Topic > Tuesday with Morrie by Mitch Albon - 624

What is the theme of the book? Maybe it was a teacher or a family member. Someone older, wiser, who understood you when you were young and searching, and gave you his trust to help you achieve your dreams. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor. The book Tuesdays with Morrie “is a book about an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lessons” written by Mitch Albon. The story is about Mitch's favorite professor from Brandes University, Morrie. Morrie now suffers from ALS, a very cruel disease that disables the body, slowly. Morrie had taught sociology and continues to teach Mitch “the meaning of life” and how to accept death and aging. The book Tuesdays with Morrie hosts many interesting themes and in my opinion the most important ones are "Love or perish", "acceptance through detachment" and "rejection of folk mores in favor of self-created values". He taught me many lessons, but the most important one was “Love or perish”. In his fourteen Tuesday lessons with Mitch, Morrie taught him this...