Morrie Schwartz is an old man in his mid to late seventies who is diagnosed with A.L.S. Shortly after being diagnosed with A.L.S. Morrie begins to hold meetings with Mitch Albom, his former student at Brandies University, to talk about life, death, love, family, etc. on every Tuesday until he dies of. Morrie is father of two children named Rob and Jon, and wife to a woman named Charlotte. He lives in New town, Michigan, and has many caretakers in his home to take care of him. He dies on November fourth.
Mitch Albom is the second main character of Tuesdays with Morrie, as well as the author. Mitch, directly after getting out of college, wanted to be a musician, then became a very busy writer for newspaper and other forms of media. Until meeting once again with Morrie, his former professor at Brandies, Mitch is very money oriented. As the book progresses, he changes emmencly from Morrie's teachings, and looks at life differently with another set of values in mind. Mitch has no children but a wife named Janine.
Ted Koppel is an anchorman of Nightline, in Tuesdays with Morrie, and is in three chapters of the book; The Audiovisual, The Audiovisual, Part Two, and the Audiovisual, Part Three. He is introduced when Morrie's good friend, Mourie Stein, sends some of Morrie's thoughts about death to the Boston Globe, who then sent them to Ted Koppel. Koppel then interviews Morrie on death and all that goes three times throughout the next two or so years. Koppel, who Morrie at first thinks to be a narcissist, over the next three interviews, becomes more relaxed and friendly, as if Morrie was tearing him down, layer by layer.
Charlotte, Morrie's wife, is introduces mainly in the Sixth Tuesday. She works on a daily basis, so Mitch doesn't meat her until Morrie's condition worsens, and Charlotte stays home to help him. Of all of Morrie's friends and family, Charlotte seems the most depressed as she loses her husband. Albom describes her as having a "lilting voice" and gray hair. She progresses the story when she begins to stay home, which tells the reader that Morrie's condition has worsened.
Janine is the wife of Mitch Albom. She is introduced in detail in The Tenth Tuesday, but before then we know very little about her. In the first chapter she is included in, her and Albom go to visit Morrie. Morrie has been wanting to meet Janine for a while. When at Morrie's house, Janine sings for Morrie, for she is a professional singer, but is usually very shy about her talent. From description, Janine is extremely kind, with a very loving voice.
Peter is Albom's younger brother, who is introduced in The Fifth Tuesday, where Morrie and Albom talk about family.At a younger age, Mitch and Peter got along, just as any two brothers would. Him and Mitch were very different. Peter was the bad student, and an adventurous brother who light up the room when ever entering. He was the favorite of the family, and at family gatherings, Mitch would feel somewhat ocward around him. But, after moving to Spain and developing a cancer in his pancreas, he became disconnected from the rest of his family. He barely writes, insisting upon facing his cancer alone. As Mitch begins to understand life at a different view due to Morrie's teachings, he understands that, when asking his brother to talk all the time, he is approaching him the wrong way. When coming in at a different angle, him and his brother finally get in touch at the end of the book.
Charlie is Morrie's father, a very stiff and disconnected man. He is introduces at first in the chapter The Professor, a description of Morrie's early life. Charlies was always a very poor, non-talkative man, and when Morrie's mother, Charlie's wife dies, Charlie becomes even more so. Charlie then marries a woman named Eva, but his attitude does not change. Later on, after running several blocks away from a gang of robbers, he collapsed on his relatives porch and dies.
Eva is Morrie's step Mother, who Charlie marries after Morrie's real mother dies. Eva is introduces in in The Professor, the chapter that explains Morrie's early childhood. Eva fills in the silence that Charlie creates with his lack of the need to converse. She kisses Morrie and his brother, David, goodnight every night and shows the affection he lost with his real mother. Eva stresses the importance of education to her two step sons, and, in a way, pushes Morrie to become the great professor he became.
Connie is one of Morrie's many house helpers.She advances the plot in the boo because, every time she is mentioned, we know there is going to be a health update.
Norman is one of Morrie's house helpers.
Tony is Morrie's house helper that helps him in and out of a bathing suit in the beginning of the book.
Mitch Albom is the second main character of Tuesdays with Morrie, as well as the author. Mitch, directly after getting out of college, wanted to be a musician, then became a very busy writer for newspaper and other forms of media. Until meeting once again with Morrie, his former professor at Brandies, Mitch is very money oriented. As the book progresses, he changes emmencly from Morrie's teachings, and looks at life differently with another set of values in mind. Mitch has no children but a wife named Janine.
Ted Koppel is an anchorman of Nightline, in Tuesdays with Morrie, and is in three chapters of the book; The Audiovisual, The Audiovisual, Part Two, and the Audiovisual, Part Three. He is introduced when Morrie's good friend, Mourie Stein, sends some of Morrie's thoughts about death to the Boston Globe, who then sent them to Ted Koppel. Koppel then interviews Morrie on death and all that goes three times throughout the next two or so years. Koppel, who Morrie at first thinks to be a narcissist, over the next three interviews, becomes more relaxed and friendly, as if Morrie was tearing him down, layer by layer.
Charlotte, Morrie's wife, is introduces mainly in the Sixth Tuesday. She works on a daily basis, so Mitch doesn't meat her until Morrie's condition worsens, and Charlotte stays home to help him. Of all of Morrie's friends and family, Charlotte seems the most depressed as she loses her husband. Albom describes her as having a "lilting voice" and gray hair. She progresses the story when she begins to stay home, which tells the reader that Morrie's condition has worsened.
Janine is the wife of Mitch Albom. She is introduced in detail in The Tenth Tuesday, but before then we know very little about her. In the first chapter she is included in, her and Albom go to visit Morrie. Morrie has been wanting to meet Janine for a while. When at Morrie's house, Janine sings for Morrie, for she is a professional singer, but is usually very shy about her talent. From description, Janine is extremely kind, with a very loving voice.
Peter is Albom's younger brother, who is introduced in The Fifth Tuesday, where Morrie and Albom talk about family.At a younger age, Mitch and Peter got along, just as any two brothers would. Him and Mitch were very different. Peter was the bad student, and an adventurous brother who light up the room when ever entering. He was the favorite of the family, and at family gatherings, Mitch would feel somewhat ocward around him. But, after moving to Spain and developing a cancer in his pancreas, he became disconnected from the rest of his family. He barely writes, insisting upon facing his cancer alone. As Mitch begins to understand life at a different view due to Morrie's teachings, he understands that, when asking his brother to talk all the time, he is approaching him the wrong way. When coming in at a different angle, him and his brother finally get in touch at the end of the book.
Charlie is Morrie's father, a very stiff and disconnected man. He is introduces at first in the chapter The Professor, a description of Morrie's early life. Charlies was always a very poor, non-talkative man, and when Morrie's mother, Charlie's wife dies, Charlie becomes even more so. Charlie then marries a woman named Eva, but his attitude does not change. Later on, after running several blocks away from a gang of robbers, he collapsed on his relatives porch and dies.
Eva is Morrie's step Mother, who Charlie marries after Morrie's real mother dies. Eva is introduces in in The Professor, the chapter that explains Morrie's early childhood. Eva fills in the silence that Charlie creates with his lack of the need to converse. She kisses Morrie and his brother, David, goodnight every night and shows the affection he lost with his real mother. Eva stresses the importance of education to her two step sons, and, in a way, pushes Morrie to become the great professor he became.
Connie is one of Morrie's many house helpers.She advances the plot in the boo because, every time she is mentioned, we know there is going to be a health update.
Norman is one of Morrie's house helpers.
Tony is Morrie's house helper that helps him in and out of a bathing suit in the beginning of the book.