CatChER iN tHe rYE !

So far, I really do like this book. I think that Holden acts just any other teenager, with a little bit more hostility and anger towards the world. I really like the whole stream of consciousness style of writing. It's easy to understand, because his mind is just like mine; he goes from one thing to the next kind of randomly and I like it :). I like knowing what's going on in a character's head.
What sucks about it though, is that I know the ending to the book because stupid Zach Murray decided to tell me. So since I know the ending, it kind of takes away from what is going on in the book. But I think I still like it anyways!

Compare and Contrast

In the movie version of Tuesdays With Morrie, all of the main points & most of the details were just about the same as the book. The movie did a good job of showing how Morrie's disease was affecting his body as it did in the book and in the interview with Morrie as well. Also, most of the conversations and quotes were included in the movie as they were in the book. Some were a little out of order, though, but that wasn't too big of a deal. Another thing that the movie really did a good job showing was how busy Mitch was all the time, such as the scene in the hotel when he first discovers Morrie on tv and in the car when he finds Morrie's house. They were exactly how I had pictured him trying to multi-task. The movie also did a great job capturing their personalities. Morrie is exactly how I pictured him to be and acts the same way as he did in both the book and the movie.
There were only a few things that were different in the movie. The main thing that was different was the whole situation with Janine and Mitch. In the book, they were married but in the movie they were just dating and "talking" about marriage I suppose. That whole situation could end up being a distraction over Mitch and Morrie's relationship. Another thing was that I really didn't picture Mitch looking like the actor who plays him in the movie. I think I pictured him more of a Matt Damon character rather than a Hank Azaria character :).

Morrie Schwartz Interview

I really enjoy reading the book, and it just makes it so much better to be able to put a face to the name, Morrie Schwartz. The story became more real to me now that I actually listened to this man speak; its much more personal. Morrie Schwartz is just all around an amazing person.

Quite honestly, I was very surprised to actually read about & hear someone speak so selflessly. I wish there were more people like Morrie in this world. If I were dying, I would just be so upset and not know what to do with myself. Probably just end up feel sorry for myself all the time, thats for sure. But unlike most people, Morrie Schwartz has accepted the fact that he is going to die soon and is just making the most out of the rest of the time that he does have. I think that Mitch Albom is a very lucky person to have met and gotten to know Morrie Schwartz so well.