Personal Narrative: My Interview With Morrie

A question asked in the first Nightline interview is “Who is Morrie Schwartz?” (23). Morrie is a professor in Philosophy at Brandeis University dealing with a terminal disease, but this description only scratches the surface. Morrie is a person with valuable life lessons, and an optimistic attitude toward the worst of situations. He has an open personality, causing him to always let people know how he feels. Morrie sympathizes and touches those he has not met in person. With a personality like Morrie’s, this seemingly simple question asked on Nightline is difficult to answer.

I walked straight out of that bar and headed for the airport; Oxford had accepted me on full scholarship, and it was time to go. As I approached the airport the almost intolerable roar of the planes jetting off the runway filled my already burning ears.

I thought I had it all down until that very moment. Its casting night for the middle school play. Me as an 8th grader went in pretty confident, and I was determined to get a part. Even though last year for me as a 7th grader didn't go quite well for me. I kept working hard for the next year, to make my skills better.

When I was young, my family and I lived in the coastal plains of Texas. One day, I started to think about what it was like at the very top in Texas. I always dreamed about the cowboys, farms, ranchers and the farm animals, that they were unique and that that was the only things that the great plains had. As I grew older, I thought it was boring, and then I had an idea. What if I, Maria Muro could make it more fun? So, I decided to dedicate my life to make the most fun city In Texas.

The narrative provides many episodic flashbacks about Morrie’s life before his illness. One of these episodes is about Morrie’s childhood and life after receiving the telegram that his mother had passed away. Heading to the funeral the young 8 year old Morrie was ashamed that his fellow peers would see what him and his family were going thru. It did not help that his father did not allow talk of his late wife, much less the fact that he never showed any affection. Young Morrie would go alone to a synagogue as well as try to collect money by the subway to help provide his family with food. “At nine years old, he felt as if the weight of a mountain were on his shoulders” (Albom, 2013, p. 75).

Morrie Schwartz was Mitch Alboms college professor more than twenty years ago. We are first introduced to Morrie while Mitch is flipping through the television channels and suddenly hears Morrie’s name. Mitch had not heard from his from professor for years and had not tried to get in touch with the professor, so the news he heard next from the screen was a shock. Morrie Schwartz, his college professor had been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Scierosis or (ALS) an incurable and fatal disease that takes over your nervous system. It is also known as Lou Gehrig’s

When I was little, I didn’t know I could see paranormals. I didn’t know they existed. I was in a foster care system. One day, I wanted to go to the library. I walked through the cemetery and saw a guy sitting on the gravestone. I looked at him and saw right through him. I got so scared. Paranormals have normal people skin but underneath they are ugly. I see them for who they are underneath their skin. The ICPA uses me to bag and tag these paranormals now. Nobody else can see these monsters, so I taze them and put a tracker on their ankle and read them their rights, They need to be in ICPA custody so they don’t hurt anybody. Vamps suck people’s blood and Zombies eat people and hags eat little kids and werewolfs howl and the moon and attack people.

I interviewed Ms. Ashley Rogers. She told me that her mother is a person that has had the most impact in her life. Her mother was successful in her career and as a mother. She showed her how to be an upstanding citizen and a good person. She showed her how to be a leader to others when needed and support those who need it as well. She supported her through every career change or decision she made in school. The most important decisions she makes as the leader of her organization is that working with her department chair and other teachers it forces her to make decisions that show them how to do better at their job. She encourages creative thinking within her organization by making students think outside the normal. With her coworkers she

My partner that I interviewed was Katerina ho she was born in Monroe Washington and lived there until she moved to florida. she was has ad chance to visit a few places such as Vietnam and Hawaii. she lives with her mom ana and dad don, she has two older sister Cassie and Kathy and a younger brother Cody and she doesn't have any pets.when she finishes school she doesn't know yet what she wants to do when she is ready to start her career and hasn't set ny goals or ambitions now but hopes to later in the future. her friends describe her personality as being funny, dramatic, crazy, awkward and somewhat clueless at times.I found out that Katerina doesn't play any sports but some interesting aspects about her is that she enjoys to read , learn history

I spoke to the rest of our team, and it seems that you and them have a difference in views upon what’s been going on previously. For example, on Friday night, before ballet, you told me that Maddie Connor has texted you saying “Can I bitch to you about Mollie?” and she denies saying this. In fact, she told me that you had sent her that exact same text message. Her story fits better with previous information and what I know about Maddie’s personality and your personality.

I was born on a late August’s night, in Longview, WA, at St. John’s hospital. While time rushed by for everyone, for my parents it was almost as if time stood still as they gazed down at their baby girl. They named that beautiful baby girl, Averi M. Klein. As a little girl, I loved the color pink and like to dress up in frilly dresses. My playmates were the boys that lived next door and we would go out into the little wooded area behind our home and play.

I believe that it is great you are inquiring about Ms. Holman and I will be honored to tell you about my time of knowing her. I met Jenna when I was stationed with her at Fort Bliss, TX and I am happy to have worked with her there, we remain friends today. I have known Jenna now, almost 10 years. Since I've known her, my opinion of her, is that she is a very bright person with an impeccable mindset. She is a hard worker and possess a strong character of heartiness. While I did not work with her on a daily basis, the times that I did, I have observed her work ethics and the way she upheld policies and procedures. I believe that she is a trustworthy person and very supportive to everyone, when they ask for her assistance. Even if she notice something

My interviewee is a mother of twins who came from Vietnam. Her name is Tran Huang, who was originally born in Qui Nhon, Vietnam in 1976, then her family moved to the capital of Vietnam, Saigon, in 1978. On June 1986, my mother left Vietnam and emigrated to the United States in September of 1986. During my mother’s time in Vietnam, the Vietnam War had ended but the social hierarchy was collapsed and it had left the country in a state of caution. My mother was thirteen years old when she arrived in America. I chose my mother to be interviewed because she had risked her life escaping Vietnam during a time when there was a lot of turmoil in Southeast Asia. If she had not crossed the Pacific and enter into America, I would not be here today and

Morrie describes life as a tension of a rubber band pulling in both directions to Mitch. "Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else..." (Albom 40). What he is saying is life is just a constant battle between what someone must or are expected do and what someone wants to do. These things are often different. However Morrie also says that "Love alway wins" (Albom 40) when Mitch asks who wins. This could means that in the end, though most people will stay in the middle of the two ends for most of their lives, they always end up doing the thing they want to do instead of what they must

Background: Individuals often choose to do things off of what society say or what they need to do to survive.Surviving is something that keeps us from doing what Morrie from Tuesdays with Morrie calls the formula of life.Morrie is an exceptionally intelligent and incredible man. Few knew Morrie before he was diagnosed with ALS, but the world knew him once he did. The world was touched, and some might say they would like to be like him. I aspire to touch people like Morrie had during his lifetime. The only way for me to reach this goal would to follow Morries formula of life which is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.