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Tuesdays with Morrie, a film I entered with high expectations. After viewing a star rating of 4.5 is my final verdict for this very emotional and powerful film. Tuesdays with Morrie is a Biography, in the film Mitch a sports journalist struggling with his life meets back up with his old college professor who has only a short time left on this earth. Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying of ALS - or motor neuron disease - Mitch visited Morrie in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final 'class': lessons in how to live.
Morrie guides Mitch in his teaching that are laid out in the form of his stories, Exploring the questions of Who am I and why am I here. Morrie is Mitch's favorite professor from his University, although Morrie now suffers from ALS, a disease that ravages his body, but allows him to be awake and alive while crippling him form the inside. He starts to teach it to Mitch, instructing him on 'The Meaning of Life,'. After a childhood in which affection was missing, he thrives on physical contact. He has a passion for dancing and music, He does not suffocate his emotions, but shares them openly, and rejects the popular cultural norms in favour of creating his own system of beliefs. Mitch portrays him as a man of ultimate wisdom. Mitch Morrie's former student. After having abandoned his dreams of becoming a famous musician, he is driven by his desire for financial success and wealth. He has been working himself nearly to death, and suddenly finds himself out of a job when the staff at the newspaper he writes for decides to strike. Each Tuesday, he learns from Morrie, his that he needs to reassess his life, and to value love over money, and happiness over success.
Some themes shown in Tuesdays with Morrie include Choices, Friendships and happiness. Choices refer to how Morrie’s whole premise in his teachings is that life is a choice and that choice is yours to make. The choices made in the world dictate whether it currently is a good or bad place. The next is Friendship, as it would be it is rather obvious that the overall theme of the film is friendship. Although, the deeper meaning behind friendship is that this friendship is one of true connection and power. It also highlights the self-actualization needed to be a truly good friend. Finally Happiness, Tuesdays with Morrie focuses on what makes people happy and how happiness can be spread through many things and each other.
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