SUMMARY: This section was about getting to know who Morrie was. In the beginning he was a teacher who loved to dance and didn’t care about what others thought of him. Day by day Morrie became worse. He couldn’t walk without stumbling; his breathing became labored, and eventually became diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. VOCABULARY: “I thought you were a narcissist.”(21) --- Excessive self love “How did I get it?” Morrie asked…“Is it terminal?” (7) --- Forming the end of something CONNECTION: I think that this book is going to be depressing. It must be awful to know that you basically have an expiration date on you and you are going to die without being able to move. It is like you are trapped inside a shell without being able to walk again. Also, people are going to have to take care of you such as feeding, cleaning, going to the bathroom, etc. QUOTE THAT EXPLAINS THIS: (Morrie is being interviewed on a TV show and says to the audience…) “Well ted, one day soon, someone’s gonna have to wipe my ass.” (22)
SUMMARY These first 50 pages were for us to get to know Morrie as a person. We find out that he is a very caring person, that needs very little to be happy. He's a very smart man that works at a university and is dieing from ALS. But he is going about his death in a totally new way, that is amazing everyone. He doesn’t want to wither up and die with out dignity. So he is making his death his, “Final Lecture.” He wants people to understand that dieing is not always a bad thing. That you can make such a tragedy into a beautiful process. VOCAB: “To compensate for my youth on campus...”(30)-to counterbalance. “...he had more then fifty of these, 'aphorisms'...”(18)-a saying embodying a general truth CONNECTION: The disease that Morrie had will make him die a very uncomfortable and unpleasant death, and he knows this. But, he is looking at his death in a whole different light then the rest of the world. He is talking about his death to people, and trying to make people more comfortable with the thought of death. He makes them think about what they truly believe in and ask them questions that are very hard to answer. I believe that Morrie will reach more people in his “Final Lecture,” then in all the years he was at the university. QUOTE: “'shall I tell you what its like?' Whats it's like? To die? 'Yes' he said. Although I was unaware of it, our last call had just begun.”(30)
Summary: This section mainly explains the two characters, Mitch and Morrie, and their relationship with each other. Morrie was Mitch’s teacher and they were very close. Morrie was a great teacher who was always dancing and full of life, until he developed ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, and he even started to struggle to walk. Morrie then realizes that he is not going to live much longer, so his is teaching his final lecture, which is full of death stories, and many different life lessons. Everyone is amazed by this, even the media. Meanwhile, Mitch is trying to figure out his life, when he hears Morrie’s name on the television. Mitch goes to see Morrie, and the two then talk for awhile. Vocabulary: “Study me in my slow and patient demise” (10). ---the time when something ends or dies “...and interrupted the clamor with his high sing-song voice” (19). ---making loud noises Connection: I can connect to this story, because my great-aunt has ALS, just like Morrie does. I can relate to this, because I have seen what it is like for a person to go through with this disease. Also, I have had conversations with my great-aunt throughout this whole process, just like Mitch does with Morrie in the story. Quotes: “ALS is like a lit candle: it melts your nerves and leaves your body a pile of wax” (9). ---This quote talks about how ALS works on your body. You still feel alive in the inside, but your outside just will not work right. “...if you really want it, then you’ll make your dream happen” (47). ---This quote is talking about how you should always follow your dreams. If you really want something badly, and you work hard to do it, then you will always be able to achieve whatever it is that you want. Discussion Questions: Why are people so much more interested in Morrie now that he is dying, than when he was more alive? Do you think that Mitch’s life would have been different if he had not gone to see Morrie? Clarification Question: Why did Mitch forgot about all of his friends, and wait so long to go see Morrie? Other: For a picture of Mitch and Morrie together, go to: http://florida.broadwayworld.com/columnpic/ndMORRIE.bmp
Summary: /in this first section, we saw who Morrie was and who he is now. He was a kind man careless of what the world thought. He now has ALS disease. Something as simple as chewing food has become a chore for him. Vocab: "The rest of us-my aunt, his two young sons, me-stood there,silently, cleaning the plates, averting our eyes"-to turn away "I thought you were a narcissist"-excessively loving oneself Connection: In the beginning, I thought this book was going to be somewhat of a happy book but once Morrie developed ALS, it started going down hill. Simple tasks are chores for him. I only see this book becoming more sad as we move on into part two. Morrie is going to eventually die, but he does not seem to be too depressed about it. Quote to prove this: "Dying is only one thing to be sad over, Mitch. Living unhappily is something else" (35).
Answer to Eric K… “You don’t know what you got until it’s gone.” Morrie’s story is the ideal example of this, except he’s not gone yet. People are realizing that Morrie is a spectacular man, before he is even dead. I know that sounds harsh, but more people don’t appreciate what they have until it’s gone. And I totally think Mitch’s life would have been different if he hadn’t met with Morrie. The experience Mitch had with Morrie made him wiser and made him more excepting.
In response to Chandler's question, no, I probably would not have been strong enough to deal with that problem the way Morrie did. I might have made it productive like he did, but i would have been somewhat weaker willed with it, more hopeless and negative.
I think people show more interest in people or things if they know that it won't be around for very long. I think Mitch's life would be very different if he had not spent so much time with Morrie. Tim O.
If you had ALS and knew your time to die was coming, would you be as calm as Morrie is? It seems like Morrie isn't too worried about it, even though every day tasks are becoming every day challenges for him.
In response to Chandlar’s question, I do think that Morrie was very brave while going through this process. I personally think that this is one of those things where you have to be able to be brave, in order to make it through with this disease. In response to Mike’s question, I do think that I would also have to be very calm in this situation. You know when your time is coming, and you just have to accept that, and hope that it will be the right time to go for you. Also, during this time, I would be doing whatever I wanted to do, before I had to die.
this section is about Morrie and Mitch. Morrie is the teacher and Mitch is the student. They became more then just a student and a teacher, they became good friends and always talked about life, the good and bad. It's about life lessons from a wise man, passed to a young man.
vocab cluck-to utter the cry of a hen calling her chicks. aphorisms- a terse saying embodying a general truth. I can connect with this because my grandfather, in a way, is like morrie. We talk about life and the difficulties it brings us. How to focus on the good things and have a possitive outlook at life and how to enjoy every day and live in the moment.
The first section in the book was about Morrie, a man who loved to do activities. Such as dancing and swimming he was Mitchs sociology teacher. He teaches Mitch about life lessons, but Morrie then contracted a disease called ALS which slowly attacks the body every so often another part of the body is useless, but Mitch is clueless of this. Vocab- Lieu- Instead of in place of lieu ALS-Aka Lou Gehrig disease was named after a baseball player; it attacks the neuromuscular part of the body leaving it paralyzed and useless shutting the body part down basically. Quotes- “The truth is, Mitch” “he said,” Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.”(35) “So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They are half asleep, even if there doing things that seem import.”(43) Connection- I don’t think I ever want to be in Morries condition, I don’t think I would have had the courage to do what Morrie is doing. Hopes He is felling pain everyday but still has high hopes in life even though he’s dying soon. Discussion questions Is Morrie really ready to die ready to let go of everything he’s accomplished? Will Mitch learn from the lessons Morrie is teaching him? Clarification question- Why is Morrie so knowledgeable about life and its secrets? Pictures http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.robertaonthearts.com/morrieDSCF6794.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.robertaonthearts.com/id598.html&usg=__XYB1D9WG9Ab6pRLIH_NnbbWbquw=&h=440&w=308&sz=29&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=IAHfctbDV3B_wM:&tbnh=122&tbnw=103&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtuesdays%2Bwith%2Bmorrie%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1004%26bih%3D391%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=269&vpy=12&dur=31&hovh=268&hovw=188&tx=96&ty=286&ei=XUXZTPb0GcTflgf2jdWaCQ&oei=MEXZTOQtgrzyBozhqZsJ&esq=3&page=1&ndsp=13&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0 Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdlJ_kqmhkQ
In the first section of Tuesdays With Morrie, the reader, along with the main character Mitch, who is also the narrator, that Morrie has contracted a deadly disease: ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease. However, unlike most people confronted with this news, he decides not to just feel sorry for himself, but, as a teacher, make his death his final project. Vocab ALS - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's Disease, a terminal illness of the neurological system. Tension of opposites - A series of pulls back and forth. Quote "You know, Mitch, now that I'm dying, I've become much more interesting to people." I think this shows that people really show more interest in things or people if they know that it/they can be lost. Otherwise, we usually take things for granted. Discussion Questions -Do you think that Morrie is more afraid than he is suggesting? -What do you think will change in Mitches life once Morrie dies? Clarification Question Why does Morrie care so much about life if he's dying?
In the second section of Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch, continues visiting his old teacher every Tuesday, where Morrie gives his life lessons about how the world could be a better place. Vocab Insidious - Stealthily treacherous or deceitful Nostalgia - a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends Quote "Everyone knows they're going to die...But no one believes it." People act and live like they're never going to die because they don't want to believe that it's going to happen. Discussion Questions -Do you think Mitch would feel the same way about living and dying if he were put in Morrie's situation? -Why do you think Morrie feels lucky?
In the second section of Tuesday's with Morrie, Mitch continued to visit Morrie on a weekly basis. Their conversations became more in depth and Mitch was really beginning to open up to Morrie. Mitch wrote down many topics that he was naïve about and Morrie began to open Mitch’s eyes about them. Mitch has grown very much in this book already and what he is getting out of these visits will change his life. VOCAB: -Nostalgia: A bittersweet longing for things QUOTE: -"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in." (52) This quote really moved me. I am not one to show my feelings and it sometimes doesn’t work the best for me sometimes. The quote relates to Mitch as well. He doesn't get very emotional and I believe he will really listen to this guidance because it is coming from the man that he looks up too. DISSCUSION QUESTION: -Mitch is obviously getting very close to Morrie all over again and he knows he is going to die; is the knowledge that Mitch is getting from Morrie worth the pain that Mitch will feel when Morrie is gone? -Mitch's job is going down hill so Morrie is really the only thing that he has to look forward to; if Mitch's job was going good, do you still think he would be spending so much time with Morrie?
In the third section of Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch continues to visit Morrie, and Morrie's doing worse. He can barely move, needs help with more basic actions, and needed more physical therapy. Vocab Oblivion - official disregard or overlooking of offenses; pardon; amnesty Envious - full of, feeling, or expressing envy Quote "How can I be envious of where you are-when I've been there myself?" This quote reminds you that sometimes people older than you can relate to you and can't be too jealous because they were already there. Discussion Questions -Do you think Morrie will feel sorry for himself as he's dying? -Will he want to be surrounded by his loved ones when he dies?
Answer to Tim O: I believe he feels so lucky because he is the ideal optimistic. No matter what comes Morrie's way, he will except it with a smile and open arms. He is at the brink of death and he is still looking on the bright side. That's a special man.
No, I don't think Mitch would react the same way to dieing. I think he would be a very bitter old man and blame it on other people. I feel like Mitch is a very nice man, but nothing has gone really wrong in his life, and when something does I don't think he will be able to handle it.
SECTION 3 RESPONSE: Mitch continues to visit Morrie in Tuesday's with Morrie. Morrie is getting significantly worse every time Mitch sees him. He is now totally dependent on other people, which I think is killing him faster then the ALS. VOCAB: Fatigued: exhausted: drained of energy or effectiveness Lamenting: vocally expressing grief or sorrow QUOTE: "Well, I feel sorry for your generation...the poor kids today, either they're too selfish to take part in real loving relationships, or they rush into marriage..."(148) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: -What do you think is really killing Morrie; the ALS or the fact that all he can control is his thoughts?
SUMMARY: This section was about getting to know who Morrie was. In the beginning he was a teacher who loved to dance and didn’t care about what others thought of him. Day by day Morrie became worse. He couldn’t walk without stumbling; his breathing became labored, and eventually became diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
ReplyDeleteVOCABULARY: “I thought you were a narcissist.”(21) --- Excessive self love
“How did I get it?” Morrie asked…“Is it terminal?” (7) --- Forming the end of something
CONNECTION: I think that this book is going to be depressing. It must be awful to know that you basically have an expiration date on you and you are going to die without being able to move. It is like you are trapped inside a shell without being able to walk again. Also, people are going to have to take care of you such as feeding, cleaning, going to the bathroom, etc.
QUOTE THAT EXPLAINS THIS: (Morrie is being interviewed on a TV show and says to the audience…) “Well ted, one day soon, someone’s gonna have to wipe my ass.” (22)
SUMMARY These first 50 pages were for us to get to know Morrie as a person. We find out that he is a very caring person, that needs very little to be happy. He's a very smart man that works at a university and is dieing from ALS. But he is going about his death in a totally new way, that is amazing everyone. He doesn’t want to wither up and die with out dignity. So he is making his death his, “Final Lecture.” He wants people to understand that dieing is not always a bad thing. That you can make such a tragedy into a beautiful process.
ReplyDeleteVOCAB: “To compensate for my youth on campus...”(30)-to counterbalance.
“...he had more then fifty of these, 'aphorisms'...”(18)-a saying embodying a general truth
CONNECTION: The disease that Morrie had will make him die a very uncomfortable and unpleasant death, and he knows this. But, he is looking at his death in a whole different light then the rest of the world. He is talking about his death to people, and trying to make people more comfortable with the thought of death. He makes them think about what they truly believe in and ask them questions that are very hard to answer. I believe that Morrie will reach more people in his “Final Lecture,” then in all the years he was at the university.
QUOTE: “'shall I tell you what its like?' Whats it's like? To die? 'Yes' he said. Although I was unaware of it, our last call had just begun.”(30)
Chandlar F. Period 2
...DISCUSSION QUESTION: If you were in the same situation as Morrie do you think you would be brave enough to act the way he did?
ReplyDeleteChandlar F.
Summary:
ReplyDeleteThis section mainly explains the two characters, Mitch and Morrie, and their relationship with each other. Morrie was Mitch’s teacher and they were very close. Morrie was a great teacher who was always dancing and full of life, until he developed ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, and he even started to struggle to walk. Morrie then realizes that he is not going to live much longer, so his is teaching his final lecture, which is full of death stories, and many different life lessons. Everyone is amazed by this, even the media. Meanwhile, Mitch is trying to figure out his life, when he hears Morrie’s name on the television. Mitch goes to see Morrie, and the two then talk for awhile.
Vocabulary:
“Study me in my slow and patient demise” (10). ---the time when something ends or dies
“...and interrupted the clamor with his high sing-song voice” (19). ---making loud noises
Connection:
I can connect to this story, because my great-aunt has ALS, just like Morrie does. I can relate to this, because I have seen what it is like for a person to go through with this disease. Also, I have had conversations with my great-aunt throughout this whole process, just like Mitch does with Morrie in the story.
Quotes:
“ALS is like a lit candle: it melts your nerves and leaves your body a pile of wax” (9). ---This quote talks about how ALS works on your body. You still feel alive in the inside, but your outside just will not work right.
“...if you really want it, then you’ll make your dream happen” (47). ---This quote is talking about how you should always follow your dreams. If you really want something badly, and you work hard to do it, then you will always be able to achieve whatever it is that you want.
Discussion Questions:
Why are people so much more interested in Morrie now that he is dying, than when he was more alive?
Do you think that Mitch’s life would have been different if he had not gone to see Morrie?
Clarification Question:
Why did Mitch forgot about all of his friends, and wait so long to go see Morrie?
Other:
For a picture of Mitch and Morrie together, go to: http://florida.broadwayworld.com/columnpic/ndMORRIE.bmp
Summary:
ReplyDelete/in this first section, we saw who Morrie was and who he is now. He was a kind man careless of what the world thought. He now has ALS disease. Something as simple as chewing food has become a chore for him.
Vocab:
"The rest of us-my aunt, his two young sons, me-stood there,silently, cleaning the plates, averting our eyes"-to turn away
"I thought you were a narcissist"-excessively loving oneself
Connection:
In the beginning, I thought this book was going to be somewhat of a happy book but once Morrie developed ALS, it started going down hill. Simple tasks are chores for him. I only see this book becoming more sad as we move on into part two. Morrie is going to eventually die, but he does not seem to be too depressed about it.
Quote to prove this:
"Dying is only one thing to be sad over, Mitch. Living unhappily is something else" (35).
Mike Gagliardi
Answer to Eric K…
ReplyDelete“You don’t know what you got until it’s gone.” Morrie’s story is the ideal example of this, except he’s not gone yet. People are realizing that Morrie is a spectacular man, before he is even dead. I know that sounds harsh, but more people don’t appreciate what they have until it’s gone. And I totally think Mitch’s life would have been different if he hadn’t met with Morrie. The experience Mitch had with Morrie made him wiser and made him more excepting.
In response to Chandler's question, no, I probably would not have been strong enough to deal with that problem the way Morrie did. I might have made it productive like he did, but i would have been somewhat weaker willed with it, more hopeless and negative.
ReplyDeleteTim O.
Answer to Eric K
ReplyDeleteI think people show more interest in people or things if they know that it won't be around for very long. I think Mitch's life would be very different if he had not spent so much time with Morrie.
Tim O.
Discussion Question:
ReplyDeleteIf you had ALS and knew your time to die was coming, would you be as calm as Morrie is? It seems like Morrie isn't too worried about it, even though every day tasks are becoming every day challenges for him.
Mike G
In response to Chandlar’s question, I do think that Morrie was very brave while going through this process. I personally think that this is one of those things where you have to be able to be brave, in order to make it through with this disease.
ReplyDeleteIn response to Mike’s question, I do think that I would also have to be very calm in this situation. You know when your time is coming, and you just have to accept that, and hope that it will be the right time to go for you. Also, during this time, I would be doing whatever I wanted to do, before I had to die.
this section is about Morrie and Mitch. Morrie is the teacher and Mitch is the student. They became more then just a student and a teacher, they became good friends and always talked about life, the good and bad. It's about life lessons from a wise man, passed to a young man.
ReplyDeletevocab
cluck-to utter the cry of a hen calling her chicks.
aphorisms- a terse saying embodying a general truth.
I can connect with this because my grandfather, in a way, is like morrie. We talk about life and the difficulties it brings us. How to focus on the good things and have a possitive outlook at life and how to enjoy every day and live in the moment.
The first section in the book was about Morrie, a man who loved to do activities. Such as dancing and swimming he was Mitchs sociology teacher. He teaches Mitch about life lessons, but Morrie then contracted a disease called ALS which slowly attacks the body every so often another part of the body is useless, but Mitch is clueless of this.
ReplyDeleteVocab-
Lieu-
Instead of in place of lieu
ALS-Aka Lou Gehrig disease was named after a baseball player; it attacks the neuromuscular part of the body leaving it paralyzed and useless shutting the body part down basically.
Quotes- “The truth is, Mitch” “he said,” Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.”(35)
“So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They are half asleep, even if there doing things that seem import.”(43)
Connection- I don’t think I ever want to be in Morries condition, I don’t think I would have had the courage to do what Morrie is doing. Hopes He is felling pain everyday but still has high hopes in life even though he’s dying soon.
Discussion questions
Is Morrie really ready to die ready to let go of everything he’s accomplished?
Will Mitch learn from the lessons Morrie is teaching him?
Clarification question-
Why is Morrie so knowledgeable about life and its secrets?
Pictures http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.robertaonthearts.com/morrieDSCF6794.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.robertaonthearts.com/id598.html&usg=__XYB1D9WG9Ab6pRLIH_NnbbWbquw=&h=440&w=308&sz=29&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=IAHfctbDV3B_wM:&tbnh=122&tbnw=103&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtuesdays%2Bwith%2Bmorrie%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1004%26bih%3D391%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=269&vpy=12&dur=31&hovh=268&hovw=188&tx=96&ty=286&ei=XUXZTPb0GcTflgf2jdWaCQ&oei=MEXZTOQtgrzyBozhqZsJ&esq=3&page=1&ndsp=13&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0
Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdlJ_kqmhkQ
In the first section of Tuesdays With Morrie, the reader, along with the main character Mitch, who is also the narrator, that Morrie has contracted a deadly disease: ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease. However, unlike most people confronted with this news, he decides not to just feel sorry for himself, but, as a teacher, make his death his final project.
ReplyDeleteVocab
ALS - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's Disease, a terminal illness of the neurological system.
Tension of opposites - A series of pulls back and forth.
Quote
"You know, Mitch, now that I'm dying, I've become much more interesting to people." I think this shows that people really show more interest in things or people if they know that it/they can be lost. Otherwise, we usually take things for granted.
Discussion Questions
-Do you think that Morrie is more afraid than he is suggesting?
-What do you think will change in Mitches life once Morrie dies?
Clarification Question
Why does Morrie care so much about life if he's dying?
Tim O.
In the second section of Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch, continues visiting his old teacher every Tuesday, where Morrie gives his life lessons about how the world could be a better place.
ReplyDeleteVocab
Insidious - Stealthily treacherous or deceitful
Nostalgia - a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends
Quote
"Everyone knows they're going to die...But no one believes it." People act and live like they're never going to die because they don't want to believe that it's going to happen.
Discussion Questions
-Do you think Mitch would feel the same way about living and dying if he were put in Morrie's situation?
-Why do you think Morrie feels lucky?
Tim O.
In the second section of Tuesday's with Morrie, Mitch continued to visit Morrie on a weekly basis. Their conversations became more in depth and Mitch was really beginning to open up to Morrie. Mitch wrote down many topics that he was naïve about and Morrie began to open Mitch’s eyes about them. Mitch has grown very much in this book already and what he is getting out of these visits will change his life.
ReplyDeleteVOCAB:
-Nostalgia: A bittersweet longing for things
QUOTE:
-"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in." (52) This quote really moved me. I am not one to show my feelings and it sometimes doesn’t work the best for me sometimes. The quote relates to Mitch as well. He doesn't get very emotional and I believe he will really listen to this guidance because it is coming from the man that he looks up too.
DISSCUSION QUESTION:
-Mitch is obviously getting very close to Morrie all over again and he knows he is going to die; is the knowledge that Mitch is getting from Morrie worth the pain that Mitch will feel when Morrie is gone?
-Mitch's job is going down hill so Morrie is really the only thing that he has to look forward to; if Mitch's job was going good, do you still think he would be spending so much time with Morrie?
In the third section of Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch continues to visit Morrie, and Morrie's doing worse. He can barely move, needs help with more basic actions, and needed more physical therapy.
ReplyDeleteVocab
Oblivion - official disregard or overlooking of offenses; pardon; amnesty
Envious - full of, feeling, or expressing envy
Quote
"How can I be envious of where you are-when I've been there myself?" This quote reminds you that sometimes people older than you can relate to you and can't be too jealous because they were already there.
Discussion Questions
-Do you think Morrie will feel sorry for himself as he's dying?
-Will he want to be surrounded by his loved ones when he dies?
Tim O.
Answer to Tim O:
ReplyDeleteI believe he feels so lucky because he is the ideal optimistic. No matter what comes Morrie's way, he will except it with a smile and open arms. He is at the brink of death and he is still looking on the bright side. That's a special man.
No, I don't think Mitch would react the same way to dieing. I think he would be a very bitter old man and blame it on other people. I feel like Mitch is a very nice man, but nothing has gone really wrong in his life, and when something does I don't think he will be able to handle it.
SECTION 3 RESPONSE:
ReplyDeleteMitch continues to visit Morrie in Tuesday's with Morrie. Morrie is getting significantly worse every time Mitch sees him. He is now totally dependent on other people, which I think is killing him faster then the ALS.
VOCAB:
Fatigued: exhausted: drained of energy or effectiveness
Lamenting: vocally expressing grief or sorrow
QUOTE: "Well, I feel sorry for your generation...the poor kids today, either they're too selfish to take part in real loving relationships, or they rush into marriage..."(148)
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
-What do you think is really killing Morrie; the ALS or the fact that all he can control is his thoughts?