Scott Schwartz

The play Prince of Egypt directed by Scott Schwartz an American child actor who participated in Toy Story and now a director has shown his vision of the marvelous play in the Silicon Valley TheatreWorks. Additionally, the play itself is dramatic and musical. To sum the play, an orphan Hebrew was found near the river and was brought into one of the most prestigious family in Egypt. A huge amount of time has passed seeing Moses (Hebrew child) and Ramses (Son of the Pharaoh) growing up together into

The Trampoline Have you ever noticed how some yards seem to reflect the personality of the homeowners perfectly? The perfectionist’s home seems to always be positioned in the middle of a perfectly manicured lawn. The artist has treasures and flowers in abundance. The yard endlessly littered with toys and bikes seems almost exclusively to belong to the parents of several young kids. Our house seems to be no exception. Though our yard is small and sparsely decorated, its lone ornamentation-a worn

Tuesdays with Morrie is a non-fiction book which includes values and lessons inculcated in the story of an old man named Morrie Schwartz and a young man named Mitch Albom which had lost touch for several years. The book circulated in the events of their lives from the flashbacks and present times and how they were able to meet up again and change each other's lives. The central theme of this book is about life lessons one can garner through death. It is how the encounter and visitation of Mitch to

take control of you and wither away, or would you make the most out of your final days by doing all you could? In the novel Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom gains a new understanding of life’s greatest lessons through his dying professor’s, Morrie Schwartz, eyes. This book helped open my eyes as well and realize what is truly important in your life and the things you should make a priority. Between our textbook, Social Gerontology, and the novel, Tuesday’s with Morrie, they both touched a lot of

little money and time left to live he still seems like the happiest man around as he had his family and friends near him at the end with some of life's greatest lessons to teach. Well what if that man was real, and that man’s name was Morrie Schwartz? Morrie Schwartz was a college professor who had retired and then was diagnosed with ALS. An old student of his, Mitch Albom, saw him on TV and decided to visit his old professor on a Tuesday. Pretty soon one Tuesday turned into another, and eventually

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom is a great source for finding inspiring and thoughtful life lesson in which you can truly relate and learn from. The book takes you through the thoughts, lessons, life story and eventually the death of the authors mentor, Morrie. Throughout the books there are amazing quotes on life and what it entails. But, the real question is asked, what is the most important lesson throughout the book, if not one, then collectively what are they? We will delve into the

“Don’t cling to things, because everything is impermanent” (Albom 103). Everything in life is temporary. Nothing in life is permanent.. In the story Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie is dying from ALS. He is changing the way he lives his life and is teaching it to others. He is explaining to Mitch that he and others should not be too attached to things because they are not permanent. Morrie teaches people to live life through grieving if needed, accepting death and forgiving oneself and others. Morrie

Morrie Schwartz: On Tuesdays and Television Upon death, humans rediscover themselves and what they value in life. However, one old man by the name of Morrie Schwartz decided what he discovered should not be kept to himself. Morrie was a professor in sociology at Brandeis University for over thirty years. Nothing could stop him from teaching other people, not even amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. When he was in his seventies, Morrie was diagnosed with the

The project I chose to create based on the book Tuesday's with Morrie was a aphorism cookie jar. My cookie jar is painted grey and it will have Tuesday's with Morrie painted on the front. It has aphorisms from almost all the Tuesdays written on small pieces of paper inside the jar. A few Tuesdays instead of aphorisms there are summaries of what Morrie talked about instead. On the back of the piece of paper it has what I think the aphorism means. The reason I chose to do this as my project was because

Tuesday’s with Morrie is a creative and beautifully written story about an elderly man named Morrie that is facing physical deterioration due to ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. During the course of the book, a former college student that Morrie taught, named Mitch, begins to spend ample time with Morrie after years of not seeing each other. The two meet Tuesday afternoons and discuss multitudes of things; mostly topics that revolve life and the importance of focusing on what matters as opposed