Emotional Reaction

A very emotional part in this book is Morrie’s death and funeral: “Morrie died on a Saturday morning… I believe that he died this way on purpose. I believe that he wanted no chilling moments, no one to witness his last breath and be haunted by it…”(187). It was oblivious that Morrie was going to die, but the way he died made me feel really sad. I felt sad, but then I remembered Morrie was happy to die. Then I felt fine. I felt as if Morrie was in a place where he belonged.

At the funeral Mitch attends and realizes that Morrie was right: “I glanced around the cemetery. Morrie was right. It was indeed a lovely spot, trees and grass and a sloping hill… to my happiness, found that the imagined conversation (with Morrie)… It was a Tuesday”(188). I was happy at this point in the story. Mitch is remembering the good time that he had with Morrie. He remembered that every Tuesday he went to Morrie’s house and had a special conversation about life. This is good, because Morrie will never be forgotten. This is because Mitch and Morrie’s family will always remember him. I find this to be good because as long as you remember somebody close they will be in the world forever. By Mitch and Morrie’s family doing this it makes me happy to see Morrie is going to never leave the Earth.