The Professor, Part Two The Flashbacks

“One if the patients, a middle-aged women, came out of her room every day and lay facedown on the tile floor, stayed there for hours, as doctors and nurses stepped around her. Morrie watched in horror. He took notes, which is what he was there to do. Every day, she did the same thing: came out in the morning, lay on the floor, stayed there until the evening, talking to no one, ignored by everyone. It saddened Morrie. He began to sit on the floor with her, even lay down alongside her, trying to draw her out of her misery. Eventually, he got her to sit up, and even to return to her room. What she mostly wanted, he learned, was the same thing many people want- someone to notice she was there.” Page 109-110 I chose this passage because I thought that this really showed how much Morrie cared about other people. Morrie goes above and beyond to make sure other people are happy and are enjoying themselves.

“Then again, how many business or law students ever visit their old professors once they leave? Morrie’s students did that all the time. And in his final months. They came back to him, hundreds of them, from Boston, New York, California, London, and Switzerland; from corporate offices and inner city school programs. They called. They wrote. They drove hundreds of miles for a visit, a word, a smile. “I’ve never had another teacher like you, they all said.” Page 113 I chose this passage because it just goes to show that people appriciate what Morrie does. He really connects to a lot of people and he is somebody that you will always remember because he gives out a lot of love to everyone he meets.