*Title : Tuesdays with Morrie
*Author : Mitch Albom
*Publisher : ANCHOR BOOKS
*Year : 1997
*Vocabulary
pose : 물어 밝히다, 질문하다
sticky : 끈적한
syllabus : 교수 요목
prominent : 저명한, 현저한
indecipherable : 판독할 수 없는, 읽을 수 없는
mutt : 바보, 얼간이
quiver : 떨리다, 흔들리다
unbearable : 참을 수 없는
fumble : 더듬어 찾다
**Brief summary and personal reflection on the story**
-Before I read this book, my friend already read it, and she cried. She said this book is very touching. When I read this book in English, I couldn't understand it perfectly and I couldn't understand why she cried. But I knew this book is very famous and changed lots of people, because it teaches us really meaningful things in our life. So, I bought 'Tuesdays with Morrie' in Korean and finally I understand it with my heart.
This book, 'Tuesdays with Morrie' is about an old man who is came down with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which called Lou Gehrig's disease, and Morrie's old student Mitch, who wrote this book and forgot Morrie's precious teaching. Lou Gehrig's disease, this disease melts nerves and finally it makes patient can't walk, move and eat by himself. It makes lung can't breathe and then, patient dies. Most of patients with this disease, must despair and give up their life, but Morrie didn't. At first when he knew his disease, he embarrased and despaired about world without him, but finally he accepted himself and started to find things what he really have to and want to do. While Morrie was suffering with disease, Mitch was very busy in his life. He thought honor and wealth is very important, so he just worked and workd.
One day, he rested and watched TV, he heard his old teacher, Morrie's voice in the popular TV show. Finally he knew his teacher was came down with Lou Gehrig's disease. He flew to Morrie and remembered and realized how Morrie is precious to him. He was so ashamed himself when he met Morrie again, because Morrie asked him, "Did you live like my teaching?". Morrie taught him make relation with people. But he didn't live like that, that's why he ashamed. Anyway, he realized something and wanted to meet Morrie and Morrie wanted to meet him, so they decided to meet at tuesdays. And when tuesdays, Mitch and Morrie talked about meaningful things.
In this book, Morrie said he is in between live and death, so he could see things another point of view. He could know what's really important in life. Every time when he met Mitch, he taught it to him. Morrie said the most important thing is people and relation, not wealth or honor. His heart-warming mind always gathers people around him. Like his belief, he had lots of true friends and happy life. Through Morrie and Mitch's talking, I could feel something very important to me. I could know why this book changed lots of people's life and mind.
These days, I'm very worried about these things. Now, I know the most important things are people's mind and relation with them. But when I became adult, I have to fight against temptation of honor and wealth, and try to live honestly to everyone and my heart and belief. Of course it's all in the my mind, but can't sure I can live like Morrie. It's no use to work very hard to earn money. If someone think this is the most important in life, I'm sure he will regret when he dies. I want to live happily and fruitful, not ashamed to myself until I leave the world. I want to live like heart-warming Morrie. I try to think like him and believe myself. I learned very precious things in this book. I'm happy to read this book. I'll recommend this book to my precious people.
