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| What was held in lieu of graduation? |
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| What do the italics note? |
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| Flashbacks are in present tense |
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| What is different about the narrative during a flashback? |
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| What first slows Morrie down? |
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| A lit candle and the wax is slowly melting away. |
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| What image does Albom provide to describe ALS? |
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| He is going to use his dying to teach others about death. |
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| What decision does Morrie make? |
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| How does Morrie choose to celebrate his life? |
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| Did Mitch keep his promise to keep in touch? |
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| To be a magician/ piano player. |
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| Mitch got a well paying job and that became his priority. |
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| What happened in the first few years after graduation? |
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| his uncle died of pancreatic cancer. |
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| What big event changed Mitch’s life when he was a young man? |
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| He gets his masters degree and becomes a sports writer. |
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| What does Mitch do to change his life? |
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| What television show came to Morrie’s house to film him for a segment? |
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| No he thought Ted was a narcissist. |
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| Was Morrie a fan of Ted Koppel’s or not? Explain. |
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| Flipping through channels. |
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| How does Mitch find out about Morrie’s illness? |
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| He is uncertain about taking the class because he is the only student in it and would be noticed for skipping class. |
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| In the flashback, how does Mitch feel when he arrives for his first class with Morrie? |
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| Asks whether he should call Mitch ‘Michel or Mitch’. |
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| What does Morrie do that pleases Mitch? |
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| Morrie lives in a suburb of what big city? |
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| He stalls and stays on the phone with work. |
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| What does Mitch do on the way to his reunion with Morrie? What does this reveal about Mitch? |
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| Mitch hopes to fool morries into thinking he is still the good person he was in college. |
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| What does Mitch hope to accomplish in his visit? |
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| Morrie looks harsher and older than Mitch remembers, until Morrie does what? |
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| To hug him and give him a napkin. |
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| Back in college, Mitch has “two overwhelming desires” regarding Morrie. What are they? |
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| He got really popular and suggested that people are interested in the transition from life to death. |
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| What has happened in Morrie’s life following the appearance on Nightline, and what does that suggest about his appeal? |
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| He was busy with work, and his job went on strike. (traded dreams for money) |
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| What are Mitch’s reasons for not keeping in touch with Morrie? Go into detail. |
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| That he would become a pianist. He actuality he worked in the same city for the same newspaper for a long time. |
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| What did Mitch envision his life would become when he was young? How did that change after graduation? |
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| How does Morrie say he’ll die? |
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| What side always wins in a battle of opposites? |
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| Madonna, OJ Simpson trial, Princess Diana, JFK Jr. |
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| What are some of the things Mitch lists as making up the culture most people experience? |
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| discussion groups, walks with friends, dancing to his music in the Harvard Square church. |
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| What makes up the culture Morrie developed? |
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| Devote yourself to love others, devote yourself to the community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. |
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| How did Morrie say to get meaning into your life? |
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| What enables Mitch to visit Morrie again? |
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| A lawyer. Morrie doesn’t like lawyers. |
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| Back in college, what does Mitch’s father want Mitch to be, and how does Morrie feel about that? |
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| He gets to be a baby again. |
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| Why is Morrie trying to enjoy the process of becoming fully dependent on his caregivers? |
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| He reads the newspaper everyday, keeps up on the news, very concerned about the people. |
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| How much attention does Morrie pay to the news? Go into detail. |
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| Morrie vows to show Mitch what? |
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| They used to meet on Tuesdays when Mitch was in college. |
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| What is the significance of Tuesdays to Morrie and Mitch? |
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| Of whom does Mitch remind Morrie? |
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| He’s less focused on work because he stopped renting a cell phone. |
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| What is the first behavioral change we see in Mitch as a result of his visits with Morrie? What does it mean? |
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| Mourns in the morning but gets over it. |
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| How does Morrie cope with his life? |
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| He thinks more people should cope the way Morrie does. |
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| What does Mitch think about how Morrie copes with his debilitating and terminal illness? |
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| He learns how to move Morrie out of his wheelchair and into his chair. |
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| How does Mitch step in to help Morrie during his visit? |
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| Believe what they feel and trust others. |
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| What does Morrie tell Mitch and his classmates a person must do in order to gain someone’s trust? |
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| Albom divides the rest of the chapters into “First Tuesday,” “Second Tuesday,” etc. Why do you think he does this? |
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| The recorder, to remember what he says and to hear his voice after he passes. |
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| What does Mitch bring with him to the third Tuesday? Why does he bring it? |
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| What regrets he had once he knew his death was imminent. |
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| What did Mitch wonder about Morrie when he saw the episode of Nightline? |
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| The culture says don’t look at your life until you’re about to die. |
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| What does Morrie say about the culture and death? |
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| Death, fear aging, greed, marriage, family, society, forgiveness, and a meaningful life. |
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| What are some of the things that Mitch puts on the list of topics about which he needs clarity? |
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