He has a death sentence of months left to live, but he chooses not to be ashamed of dying and decides to make the most out of what time he has left. The disease will take away his ability to dance, and eventually it’ll kill him. The antagonist in the book will be Morrie’s disease. As a gift, he gives Morrie a briefcase monogrammed with his initials.

He remembers meeting Morrie at his college graduation in 1979, and he introduces him to his parents. Then the book flashes back to Mitch’s point of view. At the end of their time together there will be a funeral instead of graduation because Morrie’s final lesson to Mitch is that we all must die someday and it’s important to know what our purpose was while we were alive. They meet on Tuesdays for lessons in love, work, community, family, aging and death. Morrie has terminal ALS and uses the last months of his life to teach Mitch about life. Summary of The Curriculum: Mitch Albom is a college student who reconnects with his old professor, Morrie Schwartz. The book discusses topics such as death, love, culture, marriage and regret among others while making you think about your own life and ponder aging, forgiveness family compassion and mentors in life just as Mitch does during the course of the book. They meet for fourteen Tuesdays at Morrie’s house to discuss life lessons before Morrie dies from ALS. Mitch promised sixteen years ago that he would keep in touch with Morrie but failed to do so until now. Morrie has ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a disease that causes degeneration of the motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Mitch Albom decides to visit his professor, Morrie Schwartz, after seeing an interview with him on television. 1-Page Summary of Tuesdays With Morrie Overview

Tuesdays with morrie by mitch albom