In the movie it shows when Morrie looses his ability to walk by losing control and falling out of his car. Another difference is The movie was made into a romance for the benefit of the movie to be interesting, but in the book its more realistic and factual. The third thing is in the movie the job riot never happened and Mitch didn't get fired, in the movie he quit. In the book he basically quit. The fourth difference is Mitch was able to take Morrie out of the house in the movie, but in the book they stayed at Morries house the entire time. And the final difference of this list is that Mitch didn't make it to his living funeral in the book, they also didn't talk about it much but in the movie he made it and they explained it.

Morrie: In the movie Morrie was almost exactly the same. In the movie he was still a kind frail old man. As for the actor choices, they made the best choice with Morrie's actor.

This movies overall message was to show love, and not be pent up on the petty things. This shows in Mitch's love story because once he wasn't focused on work and money, he actually made time for Janine. This is when he saw all the love he had for her and this is what made them grow their relationship to be even stronger.

Tape Recorder: This was used to record Morrie's talks, and to help Mitch write his book. But, it was also used to let Mitch hear his voice. After reality hit Mitch, he knew that eventually he would not hear his voice anymore. So recording him allowed him to always have his voice

In the movie, Mitch is the main person telling Morrie's story. Along with Morrie's huge monologues/speeches he tells Mitch on Tuesdays. Which is how it should be, but in the movie, there also comes a whole new plot with a whole new perspective. This perspective is how Mitch feels about Janine and his take on their love story. In the book, there is no love story, and it focused solely on Morrie.

Mitch: In the movie he was not as stuck up as he seemed to be in the book. He seemed to be more focused on Janine then work at times. He also was more business man than nerd. He also really looks forward to seeing Morrie once again. As for looks, the actor does fit the description the book gave Mitch pretty well.

Janine: In the book, you don't actually hear much about Janine as a whole. In the movie, though she is a lot more present and has a voice/impact. She also seemed to be more "aggressive" with her feelings towards Mitch, and how she felt ignored. Since there's not a whole of physical description in the book about her, there isn't much to compare the actress to. At least she still clearly sings in the movie, just like the book.

Piano: In the movie when Mitch was stressed out he would go and play his piano. Mitch always wanted to be a piano player, which Morrie kept pushing him to do through collage. He also was playing his piano when they got the call about Morries' passing.

The majority of the story took place at Morrie's house. With the set being here it made the fact that Morrie is dying more real because he was basically "bedridden". Unlike the book though there were times where Morrie would leave the house, and focused on times where Mitch was at other places. But these different places don't have a huge impact like Morrie's house, other than showing Mitch and Janine's love story unfold at these different locations

The similarities from the movie to the book are luckily a good amount compared to differences, these are; One similarity is the overall concept is the same, Mitch stays away from Morrie, looses touch and finds his way back to his dying teacher and they do their life-changing lessons. Along with that, the names and characters are the same. No one is thrown in to make the story vivid and no one is deleted to make it movie safe. The third similarity is that the same messages are shown across both the book and the film, they teach us life lessons that build up our character throughout life. The fourth similarity is that Mitch and Morries food tradition was still shown throughout the movie as well with the book. And the last major similarity was that Morrie dies in the same way and the same day in the movie and the book. He waited till everyone had left his side while in the coma and left while no one was watching to save them.

I prefer reading non- fiction because I like to learn about true stories that happened (my favorite being crime-related stories). Also, this unit was a lot better than the other reading units because we got to actually choose our own story, got to set up our own reading schedule, and got to have whole days in class to read. After reading this fiction book I realized it is a genre of book I will actually take time to read. I also very much preferred the book over the movie. The main reason I liked the book more is that it didn't turn into a love story, and stayed a book full of life lessons. In the movie however it tend to focus too much on Mitch and Janine's love story. Another reason is that it gave incredible detail about their Tuesday talks. This allowed me to really learn new life lessons, and read more words that Morrie said. The last reason is that it flowed better than the movie. At times it seemed that Morrie's story was rushed through, in order to make time for the love story plot. This was super annoying because I actually wanted to learn about Morrie

The overall message of this book was to teach people about how life should be. Morrie was constantly pointing out how messed society is now of days, and how people can't just sit back and enjoy life. He basically says that people focus on the parts of life that don't help you live (like money, titles, etc.).

Morrie: Although he is not the narrator of this story, he is the whole focus point of this story. He is shown to be a wise old man, who is also a professor. He is constantly giving others his advice, and still has humor while doing it. He is said to have made an impact on many people, including Mitch.

Mitch: In the book, Mitch is shown to be more stuck up and highly focused on work and money. He hardly talks about his wife Janine, but still does say a couple of times that they are happy and that he loves her. He doesn't play the piano anymore and is almost scared to finally see Morrie again after all these years.

Janine: Unlike the movie, Janine is very rarely mentioned in the book. This is why we don't learn much about her, or how her life is. All we learn about her is that she is kind, is a singer, and is Mitch's wife. She also sings to Morrie at one point with has a huge impact on him.

Mitch Bringing food: Mitch brought food to symbolize the remembrance of their old times. Like when they had lunch together at school. He would bring things that Morrie loved to eat and to make them close again

Music: Music was a big symbol for the book because it was what Morrie loved, he would dance himself to sleep basically when he could move. It would make him cry of joy later on in the book and when Jeanine came to sing to him he was as happy as can be making it an amazing symbol of his happiness.

The narrator of the book, just like the movie, is Mitch. He retells all of their Tuesdays, and shares all of Morrie's huge lessons in life. Other than Mitch's narration, Morrie does have huge monologues of dialogue throughout the book. Which helps share Morrie's perspective on life to anyone reading it.

The scene of the book was almost always at Morrie's house. This shows (just like in the movie) that Morrie is dying because he is now "bedridden". This is also the same place where Morrie's TV interview happened, where he had his alive funeral, and where he eventually passed away.

Reading non-fiction was a wonderful experience because it was a book that I actually enjoyed. Having the freedom to choose made it better because we got to choose what we thought was interesting. I liked Tuesdays with Morrie and thought it was wonderful to hear and understand such a brilliant man. It was a lot more engaging and relatable than the other books we read over English 2. Having the freedom to chose was a good feature. Along with that, I think reading it was better than seeing the movie because number 1, the movie was butchered to make it look more appealing in a major motion picture, they jazzed up some things that weren't actually happening. Number 2, it was Mitches story to tell not Oprah's(because she directed the movie). And number 3, you felt more connected and open with the book and got to see the quotes Morrie said and see the differences for real instead of seeing some glammed up kids movie because it could've been more truthful if it was rated R maybe.