Tuesdays with Morrie This Book & Movie’s treat a little more light and heavy. The feeling of the book is light and the feeling of the movie is heavy. The two works should be enoyed by everyone before they die. I read ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ to fill my loneliness after my scholastic ability test. This book is easy and light for reading, but it has a powerful lesson. The book is an essay based on a real story. ‘Mitchell David Albom’ who is this book’s author, an entertainer, and a newspaper columnist draws a classic portrait of human. He started understanding about death because of his uncle’s death, and he makes an effort to achieve everything before death. He tries to have a bigger house, a better car, and better things than other people. One day, Mitchell’s watching TV, and he sees professor Morrie who was his teacher at college. Mitchell and Morrie were very close in his college days. After Mitchell graduated from college, they promised to stay in touch but they didn’t. However, Mitchell learns that Morrie has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, an incurable terminal illness. He goes to see his old professor. From that point on, Mitchell visites Morrie, every Tuesday. Morries said that he is very sick but no change in the world is as bad as when he feels lonesome, for the first time. But he is not pessimistic about his serious disease and lives positively. He is a man known to have fun despite his sickness. Finally, he leaves this world because of his disease. His story is a wonderful lesson for us all. This book faces up to the reality of death. Don’t take the value of the material world. Small pleasures bring happiness beyond compare during everyday life. However, these days many people still strive after material wealth. I encourage you to think about what really matters in life. Go out and find true happiness.
Nam-Young Ki  l.l.f@hanmail.net