The Cuuriculum Hibiscus - a plant of the mallow family, grown in warm climates for its large brightly colored flowers or for products such as fiber or timber. Lieu - instead of something 1. The subject was The Meaning of Life 2. No grades were given, but there were oral exams each week. equired to perform physical tasks now and then, such as lifting the professor’s head to a comfortable spot on the pillow or placing his glasses on the bridge of his nose. Kissing him good-bye earned you extra credit. 3. The narrator speaks deeply about his personal relationship with Morrie, and he frames this book like a course one would take in school。 4. It emphasizes the fact that Mitch was the one person to visit him every week in that special way to learn from Morrie 5. Didnt see italics context on pdf. 6. That Mitch was a special student of Morrie at Brandeis University and took every class he offered 7. Morrie is a very heart-warmed kid which help Mitch to prepare his work. 8. Idolizes Morrie & is fascinated by his philosophy & approach to life. He also loves him very dearly 9. I dont believe that because as we become older we hae less time to thinking about the relationship, and maybe at that time Morrie would change his mind. 10. "For many of us, the curtain has just come down in childhood." -many a childhood ended that day, indicating that know they really are adults & reality has set in "When he holds me, I feel awkward, older, as if I were the parent & he were the child."- even though he is physically more powerful, he is very meek in comparison with Morrie's wisdom 11. He doesn't want Morrie to forget about him The Syllabus Blissful - Extremely happy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss. Lindy - beautiful Prominent - standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line Commandeered - to compel to perform military service Inexplicably - in a way that cannot be explained or understood Neurological - disorders that affect the brain as well as the nerves found throughout the human body and the spinal cord Normalcy - the condition of being normal; the state of being usual, typical, or expected. Profound - having or showing great knowledge or insight. Demise - a person's death. Meditation - a written or spoken discourse expressing considered thoughts on a subject. Rousing - exciting; stirring. 1. That's the summer when Morrie passed away. 2. Dance- he's energetic and loves to have fun. 3. The early symptoms of the disease were blamed on Morrie's old age. 4. Morrie is very in touch with his body. In the beginning, he knows that what is happening with his body is not simply old age. 5. The tone in this section is very blunt. The narrator does not try to make the tests less real by hiding them behind polite language. This mimics Morrie’s attitude toward death and aging. Morrie does not believe that we should hide from either 6. Morrie learns that he is afflicted with Lou Gehrig’s disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. ALS is a disease that eats away at a person’s neurological system. The book describes the disease with the following: “ALS is like a lit candle: it melts your nerves and leaves your body a pile of wax.” 7. Morrie is surprised that people continue with life as if nothing is happening. The world does not stop 8. Morrie is quickly overcome by the disease. The doctors believe that he has approximately two years until the disease kills him. The first signs of Morrie’s illness are his asthma, his trouble walking, his fatigue, and his insomnia 9. The narration describes several events in Morrie’s life that he enjoys doing, buy slowly, Morrie is no longer able to continue with those activities. After the narration describes how Morrie loses each activity, it completes the story with the phrase “that was the end.” In the first activity, the narration states, “That was the end of his driving.” In the second story, the narration states, “That was the end of his walking free.” 10. Morrie decides that “he would not be ashamed of dying.” (Pg. 10) He wants people to learn what happens with death. 11.
