Aphorisms In Mitch Albom's Tuesdays With Morrie

Tuesdays with Morrie is the story of a young man named Mitch and his old college professor, Morrie, reconnecting after sixteen years apart. Mitch and Morrie became very close in college, but after graduation they lost contact with one another. Later on when Morrie is diagnosed with ALS, he began writing aphorisms which his friend wrote a story about. This aphorisms got the attention of Ted Koppel, the host of ABC’s “Nightline,” and they decided to do a TV special on Morrie. When the episode aired, Mitch came across it as he was flipping through the channels, and he froze when he hear the words “Who is Morrie Schwartz?” from the tv set (Albom 23). Mitch contacted Morrie, and from then on he went to visit him every Tuesday. Tuesdays with