Death In Mitch Albom's Tuesdays With Morrie

Death is a serious thing, it causes depression and sorrow, But does it really end everything between two people? In Tuesdays With Morrie, Morrie explains that he wants to hear everything that people have to say about him. He wants to show people that he is happy and that he is ready for death and he is not worried about it. During the book the writer, Mitch Albom, talks about his experiences with his old professor, Morrie Schwartz, from college. He meets back up with him in his home but he finds out that he has been diagnosed with ALS. He spends almost all of his tuesday afternoons with Morrie because he is having his “last class.” The two men talk about life, Death, Forgiveness, and Love. All of these things happened to Mitch during the time that he was having this class in his old professors living room. The two would talk and record their conversations so that Mitch could go back and here his voice when Morrie had passed. This was Mitch’s biggest fear, dying. It had a lot to do with the fact that he was watching Morrie die. He was watching
When Morrie explains to mitch that “Death ends a life, not a relationship” he is saying that he will always be there to listen even when he is gone. (pg 174) Once a person is physically gone it doesn't mean that the person is mentally gone. Morrie said that Mitch won't forget him because he has all the memories with each other and the recording as well. Once you have realized that you are going to die, How do you prepare for it? Morrie asks Mitch “How can you ever be prepared to die” (81)?Ask yourself, what are you doing and have I done what I was needed to do in life. Even though someone has passed or is about to pass you don't need to look at the sad things, think about all the good times that you and that person had together. Many times people get depressed because they can’t see the good things that happened in a time that they need