Tuesdays With Morrie Analysis

Except for a few asides and background stories, the book takes place in Morrie's little house right outside of Boston. We're told, "The last class of my old professor's life took place once a week...

Mitch is our master and commander, the dude not only telling us the story, but telling us his story as it actually happened to him. It's as first-person as books get, with I's all over the pages. H...

So here's the deal: The things in this book actually happened, so we've got to look at the story a little differently than we would a work of fiction. In a story that an author makes up, she create...

Tuesdays with Morrie is a shout-out to a little inside joke between Mitch and Morrie. Starting when Mitch was a college student and Morrie was hanging out at the front of the classroom, and continu...

The conclusion is Mitch's time to give a little perspective on writing the book, as well as the whole experience of knowing Morrie. Remember how Morrie calls this book their "final thesis" (27.9)?...

There's nothing tricky about reading this book. We're talking no foreign languages, no complex plots, no super weird situations. The only tricky part is deciding what to do with the book's message....