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Morrie Schwartz's Attitude About Life And Death
Morrie Schwartz's attitude about life and death.
In the story, Morrie Schwartz thinks death is not much big thing , it is about how to accept it, I can not agree to him, I just 17-years old student, I don't have that much experience, I spend most of my time on study, at least I can not agree him right now. Morries look like understand everything and also do not afraid dead, which I can not understand him, but I admire him at the same time, because his thought is very profound to me, also very touching me.

Morrie reveals that it is only once a person knows how to die that he can then know how to live. I can not understand at the beginning, this is not the think should I think about right now. When Morrie tells Mitch, if he can aware and accepting of his own death, he will not afriad it. He don't think Micth is lazy, he think he is not understand the point, he think Mitch should not force on money and he should force on family and friends. He said Mitch's life is full by money, he should spend time on people who around him. Morrie sees through Mitch's superficial desire, and knows that the only salve for Mitch's emotional void is love and friendship. Compare Mitch to me, If I am Mitch, I can not understant what morrie's theoy very well, this is not the thing I should understand right now, as a student, I have a unknow funture, I
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Also in there have a flash back in this part, Morrie recalls reading the telegram that brought the news of his mother's death, and Morrie is the only one in family who can read English, Morrie is the first one who know the his mom dead. After this he keep the telegram. I think this is hurts Morrie very much, Morrie doesn’t want this. Morrie’s life is not well, at least, he is live in a poor family, didn’ t get too much love and money. Also I think this thing made the Morrie’s expenience also it teaches him care your family when the family memeber is

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