' The one thin$ that , $ot out o" this ook was
that in li"e we would meet #eo#le that will touch our lives in ways we don.t ima$ine' ,t.s hard to "ind a
relationshi# like the one Mitch and Morrie had ut not im#ossile' , think it.s im#ortant to see that
there are #eo#le out there who care aout others without askin$ "or anythin$ in return' Most
im#ortantly , learned that we must a##reciate the #eo#le who come into our lives' Those that love us
won.t always e there' , think , have een ale to learn to always $ive thanks to the #eo#le who care
aout me' , need to let those that , love know it ecause one day they may leave without me
e(#ectin$ it' , think everyone should read this ook ecause it teaches the reader so many lessons
that they will use in li"e' Morrie teaches the reader the true meanin$ o" "riendshi# and how im#ortant
it.s to a##reciate li"e' As a student it allows the reader to see that there are teachers out there who
truly care aout students more than on an educational level' But most o" this entire ook allows the
reader to "all in love with the relationshi# etween a teacher and a student' Anyone who reads this
ook will "all in love with it -ust like , did'