Connections

Tuesdays with Morrie is a unique piece of writing. Not many other movies, plays or books are similar to Tuesdays with Morrie. There is one movie that is similar to Tuesdays with Morrie and that movie is The Bucket List. These two pieces of writing are similar because in both pieces there is somebody suffering from an illness. In The Bucket List the main character Carter Chambers is diagnosed with a terminal cancer. He is in the hospital and people come and visit him. While Carter Chambers in sharing his hospital room his roommate, Edward Cole is lonely and rich. Carter begins to talk with Edward about life and things he wants to do before he dies.

            In Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom sees Morrie an old college professor on T.V. and sees that he is dying. Mitch rushes over to see how Morrie is doing. Morrie and Mitch begin to talk about how life has been. Later on Mitch and Morrie began to talk about philosophy. They talk about people perspectives and Morrie teaches Mitch many new lessons.

            In both works there is a character that is going through life as if it is set up and you cannot change it. They continue through life like this until they meet or re-meet somebody special. When they get together with this special person they explore life and the meaning of it.

            Both stories have a new relationship being made. In Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch is rekindling his relationship with Morrie. Mitch has to start from scratch to become very close with Morrie. In The Bucket List, Edward is in a hospital bed dying and finds a roommate that is dying as well. They become close friends and do things that they wanted to do for their whole lives. They become very close friends up until they die. Both of these pieces of writing share a deep connection with somebody else. This connection stays with the characters. It gives the characters something to remember each other by, and that is their relationships with one another.

            These stories seem to have a lot in common. They both have to do with people caring for one another and building a new relationship. These new relationships that are being made are a symbol of friendship. This symbol of friendship is shown when Mitch begins to care for Morrie all the way till the bitter end. In The Bucket List Carter and Edward stick with each other through the good times and the bad times. Both of these new and unique relationships symbolize the importance of friendship.