The Theme and Message of “Tuesday’s with Morrie”

This passage in the memoir Tuesdays with Morrie displays Morries thoughts on a subject he is passionate on. The subject that later develops into a theme is that everyone should believe in their own values rather than popular morals. Morrie has a dislike for social networking due to it being an absence of reassurance. Morrie states And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. Create Your own. Most people can't do it.'(Albom 42). This is shown through Morrie because before he was sick , he had his own values such as dancing, and reading. Morrie also feels that if we live off of our own values we can live better lives.Another important belief that Morrie posses is the importance of giving and receiving appreciation. The theme and or message this passage is giving is that it's better to be arranged to die because it helps you to take full advantage of every moment. In the memoir it states that way you can actually be more involved in your life while you're living'(Albom 81). If we are prepared to die, we live our lives with no regret. Knowing that at a certain point in your life you are going to die, helps us to seize every moment we can.

This is supported by the passage by showing what Buddhist do everyday. They ask themselves Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?'(Albom 82). This shows it is important to live every day like it is your last because you don't know when death is approaching. This is learned through Morrie and seeing what happened to him can happen to anyone.Morrie believes that certain people believe love makes them too affectionate. Love is the only rational act"(Albom 52) is what Morrie recites in saying. Following in the memoir we see that Morrie believes this because of the absence of affection that was in his life as he grew up. His mother passed away when he was very young and his father usually busy with work not being able to appreciate him more. Eva showed Morrie the necessity in love when she appeared in the memoir. Due to this Morrie realized how important giving and receiving love truly is and emphasized as a theme throughout the novel.

The theme and or message this passage is giving is that it's better to be arranged to die because it helps you to take full advantage of every moment. In the memoir it states that way you can actually be more involved in your life while you're living'(Albom 81). If we are prepared to die , we live our lives with no regret. Knowing that at a certain point in your life you are going to die, helps us to seize every moment we can. This is supported by the passage by showing what Buddhist do everyday. They ask themselves Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?'(Albom 82). This shows it is important to live every day like it is your last because you don't know when death is approaching. This is learned through Morrie and seeing what happened to him can happen to anyone.

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