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Summary: Insightful
Review: This is one of the best books I have read about death. In it's simple but accurate style, the author took me through different stages reflecting how simple things are what really matter when we come to the end. Beautiful and insightful.
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Summary: My favorite book
Review: "When you learn to die, you learn to live."
Read this book for it will change your life.
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Summary: what's important
Review: I read this book based on the fact it was on the best-seller list. Due to the fact my father died so close to the time I read this book, it stirred up a lot of thoughts and emotions. Honestly, the same thoughts and emotions Morrie and Mitch go through are shared by anyone who has lost a loved one close to them in their life. The only difference is, Mitch wrote it down and had it published. My family put off a lot of things to do it someday only to realize now it is a missed opportunity. When my father was deathly sick he said all the same things Morrie told Mitch... don't wait for tomorrow, do it today... having loved ones present in your time of need means more then bundles of money... being remembered for who you are is more important then what you did... having the desire to feel free rather then tied down to illness... and so on and so on.Although I found nothing new in this book that enlightened me in any way regarding the process of death and life, I will give the author credit for not dwelling on the death process. Too many books are too descriptive about the physical aspects of death it becomes too clinical to continue reading. This is where an author's description is not needed. Okay, the guy is dying, we get the point.
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Summary: A reminder
Review: This man with a brief time to live managed to accomplish more in that period of time than some people do after several decades. The book served as a reminder that life is quite short and can be cut off without warning. Regardless of whatever time remains even if brief can be productive, meaningful and fulfilling. A little repetitive at times and somestimes boarded on preachy but conveyed an important message.
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Summary: moving and beautifully expressed
Review: This amazing book, a true story, is about a wonderfully unique relationship between a young man and an old teacher. Mitch, (younger man + author) writes of the lessons he learned long after his favorite teacher had retired. Not only does he learn about himself as well as his teacher and friend, Morrie, but he learns some of life's most important lessons. This book personally helped me come to grips with my fear of death-- Morrie beautifully tells that once you learn how to die, you learn how to live. So true... and this wonderful story is a must read. Although a little dull at times, the message is absolutely one that you must learn at some point in life.
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Summary: Simple Is as Simple Says
Review: This book is enormously popular. It is also, I'm afraid, close to being completely worthless. But how can a book be worthless if it's such an acclaimed best-seller you ask? That's like asking how Millie Vanilli could be talentless if they sold 7 million albums. Alas, mass popularity does not determine the value of any intellctual enedeavor, and often is a measure of its emptiness. To see why this book isn't very rewarding, consider the following scenario. You find out that a book was written about a philosphy professor who spouts simple platitudes about the need for love, the beauty of the world, etc. Would you be interested in reading the book? Probably not, because the "ideas" espoused by the "philosopher" are banal and simplistic, however well-intended they may be. But now, imagine that you find out that in addition to the "philosopher" dispensing simplistic arguments, he also dies and call his adherence to his ideals "life's greatest lesson." Now, all of a sudden, you have a hugely popular best-seller on your hands. Now, suddenly, you have "Tuesdays with Morrie." Mind you, I'm not belittling Morrie. I'm sure he was a fine and kind man, and put forward his ideas with the very best of intentions. It's also sad that he died. But the mere event of his death alone cannot elevate his teachings to the level of philosophical profundity. His ideas can only be evaluated on their own merits, not in the light of his unfortunate death. Some people, nonetheless, will maintain that this book has great originality in framing the death of Morrie, a philosophy teacher by profession, as his last and greatest lesson. Actually, that's been done before, about 2,350 years ago, to be reasonably precise. The Greek philosopher Socrates also maintained that his death, an execution by the Greek state, was the greatest expression of his philosophy. A certain fellow named Jesus who lived about 400 years later also seemed to think of his own death (at the hands of the Roman state this time) as the supreme example his teachings to mankind. In both of these cases, the lesson is all the more potent because the teachings themselves were so much more potent. The ideas of both Socrates and Jesus posed enormous provacative challenges to the entire culture and ideology of their time, so much so that many people were shocked by the implications of their ideas. It's hard to imagine anyone being similarly shocked by the bland, trite teachings of Morrie. In the final analysis, it seems that much of the popularity of this book is based on a human emotional need to cry over the loss of a "loved one," even one like Morrie whom we never actually knew. But those of you who want genuine spiritual or philosophical insights will be better served by spending your time reading Plato, the Bible, the Bhagvad Gita, the Tao or some of the other true classics of human thought.
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Summary: Learning Life Lessons
Review: Mitch Albom recognizes his old professor on a late night television program. His professor is ill. Mitch wants to reconnect with him and does. Mitch Albom learns a lot of lessons, life lessons, each Tuesday that he visits his college professor, Morrie Schwartz. Though Morrie becomes increasingly disabled he dispenses a lot of information each week to his pupil. A lot of the lessons Morrie learns are truisms that may seem trite. The relationship that develops between the teacher / mentor and his student is memorable and touching.
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Summary: when you start to live
Review: A friend recommended this book when I was feeling low.
This book is a rebel against the norms of life as we know it, and reminds us there is a world bigger than our own.
This is the book of life - to cast our fears and live our lives to the fullest.
A book so simple, yet so memorable.
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Summary: Touching
Review: This is a great little book to sit down and read in a sitting or two. More than anything, it is a testament to the profound way teachers and professors can affect their students and a reminder of the wisdom that can be attained from our elders--a concept the youth-oriented culture of the United States has difficulty grasping. To the more learned and literate individual, none of the lessons here are new, but the book is still touching.
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Summary: Who wants to get drunk on the meaning of life?
Review: As I sat in my room on a cold night curled up under a light with a blanket rapped around me, I was reading a book, it wasn't just any book. It had to be the book of life. The name of this book was Tuesdays with Morrie. It filled my head with thoughts that I didn't understand until I thought about it again. To get it you must get drunk on words, and it isn't for light readers. I looked around drowsily, swallowed the meaning of the words, and went to sleep.
Morrie is a great philosopher. Through-out the book Morrie has proved his point by asking questions that would stump some of the wisest of men. In so many ways Morrie is troubled, and yet he is never too busy to help anyone. Morrie is never violent with the people that he is helping whenever he can help it. Te tries to use questions to help people with their problems. An example of this was when a basketball team won a game, and the player were yelling, "We number one!" over and over Morrie just stood up and yelled back, "What is wrong with being number two?" He then sat back down as the players thought about the words Morrie had just spoken, and they really couldn't find an answer.
Life is full of ups and downs and you have to get over it and not be sorry for yourself. In the book when Morrie is dying he doesn't feel sorry for himself, but instead he looks at the good side of things and smiles and moves on. In life you have to learn from and be willing to get over it. Morrie is like a warrior that will never give up even if it is just a lost cause, and yet to him it will never be a lost cause as long as he lives.
Don't lose track of friends. When Mitch moves away, he doesn't ever bother to try to talk to Morrie. When he finds out that Morrie is going to die, he starts to go and see him since he hasn't talked to Morrie in so long. Mitch knows he doesn't have much time with Morrie and he regrets the fact that he didn't talk to him in so long. Mich wishes he could go back in time so he had more time to sit and be with Morrie.
It deals with the meaning of life. Morrie isn't afraid to die because he knows that he has experienced life's ups and down's. When he is dying he knows that when he is dead, he will be in a better place. Mitch tries to make life better for Morrie since he has lost a lot of time that he could have spent with Morrie and making sure that he had all of the things that he needed.
I read the last page and I looked at the back page with a look of savage hunger because I wanted more! As I turned the words around in my head trying to make them fit. I thought of Morrie the great philosopher, of life's ups and down's and how to get over them, the way you need to hold onto friends, and now I understood the meaning of life. I sighed, smiled, and turned out the light. That night I went to sleep holding the meaning of life in my tightly clutched hand to make sure that I lost it.
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