Mardi Gras‚ in the French speaking parts of the world and in some US southern states is the last day of carnival festivities preceding Lent‚ the time of penitence observed by Christians in preparation for Easter. Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday") is a French term for Shrove Tuesday‚ the day before the start of Lent. Before Lent festivities reach the climax on a day in February or March‚ depending on what date Easter is.(Americana pg. 308) French colonists brought Mardi Gras to America in the early 1700’s
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Chrysen park Honors Summer Reading Book Choice 1. Mitch Albom‚ the book’s narrator‚ recalls his graduation from Brandeis University in the spring of 1979. While at Brandeis‚ Mitch says his farewells to his favorite professor Morrie. He promises Morrie‚ who is crying‚ that he will keep in touch‚ though he does not fulfill his promise. Years after Mitch’s graduation from Brandeis‚ Morrie is diagnosed with ALS. Morrie’s wife‚ Charlotte‚ cares for Morrie while doing her job as a professor at M
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“Tuesdays with Morrie”‚ written by Mitch Albom is a story of the love between a man and his college professor‚ Morrie Schwartz. This true story captures the compassion and wisdom of a man who only knew good and thought good in his heart. A man who lived his life to the fullest up until the very last breath of his happily fulfilled life. It is a story of a special bond of friendship that was lost for many years‚ but never forgotten and simply picked up again at a crucial time of both Morrie’s and
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the art of living well.” The authors of the two books‚ To Kill a Mockingbird and Tuesdays with Morrie teach the reader life’s most valuable lessons through two wise teachers by the name of Atticus Finch and Morrie Schwartz. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch teaches his children important values that helped shape and develop them into adolescence. Likewise‚ Mr. Schwartz‚ the main character of the book Tuesdays with Morrie‚ dedicates his life to sharing wisdom with others and deeply affects the
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the 15th century to the 19th century these festivals and rituals could have been seen as a negative aspect of traditional European life‚ they were also positive and served a specific purpose during that time period. Many festivals‚ such as Shrove Tuesday and Carnival represented times of extreme excess that served as an outlet for behaviors that were usually considered unacceptable by the Church and the dictates of polite society. The festivals that Europeans took part in allowed them to unwind and
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press (Mitch) who sees his former college professor (Morrie) on a TV documentary‚ and learns that he is dying from ’Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS)‚ which is a disease that slowly breaks down muscle tissue. Mitch begins to visit Morrie every Tuesday learning many life lessons from Morrie. Before Mitch learns that Morrie was diagnosed with ALS he was a man who was afraid to show his emotion‚ consumed by his job‚ which took over his life‚ therefor he had no time for himself or his girlfriend Janine
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One of the reasons he is able to sense how people will react to things is because of some of his sociology classes that study human emotion and reaction. The other half of his ability to feel for people is a given trait of Morrie’s. When reading “Tuesdays with Morrie” you feel as though you are able to connect with Morrie even though you’ve never met Morrie and don’t know him on a personal level. He emits a feeling and sense of comfort and gives you ability to talk to him and to show him the person
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discrepancy among opinions is the basis for all conflicts and arguments. However‚ these conflicts can be beneficial‚ as two opposing sides may negotiate with each other to reach a verdict that is more acceptable than either of the sides’ views alone. In Tuesdays with Morrie‚ written by Mitch Albom‚ this universal concept is described by Morrie as the “tension of opposites‚” and it frequently occurs in society as well as within the novel itself. Mitch experiences this theme firsthand in the novel as his
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All throughout his college days‚ Mitch had been concerned with impressing others‚ and did so by hiding his age behind a facade of toughness. It seems that presently‚ in his adulthood‚ Mitch hides behind this same screen. There is only a small trace of tenderness in his character‚ a trace that is eventually drawn out by Morrie. But prior to his reunion with his professor‚ Mitch seems driven only by the prospect of financial success and professional power‚ which is obvious when he chooses to remain
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pain. Even at the age of 15 there was still so much I didn’t know about her sicken. It took a long time for me to get over the empty space in my life that my grandmother filled. That year in school my English teacher made us read a book called Tuesdays with Morrie‚ written by Mitch Albom‚ that book helped so so much in getting over the loss of my Grandma. This was one of my favorite books I’ve ever read because it has such a strong message and I related to Mitch in some ways. One of my favorite
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