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"Tuesdays With Morrie" Blog 7

- - - What is the significance of the scene in The Tenth Tuesday when Janine sings for Morrie?  Explain.

- - -  Are Morrie's views on marriage too contrived for today's society?  Too simple?  Too unrealistic?  Explain your reasoning.

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- - -  Explain Morrie's lesson in The Eighth Tuesday about money.

- - -  What would you say to Morrie about his favorite poet's take on humans?

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- - -  Explain what Morrie is teaching Mitch, and ultimately his audience, about emotions.  Use details from text to support your assertions.

- - -  Explain the significance of the first scene in The Sixth Tuesday, and what this scene suggests about Mitch.  Support your response.

- - -  How does The Professor, Part Two develop Morrie as a character in the memoir?

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- - -  What is happening to Mitch Albom as we enter the hinge chapters of the book?  Explain with evidence from text to support.

- - -  The section that follows The Fifth Tuesday, the flashback of Mitch and his brother, is my favorite part of the book.  Why?  Why would such an innocuous flashback have impacted an unfeeling scab like me?

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- - -  What major concepts are covered in The Audiovisual, Part Two?  Defend your response with evidence from the text.

- - -  How does the story of Morrie's childhood serve to develop him as a character in the memoir?

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- - -  Explain, "Love is the only rational act."  What does the quote mean to Morrie and how does it apply to Mitch?

- - -  Explain the much larger significance of Morrie's class exercise at the end of the Second Tuesday.  Much larger than the obvious point of the exercise.  In other words, why does Mitch include this exercise in the book?

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- - -  Please respond to the following:  What has Albom established about each of the following:  characters, setting, plot, and mood and tone?

- - -   Cast judgments on Mitch Albom as he presents himself in The Student.  Use evidence from text to support your judgments.  Remember, I did not ask for your opinion, I asked for a judgment.  Judgments are based on fact and evidence, not conjecture and specualtion.

 

Reaction to "Harrison Bergeron"

Item 1:  Identify the central conflict of "Harrison Bergeron," the resolution of that conflict and the resulting main theme of the story.

Item 2:  Explain how TWO of the elements of short fiction discussed during the unit are used by Kurt Vonnegut to reveal the theme you identified in Item 1.