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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.
Albom has established that Morrie is a kindhearted , unique, and thinking individual that explores his emotions better than the average person. Also that Mitch is a learning , not so wise, workaholic, yet caught up in everyday life person. Mitch is an everyday person that doesn't take a whole lot of time to focus on whats really important around him. The setting of the story is a mix of early life between Mitch and Morrie and how time has changed. The mood of the story is some what serious and has a depressing parts of it. The tone is very straight-forward and Albom gets his point across well.
ReplyDeleteMitch is a dream jumper. When his piano career bottom out he put his eyes on journalism. Not to say that he is scatter minded but he was more worried about the money and the accomplishments instead of what he really wanted to do. Also Mitch is a little egotistical here and there. He got caught up in his self and didn't remember the promise he made Morrie on graduation day.
At first Mitch was niece and helpless. He stepped out into the world and thought everything would work out, but it all fell apart instead. After he lost his dream of professionally playing piano and his uncle (his only true father figure) passes, he attempts to redeem himself. He then becomes a hard worker constantly burying himself in achievements.
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ReplyDeleteMood: sweet
Tone: admiration
Setting: Reflections on Morrie and how he was in his final years
Plot: So far the only main central conflict is Mitch not truly grasping life's meaning the way Morrie does
Characters: Morrie
-not introduced by his illness or death, but by his vibrant life.
He has established the characters by using very descriptive words to show what the characters in the story are like and the kinds of people they are. He has established the setting by using his personnel experience and the places where the events took place. He establishes plot by telling us that his professor is going to die and that he wants to share this experience with the world. The mood and tone are established by the way the narrator tells a certain part of the story like when Morrie is going to die and when they first met. Judgments on Mitch Albom are that he breaks promises and that the guilt got to him. Examples from the text are when Mitch says how he lost contact with Morrie for 16 years and he did not even send a phone call to him. Another example is that Mitch said after he found out about the death and the funeral he felt guilt like crazy because he never talked to Morrie even after he made those promises to him.
ReplyDeleteAlbom has established mood, tone, plot, setting, and characters. He has shown that the mood and tone are both upbeat and happy. This is shocking, because the story is about the illness of Morrie. Yet he is able to use his death as not a sad thing, but a thing that people can learn from. He establishes characters, by thoroughly describing there looks. He also allows you to access their personalities and how they had lived their life at that time. He developed the setting by describing where each event in the story had happened. This is welly established, because it allows the reader to picture the location while reading this memoir. The last thing Mitch Albom established is plot. He uses plot to emphasize the important parts and locations. An example is whenever Morrie goes to the doctors and finds out he has ALS. If he hadn't have wrote that, the reader would not have known how Morrie found out about his disease. A judgement I can cast about Mitch as The Student is that he is consumed with his job and does not care about anything else. This can be supported, because he would work all day and not be with his wife. He also wanted to start a family, but he was so worried about his job that he never had the chance too. My last example, is because he had already made a lot of money, yet he just kept wanting to make more and make more accomplishments. This is why my judgement on Mitch is that he is consumed with his job.
ReplyDeleteAlbom has established characters, setting, plot, mood, and tone. The characters of this story appear to be Morrie, Albom, and other minor characters not heard from including Morrie's friends. The setting appears to be Morrie's home in the mid-90's. So far, we have seen the exposition. Albom has explained the situation he is writing about and is about to introduce the moment when he realized Morrie was on the brink of death. Albom striving to contact Morrie before his death will become the conflict. The mood of this story so far is depressing. As Albom is describing Morrie's state of the moment, you have a sense of helplessness. Since Morrie liked Albom so much, and he hasn't heard form Albom in over 15 years, you feel depressed about the situation. Finally, the tone of the story is casual. Albom uses language that makes the reader fell as if you are having a conversation with the author. There is no complex language, or poetic appeal. Albom is even using personal pronouns to better emphasize on his tone.
ReplyDeleteAlbom seems to be one of Morrie's favorite students, and Morrie is one of Albom's favorite teachers. Albom buys a gift for Morrie on his graduation day, and promises to stay in touch with him. Although, Albom does not stay in touch. Albom then explains his lack of communication with Morrie, and made it seem as though he did not care about Morrie any longer. Albom also seems to be stricken by death among close friends. Morrie and his uncle, who, he looked up to, both were diagnosed with life-ending diseases. Based on what I've seen so far, I believe Albom is a person who expresse care that is not present in his mind, and is grief stricken by deadly disease among his closer friends and family.
The mood of this story is was not exactly sad but not about the happiest topic. It talks about Morries last class of being a professor but also dying of a terminal disease. In the tone if the story Morrie doesn't make it seem bad, he takes negative stuff and puts them in a positive way or more excepting way. The plot is about yhe author, one of Morries students describes his class and how Morrie is himself and how he does things and looks at them. Setting is in his classroom where he taught and the university he taught at. The main character of the story if Mortie and they show how he is. Also how someone with a terminal disease wouldnt act snd the way he looked at things in life.
ReplyDeleteAlbom established that the characters so far are Morrie and himself, Mitch Albom. The setting is before 1994 while Mitch Albom was still in college. The story takes place in Morrie's house so far, but also mentions the setting of the doctor's office which Morrie goes to and at Albom's graduation. The plot hasn't developed very much yet. So far in the plot, the exposition has been introduced so we know the characters and we know about them. The issue of Morrie's ALS has been introduced, however, that is most likely not the conflict of the story. The tone of the story is somewhat sad so far , but not very much. For the most part the tone is more thankful, for now. The author seems thankful to have known Morrie, and is thankful for the impact Morrie has had on his life. The mood of this story is pretty serious, there has been nothing humorous, but nothing too sad either. The story has mostly just been telling about Morrie and his condition, as well as mention how Morrie and Mitch Albom know each other.
ReplyDeleteBased off of "The Student", Mitch Albom is shown to be kind of a snob as he refused to keep in touch with anyone after college. He was a very work related man, as well, after he got a job, and revolved everything around his work, including his family, which he was planning to start with his new wife. However, as he is telling us these things about himself he seems kind of regretful for being that kind of man.
Albom has established the character Morrie Schwartz, a professor of sociology . Albom describes him with gray hair, big ears, a triangular nose, green eyes, crooked teeth, and a smile that makes you think he knows everything. Charlotte, Morrie's wife, is briefly introduced and the reader learns she worries because of how many questions she has. Mitch Albom introduces himself as the other main protagonist and the reader learns that he is very focused on his career. Albom has given up his dreams as away to achieve materialistically. The story takes place in Waltham, Massachusetts and various other places that occur in flashbacks. Brandeis college and New York city are two of these settings that are introduced through the telling of the past. The Curriculum, The Syllabus, and The Student serve as the exposition or the introduction of the story. In these parts the reader is introduced to the main characters and the setting. The mood of the story has been serious so far because Albom starts the story off by introducing the last class of his professor's life and then continues on to tell the reader of Morrie's disease. The tone is one of love and admiration because when Albom describes Morrie's appearance and actions the reader can understand how much Albom cared for his professor.
ReplyDeleteMitch Albom is driven because in the story he went back to school, got a degree, and then became a successful journalist. He has a need to be in control of his life. After the death of his uncle. Albom buried himself in his accomplishments because they made him feel like he could control things. Mitch is materialistic because he values working and making money over spending time with his wife. In the story, Albom states he spent the majority of his time working from deadline to deadline and spent little time with his wife. Albom has fallen out of practicing the lessons Morrie taught him because he says Morrie's teaches were like things from another life.
Question 1: Albom, in The Curriculum, presents characters, setting, plot, mood, and tone. He shows that the two main characters of this story will be Morrie and himself by simply talking about his and his professor's strong relationship. Albom establishes setting by describing Morrie's house, which is the place where the lessons are held, in great detail. He establishes the mood of the story through the way he describes the "class" with Morrie. His words, while he says them with appreciation and value, evoke a feeling of sadness in the reader. The tone established is appreciative and valuable, which is established by the way Albom talks happily about his lessons from Morrie. Finally, he establishes plot by giving the synopsis of it. He introduces a conflict (Morrie is dying) and he gives the reader the topics covered in the book.
ReplyDeleteQuestion 2: Based on the chapter, "The Student", Mitch Albom appears to be narcissistic and materialistic. He wrote that after a life-changing death of an uncle, he realized that he needed to live a life worth living. Albom got a job as a newspaper writer and earned a plethora of money. He said that he bought fancy cars, owned large houses, and lived life in his earnings. Albom states the he "buried [himself] in accomplishments." He felt that money meant control and that he was the best in life. This shows that he was self-centered and narcissistic.
1. Character- Morrie is the main character. He is Mitch's old professor whom has ALS.
ReplyDeleteSetting- Late spring of 1979; at Morrie's house, then at graduation on a Saturday afternoon
Plot- Establishing everything, what has happened and getting ready for what is to come (exposition)
Mood- Happy yet depressing. He starts happy then goes to a depressing mood.
Tone- Informative
2. Mitch is very determined, he is always striving for success after the failure in the music business and his uncle's death. He is always working and working and working. Although he is determined, he is also selfish. When he does get married, he was surprised by this because of his busy work schedule, he promises his wife, and himself, that they would have children. That day never came.
Albom established a strong character sketch for Morrie. He showed how much of an exuberant man Morrie was. Albom explained how he looked up to Morrie more than anyone else. I would not know a lot about Morrie if it was not for the one crucial paragraph in the story. It explains a lot of the appearance and personality of Morrie without being blunt. He established that the setting was in the past. The plot of the story is to tell a story of a man's accomplishments and how he lived his last few days. It also shows how the effects of ALS affect someone. The mood makes the reader feel sad because they start to feel an attachment towards Morrie and want him to have a happy and healthy life. The tone is happy because right now it is focusing on the happy times of his life and how he dealt with the news. He is still strong willed and wants to keep going with his daily life. Mitch Albom presents himself as devoted student. He shows this by telling the story how he was the only student who attended Morrie's class in his home. He looked up to Morrie by only using kind words to him. He tells the story of how he buys Morrie the briefcase and saying how Morrie replies, " You're one of the good ones". This made Albom embarrassed because he appreciated the kind words from what is now not only a professor but a dear friend.
ReplyDelete1. Album introduces two characters Morrie Schwartz and Mitch. Morrie is an older man dying of ALS. He has an uplifting spirit and is going to give us lessons about dying and what death is. Mitch is one of Morrie's favorite students. He promises to stay in touch with Morrie but does not hold his promise. The setting was established in West Newton, Massachusetts. The plot of Tuesdays with Morrie is going to be a man with ALS giving many talks to people about his experience with death. The author establishes mood and tone in the beginning of the story. I believe the mood and tone of this piece is sad and inspiring. This is a story about an older man died from ALS. It can be inspiring to hear what he's going through and know what it is like. I picked up on the sad mood and tone in the syllabus where he says, "ALS is like a lit candle it melts your nerves and leaves your body a pile of wax." You really understand in the sentence how bad a less can take a toll on you.
ReplyDelete2. Mitch gives us the story between him and Morrie in "The Student". After reading the section you can tell that Mitch and Morrie had a special relationship. Mitch promised Morrie after college that he would stay in touch with him. He broke his promise and the next thing he knew Morrie was done. This shows that Mitch can be a forgetful person because he did not keep promise with Morrie. Do you want thing I took away from the section is that Mitch cared about achievements too much that he lost track of the important things in life. In the section he says,"Instead, I buried myself and accomplishments because with accomplishments I believed I could control things." Mitch also got a job that he wasn't too fond of as a columnist for the Detroit Free Press. He really wanted to follow his dreams and be a musician.
For the characters he establishes that Morrie is an older aged man that has done good deeds all his life and wants to continue doing so. Also that he doesn't want to see death as something to mourn, but something to greet head on and deal with in order to help others handle it. He does this through interviews. Mitch Albom represents himself as a self-absorbed narcissistic young adult that has made many mistakes and was very influenced by death. We also know that his life can be changed and he isn't reluctant to change and can be guided the right way. The setting we know is in Detroit in a apartment where Mitch works. The plot is established as how a student will meet up and try to help an old friend of his with ALS which happens to be his old professor at college. Finally, we know the mood and tone are both on the sad and more depressing side. However he fits in some happy tones to sort of contrast the mourning so you get to see both sides.
ReplyDeleteThe characters established so far include Morrie, who has been described physically and whose traits have been explained, and the narrator's traits have been vaguely implied through narration. The setting is 1994 in America, the plot is the deterioration of the main character's body and what he has to to share, the mood is tragic, yet the tone is positive and admirable. Mitch is ambitious. He put his work and success before some important components of life, such as life goals and his lifelong partner, and he put his job before life itself, as shown in the line "I buried myself in accomplishments..."
ReplyDeleteMitch Album is a very narcissistic and self-absorbed young adult. In "The Student" Mitch is obsessed with himself and only worries about writing songs and trying to get gigs at whatever night club will offer him one. In this part he only cares about his life and what he can amount to and could care less about keeping in touch with Morrie or any of his past college associates. However, Mitch displays a change after his uncle died. After this event Mitch becomes more well rounded and more compassionate he learns to value time and take into account others opinion before he just performs actions. Overall Mitch so far is a growing young adult who can be self absorbed, but can be changed and sculpted in the right way.
ReplyDeleteThe characters that are introduced in the beginning are Morrie and Albom himself. Morrie was an energetic old man who did not care what other people thought about him, until he was diagnosed with ALS. Albom on the other hand was very close with Morrie until he graduated college and was unaware of Morrie's Illness.
ReplyDeleteThe setting takes place around 1979 and the 1980's. The syllabus takes place in late spring of 1979.
The plot of the book is based on Morrie's experience with ALS and alboms relationship with Morrie. The whole book is an essay that Albom had written in favor of Morrie and what he had learned at his funeral that was held in the lieu of graduation.
The mood established is sad yet enlightening. The tone also reflects off of the mood, but he is writing in a calm tone. The Introduction gives you a feel for how Morrie was before he was diagnosed with ALS, full of energy like he had everything to live for without a care in the world. Once he found out about his disease, it all changed. The disease hit him like a brick, and he felt as if time was flying by.
Albom is self centered. Once he got out of college, he lost all contact with the people he knew in college. He also broke his promise to his professor, Morrie, that he would keep in contact with him. He said himself that he changed after he graduated. He became consumed in his accomplishments. He married a woman with intent of starting a family, but that never happened. He said he thought about Morrie here and there, but it seemed so distant. He got so caught up in his success, but forgot about the really important things and the things he had promised.
So far Albom has established that the characters are himself, Morrie, Albom’s uncle, and Albom’s wife. The setting is sometime around the 1980s to the 1990s. The plot is Morrie is diagnosed with ALS and Albom has not kept in touch with him for a while. The mood is sad because Morrie needs a lot of help because of his disease. The tone is happy and sad because Albom talks about how great Morrie is and also the pain he is going through.
ReplyDeleteMitch Albom does not care about the friends he left behind in college and he cares a lot about his job. He did not even talk to any of his old college friends and did not even talk to Morrie. He would start working the second after he woke up and brushed his teeth. He even went back to work a week after his wedding.
Albom has established Morrie vividly by describing his appearance such as his "sparkling blue green eyes" and his smile looks like "as if you'd told him the first joke on earth." Albom also describes himself when he was a student and an early adult in The Student. The plot builds up to the line, "But then the dancing stopped." After that sentence, Albom writes about Morrie's declining health and what he plans to do with the rest of his now shortened life. The mood of the beginning of the story is happy, until Mitch does not stay in touch and finds out Morrie is dying. The tone is up front and sounds like Mitch is right in front of the reader telling his story.
ReplyDeleteMitch Albom sounds like the average post grad student. He cannot find a job and discovers that the world is "not all that interested" in him and his talent. He "did not keep in touch" with Morrie and college friends. Mitch learns what it is to be an adult as he has his "first serious encounter with death" when his uncle passes away. From there on out, Mitch forgot about his passion, music and becoming a musician, and focus on accomplishments. ". . .because with accomplishments, I believed I could control things, I could squeeze in every last piece of happiness before I got sick and died, like my uncle before me, which I figured was my natural fate." Mitch got caught up in accomplishments instead of living a life. He was moving too fast and not enjoying all life has to offer.
Mitch Album establishes character,setting,plot, and mood and tone in the few opeing pages of the story. He intorduces himself and Morrie in the beginning of the story. He describes Morrie as he was when Mitch was in college. Instead of desribing him after he is diagnosed with ALS, he describes him as he was when he was younger and happier. Mitch presents himself as he was when he was in college. Mitch was a careless college student searching for jobs as a musician but fails and becomes a well paid journalist in detroit. Albom has established the setting at Bradeis University in Waltham, Massasschusetts in 1979 and later changes to 1994 and 1995 when he describes Morries illness as well as where he lives; Detroit. In Tuesdays With Morrie the exposition is introduced in "The Curriculum", "The syllabus", and in "The Student". Mitch uses basic language to help create his tone describing how Morrie and him have met and what Morrie will be going through throughout the story. The mood in the beginning makes you feel as the story is very serious and glum because Mitch tells us about how Morrie will die.
ReplyDeleteIn "The Student" Mitch album presents himself instead of explaining Morrie. My judgment on Mitch is that he is bad at keeping promises and is mainly focused on himself. Mitch had promised Morrie after graduation that he would keep in touch with him and he has not. Not only has he lost touch with Morrie he also no longer speaks to his friends and no longer acts like he did in college. Once he finally finds a career he gains money and success. He finds a girl named Janine and marries her after they have been dating for seven years. He promises Janine that they will one day have a family of their but, he dedicates all of his time to work and none to Janine and their relationship. Not only that but, when Mitch's dying uncle asks him to look over his children after he dies he quickly changes the subject and says he does not want to talk about such things. So, he fails to keep to his word to Janine, Morrie, and his college friends. He shows he cares mainly about himself when he does not do what other people ask him to do and ignores their promises.
1. Albom has established the characters himself and Morrie Schwartz. The setting is Morrie Schwartz's house. The plot has been established because the exposition was used to introduce the characters, setting, and background information about the characters. The tone of the story is compassionate Mitch is compassionate about Morrie and Morrie's affect on his life. The mood is gloomy because right away we, as readers, find out that Morrie is going to die,
ReplyDelete2. Mitch Albom is a hard-working man that knows when to quit on something. He tried for years in the music business and saw it was not going anywhere so he went back to school to get a masters degree. With this degree he worked hard to get a job with a newspaper company and freelanced with magazines. Eventually working hard enough to start writing sports books, doing radio shows, and appear regularly on TV.
Albom has established that our main character of the story is Morrie. He has explained Morrie's personality to give us an inside towards his unaging heart and then describes his problems with ALS. We have established a few settings, all of which Morrie goes to on a regular schedule. The school at which he teaches, his house, and even his doctor's office. We also find out that the narrator is a previous student of Morrie, which builds up our plot. The narrator is telling us Morrie's idea on the road to death. All of these factors establish us with a clear mood and tone. The mood of depression from knowing death is ahead. The tone is established from the way the narrator speaks so highly of Morrie. We know he has ALS, but that does not keep him from living as full and as proudly as he can. This shows the author is admirable towards Morrie showing our tone. Mitch Albom refers to the time when he was a student for Morrie's class. He also then talks about walking into the classroom for the first time and only seeing nine students. Immediately he looks to drop the class, but before he gets the chance his professor calls role. When Morrie calls Mitch Albom's name, he asks what he would like to be referenced as. This made Mitch happy because it put them on a more personal level. When he replies, he tells the professor that his friends call him Mitch, and the professor instantly says he hopes one day that they can be considered friends. We can see that Albom likes to look into people's thoughts and actions. He thinks of the reasons Morrie said this, and from then on he enjoyed having him as a teacher so much that he took all of the classes he offered.
ReplyDeleteAlbom has established the characters as himself and Morrie. He shows how compassionate Morrie is and willing to welcome and help anyone out. Also, he shows how he is inexperienced in life and cannot wait to leave high school and explore the real world. The setting of the story is some where that Morrie teachers, whether it be at school or in his own home. All of this builds into the plot, emphasizing main characters and key points, such as Morrie teaching, that will be brought back up and important throughout the entire story. These also lead into mood and tone. The mood of this story is reflective because Mitch Albom is presenting a reflective view as he describes the events occurring to himself and Morrie. The tone is appreciative. I believe this is the tone because Albom seems to be reminiscing to when he was in college and to the final days that he was with Morrie and realizing how much Morrie did for and taught him. He appears to realize he wouldn't be the same grateful man he is today if it wouldn't have been for Morrie.
ReplyDeleteMitch seems to be full of himself. He appears to think he can do anything and everything, and he is "too good" for certain people. When Mitch mentioned how any time he would receive a letter from Brandeis University, he would throw it away, thinking they only wanted money, it made him seem like people think he is better than others, and they only want something from him because he is The Mitch Albom. That set me off towards him.
Albom establishes that one of the main characters is ill right at the beginning of the story. The setting of this story is set in the 90s.the plot of the story will be pretty straightforward using references from facts. The mood established is calm, and the tone is serious. Mitch Albom is a typical college guy. He goes to parties, he gets the girls, but he also is extremely academically inclined. He really doesn't worry much about others. He is only focused on his achievements and making his life count.
ReplyDeleteAlbom has established multiple details about characters, setting, plot, mood and tone. Albom establishes characters by introducing two main characters himself and Morrie. He describes describes Morrie to be an optimistic loving man that cares about everything around him. Morrie also has a terminal disease called ALS. This will eventually kill him. He describes himself by showing that he was a student of Morrie, and that Morrie was his favorite teacher. Also from the clues in The Student, we know that albom is not the most responsible with his word. This leads into plot, since Morrie’s illness is terminal he will eventually die, so we know that will happen in the story. Secondly, Morrie is extremely optimistic, which effects the plot. He alludes to Morrie teaching life lessons or teaching people about death. These teachings are bound to show up in the rising action of the plot. The setting contributes to the story due to the fact that in this part in time medicine was not nearly as advanced as today. Today we have a better understanding of ALS. In the 1990s we did not. This effected the story because Morrie deteriorates extremely rapidly, this allows the reader to see how horrific a disease ALS is. Albom also describes the setting for most of his interviews as in his own home. This is where Morrie is taken care of, lives. This creates a very personal feel to the story. Leading us into tone, Morrie’s optimistic approach to death affects the story completely. The tone of the story is optimistic, Morrie teaches life lessons, and embraces the rest of his life with joy. Although, Morrie is dying and the reader remembers this throughout the story, and is reminded by the author. Since Morrie is such a nice guy, as described by the author, the reader begins to feel somewhat of an emotional connection to Morrie. This causes the reader to mood of the story to be gloomy and depressing, While, the tone is uplifting and optimistic and accepting to negative facts.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading The Student, Mitch Albom can be seen as a someone who tires to everything he says but often ends up falling short in personal relationships. This is first noticed when he says he will keep in touch with Morrie but does not until he is seen on television, years later. Secondly, he also mentions that his wife still married him although he had a crazy work schedule. After they got married he said they would start a family, although never did. These two broken, spoken agreements show that Mitch can often get ahead of himself in what he is capable to do. Also he gets distracted and does not pay attention to the people in his life, or that were in his life.
1. Albom has established what the main characters of the memoir are like, that Morrie is a sweet, down to earth man struggling with a illness trying to make the best of it and that Albom himself has not yet fully gotten his life together since graduation, struggling with his job, money, his family, and himself. Albom established that the setting is where he graduated college, Brandeis University, where his old professor lives. He also establishes plot which is Morrie's life since being diginosed with ALS and the day to day challenges that he goes through. Albom establishes a upbeat tone through describing Morrie and his actions while the mood is dark because he foreshadows Morrie's death.
ReplyDelete2. Mitch Albom presents himself as a struggling college graduate trying to make himself in the world. He struggles financially, emotionally, and struggles with himself when he realizes he has to give up his dream to finally get a steady job. Albom also struggles with the death of his role model uncle, which makes him come to many realizations about his life. Albom presents this by telling the reader about the loss of his uncle, the loss of contacts of his friends from college and from Morrie, the struggle of following his dream that he finally gives up, and the self-conflicts that arise from his struggles.
Albom introduced himself, and some minor past characters, and Morrie. He also set the setting as he was telling us about his past, and set the stage for the plot, which will be about Morrie's death and his "aphorisms". The mood that he set is rather depressing and solemn, and the reader is forced to feel compassion to the author and Morrie.
ReplyDeleteAlbom presents himself as he is; a student gone successful and forgetting about his past life. " I did not keep in touch. In fact, I lost contact with most of the people I knew in college..." Albom has experiences with death "He stared at me sadly. He died a few weeks later. After the funeral, my life changed." and had unrealistic dreams as an opportunity. These are all experiences that normal people have and go through, leading the reader to judge Albom as a rather normal guy. Albom uses the tone of his writing to convey that he is not special in anyway, that he is simply writing a final paper on his final class.
Albom established that the characters included himself and Morrie, who was dying from ALS. The setting is in Waltham, Massachusetts at Brandeis University in the late spring of 1979. The plot of this novel will consist of how Albom met Morrie and what effects he had on his life. The tone and mood is depressing but hopeful because the piece of literature gives off bittersweet feelings and mixed emotions.
ReplyDeleteIn "The Student", Mitch Albom expresses himself as a lost and isolated man. He did not keep in touch with Morrie after he had graduated from college and did not even think about opening any mail from the college. He failed to keep his promise he had with Morrie. Mitch is also stubborn and closed-minded because he never applied the things he learned from Morrie, but instead kept them at a distance.
In "Tuesdays with Morrie", Albom established information on the characters, as they are Morrie and the Author. It is a factual piece and displays Morrie as a kind and compassionate person. He is always positive even though he knows that he is dying. Mitch is also compassionate as he visits Morrie and spends time with him to care for him. Albom establishes setting by putting it in the Summer of 1994, and it is near Morries death. He establishes plot by expressing the conflicts of how Morrie is facing ALS, and he is becoming more disabled with every day. The mood is very depressing because we feel bad for Morrie, but the tone is happy as Morrie shows how dying isn't all that bad. he teaches life lessons to Mitch and how to make the best of it.
ReplyDeleteMitch puts himself of the student because Morrie is telling Mitch how to make the most out of life. For example, he states not to "hold on too long, but also don't let go to quickly". Based on what The author has stated so far, he will be explaining how Morrie continues to give life lessons
Alboum has established that he along with Morrie as the main characters of this piece. There will be supporting characters, such as nurses and family members. The setting takes place in the early 1990s and in Morrie's hometown, West Newton, Massachusetts. The plot will be revolved around Morrie's impending death and battle with ALS. The mood, so far, is sympathetic, considering the situation that has been explained to the reader. The tone is admiring when speaking of his old professor, and regretful when speaking of his occupation and habits.
ReplyDeleteMitch Albom appears to be an unsatisfied person. I come to this conclusion because of how he speaks of his job and accomplishments. His original dream to become a pianist deteriorated, which discouraged him to the point where he switched occupations and filled his life with writing achievements (pg 5). He seems to be slightly selfish, especially when he mentions the conversation with his wife of the start of a family, which never is achieved thanks to his busy schedule (pg 5).
Albom has established plot in Tuesdays with Morrie. He introduces to us Morrie, his sociology teacher, Janie, his wife, his uncle, his biggest role model, and himself. Also setting has been placed which was back in college when Mitch met Morrie for the first time. Then, plot was enabled to be how he grew up as and never kept his promise with Morrie. Lastly, he gives us mood and tone of the story. Mood being calm and tone being scared/upset.
ReplyDeleteMy judgement on Mitch Albom after reading The Student, would be that Mitch is very upset with himself. He sounded as if he is living the rest of his life in regret. Him saying things like how he watched his uncle die, casually went back to school,
and got an high paying job. Then after all of this he rembers Morrie and throws away anything that helps him remember him. Mitch knows that he shouldve kept in touch with Morrie.
In "Tuesdays With Morrie", author Mitch Albom brilliantly uses the core elements of story-writing within his non-fiction piece. He established his two main characters which are himself and Morrie. He also acknowledged some background characters that may pop up later in the story. These characters could inculde, Mitchs parents, Morries wife,some of Morries friends and colleagues and Morries nurses and doctors. Albom jumps around from in time for the setting. He starts off in present day and then swaps back to 1979 which he seems to do throughout the entirety of the book. This establishes the fact that there will most likely be many flashbacks in the piece. So far Albom has introduced us to the exposition and the beginning of the rising action to the plot. He introduced the main characters and and also the main conflict that Morrie has to face which is his terminal disease. Albom also sets a sad mood because he talks about the slow decay of Morries body. However, the tone is happy because Morrie continuously talks about how he wants to live his life to the fullest and enjoy every second.
ReplyDeleteIn the section of the piece called "The Student", Mitch Albom presents himself as a successful yet unhappy person. Mitch said his dream in life was to be a famous musician. However, he also stated that after many years of no success, he gave up on his dream and earned himself a practical job. He even mentions how his beloved uncle worked for a corporation but hated doing the same thing every day. Mitch swore to himself he would never become that but by taking the job as a sportswriter, he did exactly that.
Characters: Morrie is introduced into the story. He is introduced through his way of life, not through his illness(ALS). The narrator also introduces himself, but he does not go into detail.
ReplyDeleteSetting: Albom establishes the separation of him and Morrie after college. This is explained through the setting and how him and Morrie do not keep in touch.
Plot: The author establishes his inability to view life like other people, such as Morrie. He also mentions the death of his uncle and Morrie's illness.
Mood: The mood is inspirational because of Morrie's ability to accept his illness. Not only did he accept it, but he decides to make the most out of his remaining time. He also remains optimistic.
Tone: The tone is regretful because the narrator did not keep in touch with Morrie after college. As a result, he learns of the disease Morrie through a television broadcast.
In the beginning of the section, Albom seems unprepared and unaware. When entering the real world, his thought is that everything will work out perfectly. However, when that does not happen, and he loses his uncle, he takes advantage of his life, surrounding himself with achievements. As a result, at the end of the section, the narrator seems prideful and diligent.
In the beginning of the story, Mitch Albom has established some of the characters including: himself, Morrie Schwartz who is his professor, Tony who is Morrie's home care worker, Charlotte who is Morrie's wife, and Janine who is Mitch's patient wife. Albom also set the story in the 1979s with his flashback to graduation and throughout the 1990s. So far, the plot consists of Mitch Albom recalling his graduation and him promising Morrie that he will stay in touch with him. Although, he does not fulfill his promise and Morrie slowly starts to die from ALS. Another literary element Albom established is the depressing mood, which has evoked the sad feelings to the readers through his words and descriptions. The tone is both uplifting and depressing due to Albom's attitude toward his audience.
ReplyDeleteIn The Student, Mitch Albom seems as if he is not faithful to his promises, he cares too much about work and not his family and friends, and he is focused too much about himself. Albom promises Morrie that he will keep in touch with him, however, he goes off and forgets all about him and all of his college friends. "The years after graduation hardened me into someone quite different from the strutting graduate who left campus that day headed for New York City, ready to offer the world his talent." He seems as if he is self-centered and does not care about anyone else.
Albom establishes two dynamic and round characters, Morrie and Mitch, and sets the memoir in twenty-first century United States. As for plot, the main conflict is that Morrie is going to die, and how he and his loved ones come to terms with this. So much conversation about dying creates a sort of morbid mood, and Albom establishes a sympathetic tone through diction which he uses to cause the reader to feel sorry for Morrie, just as he feels sorry for the old man.
ReplyDeleteAlbom presents himself as a busy and ambitious individual, almost to a fault, but also one who is missing something in life. He writes about how he works his way up the ladder in the reporting world and achieves many things. The short, choppy sentence structure he uses emphasizes this. "I stopped renting. I started buying. I bought a house on a hill. I bought cars. I invested in stocks and built a portfolio. I was cranked to a fifth gear, and everything I did, I did on a deadline." Albom puts all his time into his work. "...I buried myself in my accomplishments..." However, he breaks the promise to start a family with his wife and spends the great majority of his time focusing intently on his career, leading the reader to believe he does not have enough of certain important things in his life, such as love, compassion, and generosity.
The setting is established in West Newton, Massachusetts. The plot can be inferred as a man with ALS who will share his disease with many people and his experience. Within the plot, Albom introduces two characters by the names of Morrie and Mitch. Mitch is one of Morrie's students, and friends. Morrie is an older man with ALS who does not have much time left. Albom establishes the an inspirational mood and tone. The story shows how a man died from ALS, but he is living through it being able to accept his disease and know that he was created this way for a reason. The line that really stood out to me to give a feel for the mood and tone is when Morrie says, "If you feel this is a problem, I understand if you wish to drop the course." This shows Morrie's approach on ALS and shows he accepts what he is given and will overcome any challenge. In "The Student" Mitch share his history and mistakes with Morrie. He describes their friendship in the beginning, and how equally valued it was amongst the two men. However, Mitch explained how he told Morrie they would stay in touch after college, but Mitch broke his promise. Mitch lost track of the things that matter the most and worried about himself and his personal achievements. This is really depicted when Mitch says the line, "With accomplishments I believed I could control things."
ReplyDelete2 types of important characters were established individual characters and group characters. The most Important individual is obviously Morrie . The most impostant group characters are Morries friends and family.
ReplyDeleteThe setting isn't established very well in this story. The setting changes because it is based on where the narrator is and he moved a lot over 16 years.
The plot of this story is established when Morrie is told he only has 2 years left to live.
the mood and tone appear to both be sad because the story so far only talks about morrie finding about his ALS and how the narrator didn't keep in touch with him
The characters given so far are the student (narrator), Morrie Schwartz, and Morrie's wife Charlotte. The story takes place during 1994. The exposition of the story is explained. The narrator tells the reader that his/her professor, Morrie Schwartz, is suffering from ALS. The tone of the story so far is serious because the narrator is serious towards the terrible disease, ALS. The mood of the story is depressing because as a reader I feel depressed and sad at the fact that Morrie is suffering and will eventually die from ALS.
ReplyDeleteMitch Albom is lonely at first because it says he lost contact with everyone from high school and when his favorite uncle dies he became even lonelier. After his uncle died though, he became successful as he was writing in sports book and appeared on television regularly.
Albom has established that the main characters of the story will be himself and Morrie, his old professor. Other characters mentioned include the students at the college and Morrie's doctors and nurses. The setting established is 1994 in Massachusetts. Much of the story so far takes place at the Brandeis University in the city of Waltham, Massachusetts. The plot development so far consists of the exposition. Setting and characters were introduced, as well as the main conflict. The mood of the story so far is uplifting. Through all of the negatives, Albom and Morrie always seem to find a positive outlook on life. The tone, however, is gloomy. Morrie has contracted a disease called ALS and is expected to live no longer than two more years. He is becoming weaker and can no longer do everyday things on his own. Based on The Student, Mitch Albom is a young man who started out on a somewhat rocky path but soon came to terms with reality and is driven to lead a purposeful lifestyle. After college, he did not keep in touch with old friends and he aspired to be a musician. In today's society that's the stereotypical story of a wannabe rock star who never really gets anywhere in life. However, Mitch has a change in heart and decides that he needs to actually do something. He finds himself a job. Although it hasn't been revealed whether or not he was successful at first, it is clear that he had drive and motivation.
ReplyDeleteThroughout the first three sections of the book, Mitch Albom establishes Morrie as the main character and himself as the narrator. The setting changes in flashbacks and we have no great sense of time, except a few years that are do crucial to the setting. We know Morrie was diagnosed in 1994, so the lessons that took place could not have been long after that. We also know many of these lessons took place in Morrie’s living room. As for the plot of the story, we are given an exposition that includes characters, setting, and a possible conflict of ALS. The mood is reminiscent, as Mitch tells us experiences of college, graduation, and lessons that he had with Morrie. The tone is very relaxed and calm. The narrator is glad he had time to learn and spend time with Morrie, and does not regret his decisions, or mourn the inevitable death of Morrie.
ReplyDeleteMitch Albom is presented as an hard-working, ambitious person in The Student. He wanted to do something with his life, and he decided the way to do that was through writing. He did not want the same job, day in and day out. He moved to different cities, trying to get a start somewhere. Mitch moved to Detroit because of the unsatisfiable need of sports in the city. The work required to follow all four of its professional sports team was what Mitch wanted. He worked to get a columns and articles published, but that was not enough. He wrote books and appeared on television because of his ambition. Mitch Albom is presented as a person who will get what needs to be done finished.
Albom established the nature of the characters and why they are important to the text. The setting is established for the reader to grasp an idea of the life of both Morris and Mitch. The plot explains to the reader in great detail the life of Morris and how Albom sets up the explanation gives the reader a sense of how important the old man is. The tone is established as very serious but casual in how Albom merely states the events that took place. The mood is emotional in the sense of the reader feeling the loss that Albom felt over losing his professor.
ReplyDeleteIn the section of The Student, Mitch presents himself as determined and obsessive in his need for success. He strives for the idea of wealth and fame, but misses the ideas that Morris thought him about "being human" and "relating to others". He also desires the need of control of his life because with success he feels he will find great happiness, in the fear that he will die before he accomplishes this goal. "I buried myself in accomplishments, because with accomplishments, I believed I could control things, I could squeeze in every last piece of happiness before i got sick and died, like my uncle before me, which I figured was my natural fate."
For the main characters in the story given to us so far. Albom has made is clear to us that Morrie although on his death bed, is using the last bit of time that he has left to help the living as much as he can and to give anyone who he can strike a conversation up with a little lesson or two on the meaning of life. Albom himself was a student of Morrie's and lost contact with him to go off into the world, where he failed several times at the beginning but then became successful and met his wife, Janine.
ReplyDeleteThe setting is in the mid to late 1990s.
The plot so far up to where we were told to read is just starting or getting into the rising action.
I believe the mood is almost laid back. Like it is obvious to us at the beginning that Albom admires Morrie, so this story so far to me seems like it is made in a sort of, reminiscing the memory of Morrie.
The tone is that of the same to the mood as well, to me its not like he's happy or angry, or sad, he is just reliving it.. so the tone I feel will vary throughout the piece.
My judgment of Mitch is that he did truly admire Morrie when he was his student, and did, at the time, think he would keep in touch with Morrie after his graduation. But then life caught up to him and he became too focused on trying to make an actual living rather than the occasional piano playing at half full night clubs barely getting by. So the promise that he had made Morrie that he would keep in touch escaped his mind throughout everything else he was trying to do.
So far, Albom has established that the main characters will be Morrie and Mitch (himself). Morrie is a man who is making the most of his days, because he knows he will die soon due to ALS. Mitch is one of Morrie's former students who promised to keep in touch, but has been accomplishing so much in his life that he has forgotten that promise. The setting is around 1995, and will most likely take place in Morrie's house since it is difficult for him to get around. From what i can tell so far, the plot will consist of the impact that Morrie's goal to make the most of his life has on Mitch.
ReplyDeleteThe tone of the work seems very lighthearted but the mood seems to be sorrowful.
My judgement on Mitch Albom as he presents himself in "The Student" is that he is unreliable and materialistic. He promises that he will keep in touch with Morrie after college, but over the years he breaks this promise and never goes to visit. It isn't until he sees something on television that he learns about Morrie's illness. Also, he throws away his dreams of being a musician to pursue wealth and fame through his writing. Despite this, I can see that Mitch is good at heart and may just be temporarily blinded by popular culture. He was was caring enough of Morrie to enroll in all his classes and buy his a gift. He also mentioned that "I didn't to forget him. Maybe I didn't want him to forget me".
Albom has established the characters of the story; Morrie Schwartz, who is short, has thin graying hair, crooked teeth, ect. and himself as a "young hotshot" Plot: Albom has told us about Morrie's fatal illness, when he will die (generally), and that he feels it's his duty to narrate his last days to give us an idea about death. He has also stated that this story's "Curriculum" is: the meaning of life. Mood: the mood is mostly informative so far. Not too much emotion has been created yet. It was briefly depressing when the news of Morrie's fatal illness is stated, but that quickly changes to optimism when Morrie decided to live every day to its fullest. Tone: his language is basic. It's obvious that Albom admires Morrie, so the tone sweet. Setting is all over the place. It started in 1979, Brandeis University in the city of Waltham, Massachusetts. By the end of this section, Albom is in Detroit, Michigan and the year is 1994. The Student: Mitch Album described himself as a stereo-typical college student who strutted though campus. He wanted to follow his dream of being a famous musician, but failed like many. He was renting out apartments here and there, not able to land on his feet. He was "young and dumb", but after his uncle died everything changed. He got a master's degree in journalism and became a "young hotshot" buying a house and living in Detroit making more money than he though he ever would. He was striving for accomplishments instead of the things that mattered like settling down and having a family. He was caught up in the fame and forgot about the things that mattered.
ReplyDeleteIn "Tuesdays With Morrie", Albom establishes himself and Morrie Schwartz as characters in the novel. He states that the setting is in the past, starting in 1979, and progressing from then. The story takes places in the last class of Morrie's life. The plot will be based off of Morrie's and his interactions later in the future, and that the end of the story will come with Morrie's death. The mood of the story is depressing since it is following Morrie's road to death, but the tone is uplifting and inspirational.
ReplyDeleteMitch Albom is an ambitious man, that finishes what he started. This is proved by his description of himself saying that he "buried myself in accomplishments". This shows that he was proud of himself. In the novel he states "everything I did, I did on a deadline." This proves that he was ambitious and he normally finished what he started.
In “Tuesdays with Morrie” the characters Mitch and Morrie set the mood and tone of the story so far, and part of the central conflict. Morrie decides to not let his disease to stop him from living his life, and accepts everything that is happening to him. Mitch also learns that life is too precious to waste, and has made decisions that have changed him from the man he used to be in college. The main setting of the story takes place in Waltham, Massachusetts. This is the place where many events of Morrie and Mitch unfolded. The plot of “Tuesdays with Morrie” derives us part of the central conflict. Morrie suffers from ALS and realizes that he only has a few more years to live. But he wants to make the most out of life in those years. The author also uses first person omniscient point of view. We watch the story unfold through Mitch’s eyes and view his thought and feeling, but are also able to see into other character’s minds. The tone of the story is depressing and optimistic. The author uses simple words and sentences, but uses words such as “loss” and “dying” that give the story are more negative effect. The author also uses words that are more uplifting that give the story a more happier tone. The mood of the story is empowering and saddening. Even though Morrie knows he will be dying soon, he tries to turn that negative into a positive.
ReplyDeleteIn “The Student”, Mitch introduces himself as a good-natured, ambitious, hard-working man who ends up losing himself. After he graduated college, he lost many things in his life. He lost friendships, his values, his dreams, and his uncle. After his uncle’s funeral, he is hit with a realization that life is only a short time. He dumps his dream of a musician to start a career in journalism. As his career blossoms, he becomes so enticed by all the money that he loses sight of everything around him. He broke his promise of keeping in touch with Morrie and now a promise to his wife of beginning a family. He wouldn’t have even known about Morrie’s illness if it was for the television.
The character he introduced is Morrie Schwartz, his college professor. Morrie is his favorite professor and that Morrie is a compassionate man who honestly cares about his students. There are two settings in this section: one in the first portion talking about the classes taken outside of school and another one at graduation. the first setting is at Morrie's house where the setting is relaxing which goes alongside the teachings Albom is learning. The second setting is introduced in the flashback. It's at his graduation day where the setting shows the anxiety of how the students want to graduate. The plot is simple and short. The exposition is introducing Morrie Schwartz and the setting of the story; the rising action is Morrie talking to Albom's parents and Morrie complimenting Albom; the climax is when Morrie asks if Albom will stay in touch; the falling action is Albom answering yes; and the denouement is Albom seeing Morrie crying as it leaves us with a cliff hanger and questioning why he is crying. The mood is uplifting as Albom writes about Morrie's demeanor and the way they connected. The tone changes as it goes from positive when Morrie talks Albom up to his parents and Albom describes Morrie to depressing when Morrie says his final words to Albom at graduation and Albom tells us Morrie is crying.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few judgements I made about Albom. My first judgement is that Albom was driven by success. This became apparent to me after reading how he struggled with not doing well right after college but also how once he did start having more success i his career, he was only worried about how he was performing. He even went back to work a short while after getting married. Another judgement I made from the text is that he was willing to make promises with himself and other people before he knew if he would keep them. He promised himself he wouldn't work the way his uncle did at a young age but had no real idea or way he would've known if he would or not. He luckily in this case did keep that promise to himself. But he promised his wife they would start a family someday which he did not keep this promise. Those are the judgements I made about Mitch Albom from the text.
In the beginning of Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom gives an introduction to the two main characters, himself and Morrie, and also some background characters who are part of their everyday life, such as his wife Charlotte. He gives some background on Morrie by telling his teaching methods, his personality, and his disease. He gives some background upon himself as he was a student, a graduate, and a successful worker. The setting he describes their daily lives in a modern time period starting in 1979 until Morrie's death in 1994. He gives the exposition and rising action, also displaying many of the conflicts in this story. The mood is relatively sad so far because it describes how Morrie is dying and how Mitch has not seen or talked to him since he graduated. The tone is unclear so far but I believe it is an upsetting tone due to the close relationship Mitch had with Morrie. Judgments on Mitch are that he seems a bit self absorbed so far an example is when he says "I did not keep in touch." "In fact, I lost all contact with most of the people I knew in college..." If all these people, especially Morrie, have had such a great impact on his life and shared all these special moments with him then he should've kept in touch. Any normal person would at least try to, instead he focuses on himself and his career only. When he meets his wife and they marry he promises her and himself that they would start a family, then he says "But that day never came." "Instead, u buried myself in accomplishments..." This further proves how he cared for his work more than anything else and himself more than anything else. Although he kind of had an awakening after his uncle died, it just further pushed him to think about his job and himself and focus on that part of his life. Making everything else secondary.
ReplyDeleteThe characters established are Mitch Albom as a morally lost young adult and Morrie Schwartz as the wise professor and friend when Albom mentions he was his professor's single final student being taught "the meaning of life." The setting is early to mid 1990s in West Newton, Massachusetts. The main conflict established is Morrie accepting his disease and death. The mood is presented as serious or sentimental because the topic revolves around Morrie's upcoming death. The tone is adoring since Albom is established as a loving student and friend of his professor.
ReplyDeleteMitch Albom was unfulfilling of his promises and was a workaholic by how he was presented in The Student. For example, Albom promised Morrie he would keep in touch, but he lost contact with his college friends. Hence when Albom was working all the time as a columnist ,and when he threw out his mail from Brandeis University, he had no clue of Morrie's condition until he heard it on the news. Albom also promised his wife children, yet he was working constantly, so this did not happen either.
Mitch Albom has a unique way of giving his consent of the characters. He describes himself has a normal high school student in a major with a new teacher he met named Morrie. Mitch is a nice, intelligent, and caring young man. He buys Morrie a brief case so he won't forget him and he truly cares about his teacher. Morrie is a outgoing human being. Morrie on the first day of class with Mitch, asks one day hopefully we can be friends. He also is a lively character who loves to dance all the time. The setting on the story is in Massachusetts and near the University of Brandeis. The plot of the writing is that Morrie is going to die. He was tested positive for Lou Gerhigs disease. Morris's attitude stayed positive by still rolling in teacher at the university. The mood in the story changes from a relaxed/comical feeling to a sad and mellow feeling about Morries illness. Mitch always says positive things about his teacher, but through the tone he uses a sympathetic voice. He feels bad for Morrie he didn't want this to happen to a man like Morrie.
ReplyDeleteAlbom has established two main characters already. The two characters are himself and Morrie. Morrie Schwartz is was professor at Brandeis University, and then was diagnosed with ALS. Although Morrie has this disease, he tries to make the best of his life. Mitch Albom was a student of Morrie, and is a journalist in the Detroit area. Since college, he has lost communication with Morrie. He is the narrator in the story, and tells the events that have went on in Morrie's life. Since Morrie has ALS and has limited mobility, the setting is in his study, where him and Mitch talk about life and death. The plot of "Tuesday with Morrie" is that after college Mitch and Morrie have not stayed in touch. Then Mitch finds out that Morrie has ALS, and wants to be apart of his life until the day he dies. The mood of this story already is solemn because the readers know that Morrie is starting to die. The tone of the story is very reflective because Mitch and Morrie are illustration their innermost thought of emotion in the beginning.
ReplyDeleteMitch Albom presents himself as depressed in The Student. He has not kept in touch with most of the people he knew from college, and then he moved to New York City to offer his talent, but has not been successful. Mitch's dream was to become a famous musician, but only played in nightclubs. Then, Mitch experienced his first encounter with death. His uncle he looked up to had died of pancreatic cancer. At the funeral, his life had changed. He felt that time was suddenly precious, and he was not moving fast enough. Mitch got his master's degree and moved to Detroit where he became a journalist, but it never satisfied him until he became a columnist. As a sport columnist he has become successful, but is stressed because he is in high demand. Mitch then marries a girl, and promises her a family, but never accomplishes that promise. Instead, Mitch buried himself in his accomplishments trying to squeeze every last piece of happiness, but it does not satisfy him.
Mitch Albom established two main characters in Tuesdays With Morrie. First being Morrie who is in his last months of life. And Mitch himself who has just started remembering his old teacher Morrie. The setting for this story appears to be Morries home in his last few months of life. The plot of this story is that Morrie has ALS and Mitch has not talked to him since graduation. The mood and tone seems to be leaning towards depressing. But appears to have the possibility of an uplifting story in some parts of it.
ReplyDeleteMitch Albom appears to be an average man. Who when in college meets an older teacher named Morrie. Who changes his life. After Morrie, Mitch becomes a hard worker. Trying to find jobs right out of college but is failing. So he goes back to college for journalism and starts to succeed right after. But I feel Mitch is ignorant. He refused to look at any mail from his college because he believed they were asking for money. When they were most likely trying to contact him about Morries illness.
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ReplyDeletealbom has introduced morrie schwartz and his personality. He also sets up the setting and kindof gives u an insight to the plot and some background info on the situation. he set the mood as sad but the tone is somewhat happy. Albom also give u the allusion of the story.
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In the beginning he is unprepared for the real world, but once his uncle dies he takes his life more seriously and begins setting himself up for success, which eventually he achieves
In the first chapter of this book, Mitch Albom establishes that Morrie Schwartz is an intelligent man though he's going through hardship. The story takes place in Morrie's house in the 1990's. He's told us we will follow Morrie's journey of ALS. The mood is a bit dark, but positive, as he tells us the meaning of life. His tone is wise, and he looks at the bright side of this and teaches us.
ReplyDeleteMitch Albom tells us in The Student that he broke his promise. He was too focused on work and his family to have time to keep in touch with Morrie. However, a close death changes this, and he remembers his promise to Morrie and decides to finally follow through.
Albom established that the mood and tone are happy. Eventhough Morrie is dying he sees it in a positive way and accepts it therefore making it a happy mood and tone. The setting takes place in flash backs to mitchs and morries life. So far in the story the only conflict is Mitch not keeping in contact with Morrie and not opening the letters from his old college. Morrie is an elder who has ALS. He is noticibly dying and he accepts it. Mitch on the other hand is a young adult who was Morries past student. Mitch is a workaholic and mainly focuses on achieving his dreams than friends or family.
ReplyDeleteMitch is a workaholic and so far cares more about work than anything. He hasn't completely forgotten about his old professor but hasn't made the effort to keep his promise. Mitch rather be working than being with family since work brings him the satisfaction of achieving.
Albom has established the character of Morrie. He established Morrie's personality and basic information. He has established various settings including Brandeis University, his "class" with Morrie, and his life in Detroit. He has begun to develop a plot by introducing Morrie's illness and the class he has with Morrie. Albom has also begun to create mood and tone. The mood is slightly sorrowful because of Morrie's illness but also kind of lighthearted because of Morrie's personality and character. The tone is endearing towards Morrie.
ReplyDeleteIn "The Student" Mitch Albom is presented as a family-oriented and accomplished man. He states how devastated he was when his uncle died, which leads the reader to believe he was family-oriented. He also tells about all of his accomplishments after graduating from college such as his job in Detroit, his masters degree in journalism, and his many opportunities as a sports writer. This shows the reader how accomplished he truly is.
The first chapter Albom establish the two main charters Morrie Schwartz and him self. He reveals these charters by establishing the setting of collage class room. Morrie Schwartz being the main influence in his life is made out to be one of the most amazing people he has ever met. Albom tells how he really shaped his life and wants to set out to be the type of person as his professor. The plot is set up with Morrie contracting the ALS daises. This Set up a sad depressing mood to the story as Morrie is slowly dying. The tone is meaningful as the story is about the meaning of life and how bright it can be.
ReplyDeleteMy judgment on Mitch was that he is like most human beings, they get caught up in what they think is important in life and become to busy. They miss all the actually import things and they slip by in a blink of an eye. I came to this judgement by seeing him trying to be more successful. All he cared about was how he would make more money and have a more successful stance on life. When he heres that his old friend is dying this changes his prospective and takes a different look at what he is doing