Tuesdays with Morrie

Tuesdays with Morrie

The book Tuesdays with Morrie is a story about the author, Mitch, who going on visits every tuesday to see his old mentor Morie. Morie is suffering from a disease called ALS and is dying from it. The disease affects the nerves in your muscles slowly, before you cant move anymore. Every visit Mitch goes, Morie keeps getting worse. During there time together, Mitch records what Morrie has to say about life. Mitch takes in what Morie says and starts to rethink how he is living his life. The content in this book was about life and its lessons you learn while living. It teaches you to forgive others and  to learn be happy with what you have. It says how you should cherish all that you have, and to live life to it's fullist.
   There are many literary motifs and connections to Tuesdays with Morie. The story was made from all that Mitch learned from Morie. As Morie died, he taught Mitch, and everyone who was reading to enjoy life no matter what is going on. Mitch really made me feel like I knew Morie, and that he taught me everything important in life as if we knew eachother. 

   My connection to thisbook is that I learned a lot from this. It made me appreciate the little things and really realize that anything could happen whenever.

Journal

In my life I value many things. The biggest thing I choose to value is my family. I value my family because no matter what happens I know at the end of the day I will always have them. I also value my friends, but  friends don't always stay in my life. With familyI know I will always have them to count on.
  Valuing my family was both taught and something I determined myself. I was raised to know you need to respect and love your family. I learned through losing friends and boyfriends and seeing that no matter what years have passed my family is still here for me. I will carry valuing my family for the rest of my life. If I someday have kids I will try to show them the importance of having a good family.