Tuesdays With Morrie (pgs. 139-192) Week 5, Post A

VOCAB:
1. inherent (154): Occurring as a natural part or consequence.
2. innately (155): Possessed as an essential characteristic; inherent.

APPEALS :
1. Logical: pg. 161- when Ted Koppel from Nightline comes to Morrie’s house and asks him how bad Morrie’s ALS is getting. Morrie can only move his hand half-way up his stomach.
2. Emotional: pg. 163- At the end of the interview with Ted Koppel, Morrie starts looking up towards the ceiling and almost talking to God. Many people have seen this happen to people who are dying. Even though they were not the most spiritual person during their life, at the end they just want to be connected with him and the angels.
3. Logical: pg. 172- Morrie and Mitch talk about what the perfect day would be for Morrie. Morrie would do things like talk to his closest friends, go dancing, and go to sleep in a nice warm bed. It was simple, but that is the perfect day to Morrie.

QUOTE:
“None of us can undo what we’ve done, or relive a life already recorded. But if Professor Morrie Schwartz taught me anything at all, it was this: there is no such thing as ‘too late’ in life. He was changing until the day he said good-bye” (190). The significance of this quote is that you cannot relive your life, or change anything you’ve done in the past. What’s left is the future, and enjoying life then.

THEME:
The theme of this book at its end is that once someone dies, it’s only their body that leaves the earth. Their spirit will always be here with us, it will never die.