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It does not mean that you have to be a perfect person, but at least you become someone better. You know how to interact with people and how to treat
people as a human. You do not need to think about others foibles because everybody has his or her own foibles. People say no body in this world is perfect.
You do not need to talk about people’s faults behind their back. You have your own fault which can be worse than people you talk about so before you talk about
someone’s weakness you would better reflect it to yourselves. You are not even better than people you talk about. It is better for people to think about their own
self and how to fix every single mistake that he or she had done.
2.5. Context of the Novel
The Novel takes place in 1995, in Morrie’s study, in West Newton, Massachusetts. In his childhood, Morrie used to live in poverty. Charles Schwartz,
a Russian immigrant who had moved to escape the Russian Army, Schwartz grew up in the Jewish tenements in New York City Charles Schwartz, a Russian
immigrant who had moved to escape the Russian Army, Schwartz grew up in the Jewish tenements in New York City His father, Charlie, was cold and
dispassionate, and he neglected to provide for Morrie and his younger brother emotionally and financially. At the age of eight, he was informed that his mother,
who is the owner of a local candy store, had died. As he is the only one in his family who can read English Morrie must read the telegram that brings news of
his mothers death. He is very sad of his mother death. Not long after that, his brother David was diagnosed with polio.
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Charlie marries Eva, a kind woman who gives Morrie and his brother the love and affection they need. She gives Morrie what he needs like his desire for
books and education. She is the one that raises Morrie and David with good education until Morrie becomes prominent professor in Brandeis University.
Morrie Schwartz earned his undergraduate degree from City College in New York, and his masters degree and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in
1946 and 1951 respectively. He wrote three books on sociology in the 1950s and 1960s. He began teaching at Brandeis University in the sociology department.
Among his students was future sports writer and television host Mitch Albom. Schwartz continued to teach at Brandeis into his 70s, when amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrigs disease made it too difficult for him to continue his life.
He keeps the telegram of his mother’s death all of his life as proof that his mother had existed. He kept this because he wanted to memories the moment
when he lost his beloved mother. Because he was starving of love and affection during his childhood, Morrie seeks it out in his old age from his family and
friends. Now that he is close to his death, Morrie says that he enjoys being a baby again. During his dying moment, Morrie spends most of his time doing the
last project together with one of his favorite students in Brandeis University.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter is divided into three parts namely the Object of the Study, the Approaches and the Procedures. The Object of the Study concerns the work of
literature analyzed in this study. The Approaches used to analyze the novel. The Procedures contain the steps of doing this study.
3.1. Object of the Study
The little of the book, which would be analysed in this study, is Tuesdays with Morrie, the novel is written by Mitch Albom, 47, the No. 1 Sports Columnist
in the Nation for 13 years. This novel is based on the true story of the author himself. He published this book for the sake of his late lecture who had loved him
for all his life. Morrie was Mitch’s sociology lecturer in Brandies University; Morrie was
one of the oldest lecturers while Mitch was one of the youngest students. Even though they come from different generation they can still be friends. They often
spent the time together and talked about many things in life. On the graduation day Mitch promised Morrie to always keep in touch with him but he broke his
promise. He never visited Morrie, someone whom he used to know very well in Brandies University.
Mitch was a hard-working person who sought happiness. He tried to find his own happiness by spending most of his time working. He was working hard as
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