1. This story takes place in the early 1990’s, mainly in Morrie’s cozy home located in Massachusetts. Mitch Albom allows most of the conversations between him and Morrie take place in his home, but shares his life in the midst of his career giving us a perspective of his daily routine. Along with this, he also reminisces in the past conversations he had with Morrie during his college days. The inciting incident of this story was the diagnosing of Morrie with his disease. Without knowing Morrie’s days were numbered, Mitch would have never gone to his professor’s home and reconnected with one of the most influential people of his life. Mitch also would have never learned to appreciate the people he was surrounded with and their true importance in his life. Morrie knew that he only had a couple of months to live and his struggle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) would be over as soon as the disease reached his lungs. With this in mind, his death was certain and known to take place rather shortly.
2. This book’s central message is clear because it is easily conveyed through the regrets and thoughts of Mitch and Morrie. Slow down, and enjoy the short time given to us on this planet by ignoring the popular distractions influenced on people every day. People should reevaluate their lives and prioritize the things that truly matter to them at the end of the day.
3. Albom’s casual tone made the reader feel as if they were friends with both Mitch and Morrie because they were illustrated in such a realistic way. His tone was also light to function as a symbol of everybody’s acceptance of Morrie’s death. These tones combined make the reader fall in even more love with Morrie and sympathize for all of his loved ones who lost an amazing man.
4. It was ironic that Mitch was able to exploit and teach Morrie that his friendship had such an outstanding influence on the lives of so many who conversed with him. This is an example of when the student becomes the teacher. Morrie’s prevailing death represented the end of his life, but also ironically symbolized the beginning of Mitch’s new life in which he became enlightened with Morrie’s words of wisdom. There is a great abundance of dialogue, which was key to this book. Morrie’s advice that changed Mitch’s life makes the reader respect him more. In order to understand the character’s thoughts, the reader must interpret their discussions and get a sense of how they really view the world.
CHARACTERIZATION
1. Albom’s syntax is short and straightforward to emphasize the simplicity of Morrie. His participation in an uncomplicated life is apparent because of this easily comprehendible syntax. Albom also uses an explicit diction to complement the direct syntax accentuated throughout the story. The information presented was understandable through Albom’s reader friendly syntax and diction.
2. Morrie Schwartz is an elderly man who was the author’s favorite college professor. He was never a normal person and preached philosophical outlooks on life to Mitch a majority of their time spent together. Mitch Albom, one of Morrie’s students, was especially attached to Morrie and his quirkiness. They often enjoyed eating lunch together and talking about life in general, where Mitch would saturate Morrie with his problems and Morrie would gladly give him advice and the time of day. Mitch referred to Morrie as “Coach” and Morrie referred to Mitch as his “player”, which stressed the intimacy of their friendship. Mitch reveals himself and Morrie through indirect characterization because he includes their conversations and outings with one another.
3. After reading this book I felt like I had met a person because these characters are extremely realistic. They are not perfect and are actual people in real life. Morrie is the ideal teacher and Mitch tries to act as a sponge absorbing all of his advice, like most teachers attempt to do. Death is the harsh reality of life and Morrie’s graceful way of coming to terms with it stresses his strong moral beliefs and his existence on this planet. Mitch wrote Morrie as the gentle old man he was because he knew his true personality would capture the hearts of everybody. This makes me feel like I knew him because I was able to get insight to his thoughts and see his genuineness shine through.
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