Tuesdays With Morrie : An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (AUDIO CASSETTE)

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Summary: Reflection
Review: I think this book is a wonderful read for people of all ages. It touches your heart and lets you get more in touch with your emotional side. It makes you reflect on your life and tells you not to take your life for granted. This book tells you that time is very precious and makes you realize how lucky you are. I strongly recommend this book to everyone. Being unable to read this book is like missing out in an essential part of your life. It shows the teachings and philosophy of a great man in his time, Mr. Morrie Schwartz.

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Summary: All about death and dying
Review: Morrie was a GREAT book to read as it gave details about death and dying. It was about a college professor who had ALS diease and one of his past students has reconnected with him and they meet every Tuesdays and talk about different views about life.

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Summary: death and life
Review: This book dose more than bring the reality of death right smack in front of your face. It teaches you that death and aging are not something to be scared of, but rather its just another one of lives lessons. I began to read this book because of a recommendation from a friend and it has changed my hole perspective on getting older. Its not about slowing down or loosing your youth, its about experiences and someone that is older my not be able to run jump and play anymore but they can tell you what its like to run jump and play. I also really began to understand why parents say the things the do. They were their once to, and they have gone throw everything that we have so your parents already know what to do. I look back on all the times when my parents told me to do one thing or the other, and then I didn't agree with their diocesans but now I see that they were looking out for my best interest. This is the same kind of wisdom that Morrie conveys with his students. My favorite quote from the book is "once you learn how to die you learn how to live" I will remember it for always. Morrie said this trying to get Mitch to realize that life is precious and he didn't wont Mitch to have to watt tell he death like Morrie to realize how precious life really is.

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Summary: Tuesdays With Morrie
Review: "Tuesdays With Morrie" is a heartwarming book about a professor named Morrie who is dying and a former student who comes to visit him every Tuesday. In this book the author, Mitch Albom, uses a lot of dialog and telling not showing. This would not usually be a very effective technique, but in this book I think it works to create this story. "When I'm dead." Don't say that. He laughed. "Mitch, I'm going to die. And sooner, not later." This exemplifies the technique he uses throughout the entire book. In most books this would not be a good technique because there is so much telling and very little showing. But in this book the technique worked because the author is simply repeating what Morrie says. The story takes place in pretty much the same setting, Morrie's home. Because of this the author doesn't really need to set the scene,instead, he chooses to use dialog between the two men. Another thing that Mitch Albom does well is that he creates complex, quirky characters. Mitch starts out in the book as a money hungry journalist. By the end of the book he seems to have changed into a person who is going to chase his dream and who comes to realize what is really important. Morrie is a character who does not care about outward appearances. He looks beneath the surface and sees people for what they really are. He stays the same throughout the book and passes his wisdom on to Mitch. If I could take some things from Mitch Albom's writing to use in my writing I would take the way he uses dialog to create setting and mood. I would also try to make my characters as complex as the ones he creates in "Tuesdays with Morrie."

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Summary: The Teaching Man
Review: Morrie was an amazing man. He was a friend, father, spouse, and a wonderful teacher. When Morrie first got ALS he realized he was dying. He was so strong and just dealt with the fact that he was dying. Morrie never complained just accepted. Even though he could no longer do some of the things he loved to do he went on with his life. This shows how mentally strong he was. When Mitch,Morrie's old student, came for the first time on a Tuesday, Morrie had never looked happier. After the first time Mitch came there was no turning back he started coming ever Tuesday. I believe everyone should have the experince of reading this book because it proved that death is not something to fear, but you do have to understand that it will come one day and you might not be as ready as Morrie was.

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Summary: truly life's greatest GIFT
Review: i first heard about the book in Oprah, and vow to purchase it as soon as i able to...that happens after 6 months. I had a friend bought it for me from the united states. And there be NO OTHER book more inspirational for me. It teaches you how to enjoy life's small pleasures and be thankful for what really matters most, to love and be loved. Read the book and i hope that it'll touch you the way it did many people. I learned so much in 5 hours about whats really life's greatest gift.

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Summary: Tuesday's with Morrie
Review: A warm and insightful commentery on the importance of love, loss, and friendship.

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Summary: Most Touching Story
Review: I read this book when it first came out & was very touched by the story and the strength shown by Morrie. If we could all have the capacity for life that Morrie has, we would be very lucky.

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Summary: Touched my heart
Review: This book was truly amazing. I usually do not read books of this sort but I wanted a change and this was recommended by a friend. The story made me laugh and cry; I never wanted to put it down. It really helped me put my life in perspective and remember what is truly important, which many people tend to forget. This book would be enjoyed by anyone who has every loved someone (which is everyone...I hope)

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Summary: What You Can Learn from a Dying Man
Review: Mr. Albom's small book recounting his visits with his old friend, as the latter fades away from disease, is invariably insightful and affirming of what you know already to be true, and frequently tear-inducing as well. What do you already know to be true that you are ignoring? That the important things are not money or busy-ness. The important things are love and appreciation of the world around us. It's just that Albom's (and Morrie's) prose is dull and artless. It doesn't soar, it doesn't sing. I wanted more from a book about a dying man's view of life. And I definitely wanted something new to hear. Well, this is a good book, and perhaps more people ought to read it, just as it is. If you're undecided about buying the book vs. the tape version, here's a tip: At the end of the tape, the producers have given us a generous sampling of excerpts from the tape recordings Albom made while with Morrie. It's great to hear the old man say it in his own voice.