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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Tuesdays With Morrie (pgs 99-138), Week 4, Post A

VOCAB:
1. Detachment (pg. 119) The state of being separate or detached. The state of being separate or detached. Indifference to or remoteness from the concerns of others.
2. Inconsequential (pg. 127) of little or no importance, insignificant, trivial.

APPEALS:
1. (Emotional) -When Morrie is talking about how nothing that’s a material thing is important. I think this philosophy of life has impacted many people in their lives, changed them too.
2. (Emotional) - Mitch describes how he loves to see Morrie’s face light up when Mitch walks in every Tuesday. This happens to many people when they have a loved one sick.
3. (Logical) - Morrie tells the story about how his dad died when he was a lot younger. It’s an anecdote, and anecdotes are always a type of logical appeal.

QUOTE:
“This is our last thesis together…we want to get it right” (133). Morrie says this because it was the entire reason for Mitch Albom writing the book.

THEME:
The emerging theme of this book in the section I have just read is all about the importance of family, and being married and having a partner in life, your spouse or a really good friend.

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Emma's Favorite Things

  • Book-Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte!
  • Candy-M&Ms! They're like my name!
  • Color-Purple!
  • Food-french crepes! yummy!
  • Ice Cream Flavor-CHOCOLATE, all the way!
  • Movie-That Thing You Do (no one has ever heard of it, but it's a good movie with Tom Hanks and Liv Tyler)!
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  • Sport-Golf!