The Orientation
The Orientation, the fifth chapter of tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, is about Albom’s first confrontation with Morrie in years. It starts off with Albom, a journalist and former college student of Mr. Schwartz’s, pulling up into Morrie Schwartz’s driveway. He suddenly feels he is unprepared and delays a while, on the phone discussing work, before going to meet Morrie. However, Morrie greets him with the same kindness and love that used to flow fluently between the young college student and professor. Mitch feels very awkward, but Morrie wastes no time in asking “[s]hall I tell you what it is like (to die)?” Then Albom has another flashback, this one describes how Morrie's kindness as a professor drew Mitch to him. They would eat lunch together and talk. Also how Mitch called Morrie “coach” and Morrie would call him “player.” This foreshadows that their Albom and Morrie’s meeting would cause a series of meetings to come, where Albom would once again call Morrie coach.
The Orientation, the fifth chapter of tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, is about Albom’s first confrontation with Morrie in years. It starts off with Albom, a journalist and former college student of Mr. Schwartz’s, pulling up into Morrie Schwartz’s driveway. He suddenly feels he is unprepared and delays a while, on the phone discussing work, before going to meet Morrie. However, Morrie greets him with the same kindness and love that used to flow fluently between the young college student and professor. Mitch feels very awkward, but Morrie wastes no time in asking “[s]hall I tell you what it is like (to die)?” Then Albom has another flashback, this one describes how Morrie's kindness as a professor drew Mitch to him. They would eat lunch together and talk. Also how Mitch called Morrie “coach” and Morrie would call him “player.” This foreshadows that their Albom and Morrie’s meeting would cause a series of meetings to come, where Albom would once again call Morrie coach.