Mitch’s long time professor Morrie also has ALS. Despite having this unfortunate disease‚ Morrie is still optimistic and teaching lessons to Mitch. In the Memoir Tuesday with Morrie Morrie teaches people through loving and trusting family‚ accept aging and realizing love goes on even after a person is gone. Firstly Morrie teaches that sticking and trusting family is important in life. Morries childhood was not easy nor happy. Morrie´s mother died when he was very young. Morrie knew that family love
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giant boulder up a hill for eternity‚ only for it to return to the bottom before he can finish his task. Similarly‚ Tom‚ Daisy‚ Gatsby‚ Nick from The Great Gatsby‚ and even the 1920’s society itself move both forwards and backwards simultaneously as they navigate the waters of life. F. Scott Fitzgerald addresses this aphorism throughout the novel‚ and the final lines summarize it very thoroughly: “So we beat on‚ boats against the current‚ borne back ceaselessly into the past” (Fitzgerald‚ 189). As described
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Benjamin Franklin once said “If your head is wax‚ don’t walk in the sun”. Franklin had created an aphorism. Webster’s dictionary defines an aphorism as “a short phrase that expresses a true or wise idea” (Aphorism). Franklin modified most of his aphorisms to correspond with traditional or folk sayings‚ known as proverbs. This aphorism is parallel to a Russian proverb that instructs‚ “One who sits between two chairs may easily fall down”. What do these proverbs mean? How are they similar? Why do
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TKM Aphorism Project “I wanted you to see what real courage is‚ instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win‚ but sometimes you do.” (Lee 149). True bravery is when you’re aware that the odds are against you‚ however‚ you have the ability to persevere through it. Even though you don’t want to complete the task ahead of you‚ an inner force brings
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is like not having a purpose which leads you nowhere. People should adopt this aphorism into their life because it gives you the motivation that you may be lacking at the moment‚ also because throughout a bad situation it could be the only light you have. It can be the base of your support that
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Morrie Schwartz was a smart professor who was struck with ALS. He believed in many things and his aphorisms are what kept him on his feet. He taught Mitch about love‚ death‚ and life and how to live it to the fullest. He also taught him how to appreciate life and everything that comes with it. In the novel Tuesdays with Morrie‚ morrie’s aphorisms are his everyday life lessons. "When you’re in bed your dead" (Albom 131). Instead of sitting around your whole entire life‚ do something. Morrie didn’t
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learn from”. • I’m on the last great journey here on we all got to take”. • “When you know how to die‚ you’ll know how to live”. • “All I have is a voice to undo the folded lie” • “We must love one another or die”. 2. The main theme from Tuesdays with Morrie is life and death. 3. What I consider to be successful in life is having a loving and healthy household‚ and financially stabled. Three ways I can live more successfully is making peace with everyone that you meet‚ do not hold a grudge and forgive
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The aphorism from Confucian Analects that is relevant in China’s history states‚ “17:2 The Master said: By nature men are pretty much alike; it is learning and practice that set them apart.”. This is significant to intellectual history in China because that emphasizes the need to excel among the rest. The aphorism conveys the fact that those who possess intelligence‚ stand out among those around him. Confucius is stating that every men is born with the same amount of innate potential. However‚ the
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drawn out by Morrie. But prior to his reunion with his professor‚ Mitch seems driven only by the prospect of financial success and professional power‚ which is obvious when he chooses to remain on the phone with his producer‚ as Morrie sits waving at him from his lawn. Mitch is ridden with guilt for making this choice to ignore a beloved friend for a business prospect‚ and it is this glimmer of remorse that marks the traces of goodness that lies within Mitch. His reunion with Morrie helps him to
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Tuesdays with Morrie: Eulogy By: Rajat Pandey Good evening friends and family my name is Mitch Albom. Today‚ we have all gathered to remember our dear friend and mentor Morrie Schwartz. We all knew this day was going to come and so did Morrie. However we still cant believe that our dear friend Morrie has left us. What a sad day. Morrie Schwartz was a remarkable person‚ a wonderful husband‚ a loving father and professor. His loving personality has touched and changed the lives of many people around
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