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Title?[edit]

Considering that the book was certainly more popular than the TV movie, shouldn't this be changed to Tuesdays With Morrie (movie) and have Tuesdays With Morrie be about the book itself? --Fermatprime 19:12, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Film[edit]

Only mentioned, section needs to be added (ergo added templates above)SkierRMH 07:29, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Noteable?[edit]

An audio excerpt of the book is featured in the Family Guy episode Ready Willing and Disabled. Noteable? Who knows. I'm not deciding right now. Just throwing it out there. Lots42 (talk) 12:57, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A number of the quotes listed as from the book were by Sartre. The article is suggesting that the author made them up himself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.16.81.195 (talk) 18:06, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2009 copy edit, layout, and prose log[edit]

Plot Summary and Plot Introduction to Synopsis[edit]

Rewrote Memoir into Synopsis and summarized both section displayed above into this section. This is not a work of fiction, there is not "plot" but a synopsis and recount of past events. Furthermore, Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Style guidelines dictates that the summary should not attempt to "reproducing the work being discussed" even if it was novel. Oldversion is available at [1]. ChyranandChloe (talk) 06:19, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Moving Quotes[edit]

Moved, reduced, and linked the Quotations section int he following old version[2] to WikiQuote, Wikipedia's sister project. This section fails to remain relevant, a Theme's section using these quote is designed to accomplish this goal. ChyranandChloe (talk) 06:19, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Removing Characters[edit]

This is not a novel, but a recount of past events. Characters are defined as "An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction", furthermore the both characters have full biographies available at Mitch Albom and Morrie Schwartz. Since Albom is still alive, his information is challenged under WP:BLP. I'll link to these two articles. ChyranandChloe (talk) 06:19, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Themes[edit]

Added a new section titled Themes, cited information. It needs a copyedit and some expansion. ChyranandChloe (talk) 06:19, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Themes[edit]

I didn't want to remove the writing in the Themes subhead entirely, so I wanted to leave it below in case somebody wants to fix it. It shouldn't be on the page in its current state. Thank you. MitchellWeasel (talk) 21:05, 27 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tuesdays With Morrie examines the interactions and phenomena between the human experience of living and dying. A theme of personal transcendence appears for both characters: Morrie and Albom. This transformation is experienced by both characters through Morrie's deteriorating health. Morrie shows us the value of retaining dignity in the face of death; that love is the most valuable thing we can offer to each other. ^[1] For readers, this allows a casual avenue for learning about the dying process; learning "that not all stories end happily with a person going into remission and thus avoiding death. Rather, dying and death are natural processes and need to be acknowledged for what they are—natural events."^[2] The role that culture plays in the development of happiness within our lives is also examined within the novel. Morrie remarks that we often see ourselves as dissimilar to each other, rather than similar. He goes on to promote the value of investing in people rather than material objects.^[3]

References

^ "Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson". Amazon.com.
^ Masters, J. L. (2003). THURSDAYS WITH MORRIE: THE USE OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE IN A DEATH AND DYING COURSE. Omega: Journal Of Death & Dying, 47(3), 245-252.
^ "CNN - Books: Reviews -"Tuesdays with Morrie" - May 6, 1998". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2017-11-16.

TV episode[edit]

I removed this sentence from the References section of the article. It seems to have been added to the wrong section by mistake, so I am copying it here in case someone wants to add a citation and/or develop a Television references section in the future: "The Middle Season 4, Episode 21. Frankie's father has recently read Tuesdays With Morrie and decides to share his life experiences with Mike Heck, his son-in-law." Hexcodes (talk) 06:16, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson". Amazon.com.

[2] Masters, J. L. (2003). THURSDAYS WITH MORRIE: THE USE OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE IN A DEATH AND DYING COURSE. Omega: Journal Of Death & Dying, 47(3), 245-252.

[3] "CNN - Books: Reviews -"Tuesdays with Morrie" - May 6, 1998". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2017-11-16.

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