Learn How to Die - Reply to the question below and post a reply to 2 classmates' comments by class on Monday, Dec. 15

Read pages 42 to 89. Morrie told Mitch "Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live." What do you think he meant by this?


I think that Morrie is

I think that Morrie is trying to tell Mitch that through his learning about his death he has learned to live life more completely each day and to live his life to the fullest. Morrie wants to show Mitch that he needs to learn how to live his life now, before he dies.


I agree; Morrie is tell

I agree; Morrie is tell Mitch to live his life to the fullest before it is his turn to die.


I agree with Danielle

I agree with Danielle because Morrie is going through this all and he realizes when he is close to death that he should appreciate life and everything to the fullest.


I agree with Danielle.  I

I agree with Danielle.  I agree that Morrie is trying to give Mitch advice now that he has experienced preparing for death.  Now that Morrie is dying he has a prespective Mitch hasn't seen yet, so Morrie is trying to give Mitch important advice. 


I agree with Danielle

I agree with Danielle because Morrie is giving advice to Mitch about how to take advantage of chances he gets now to do good to other people. and live life with some moral values.


I agree with Danielle. By

I agree with Danielle. By thinking about his death, Morrie is now able to live the rest of his life to the fullest. He is trying to warn Mitch that he should start thinking in the way that he is so that he too can live the rest of his life to the best quality possible.


I think Mitch means that

I think Mitch means that when you know and begin to accept the fact that you're dying you have a totally different outlook on life.  This new outlook makes you realize how you should have lived your life and how many things you should have appreciated.  Now that Morrie doesn't have that much longer to live, he knows the right way to do it.


I agree that Morrie is

I agree that Morrie is trying to tell Mitch to appreciate the little things in life before he dies so that when Mitch's time comes, he will have no regrets.


I agree with Nicole and I

I agree with Nicole and I think that when you are close to death your outlook and view on life totally changes. He is trying to get Mitch to appreciate life now.


I agree with Nicole because

I agree with Nicole because when you are about to die you might start to believe that you should live everyday to the fullest because you dont know when your going to die. This also makes you think about your life and how you appreciated your life


I agree with Nicole because

I agree with Nicole because Morrie knows the right way to live and Morrie is trying to make Mitch understand the right way to live.


i agree with Nicole that

i agree with Nicole that Morrie is going to live the right way because there's not much time left for him and he wants to make the best of it. 


Morrie meant that when you

Morrie meant that when you know that you are going to die, you truly appreciate all that is going on around you. Most people take most things for granted, such as dancing which Morrie loved to do and cannot do anymore. Once the things you love to do are taken away, or you know that they will be taken away you learn to fully appreciate things.


I agree, even Morrie has

I agree, even Morrie has changed a great deal in the past few years.


I agree with Meaghan..

I agree with Meaghan.. Knowing that he is going to die, Morrie can see things diffrerently. He can better cherish things he had done in his life then simply overlooking them.


Morrie has a short period of

Morrie has a short period of time remaining in his life. Morrie has realized what is the right and the worng way to follow in one' s life. Through his words, Morrie is trying to make Mitch understand how to live life in a right way so that Mitch will not have to regret by thinking about his past in th end days of Mitch's life. Morrie is giving advice to Mitch and encouraging him to live a life by helping others and giving importamce to values such as love.


I think Morrie is trying to

I think Morrie is trying to tell Mitch to live life to the fullest; everyone is eventually going to die, but only few people die with no regrets and feel as though they have truely lived their life to the fullest.


i agree because when you

i agree because when you know your going to die soon people try to live their life to the fullest and not regret what they have done with their lives


Morrie is telling Mitch that

Morrie is telling Mitch that now that he is dying he has learned to appreciate life more. He is telling Mitch that he should live his life to the fullest and appreciate it. Morrie has a different outlook on life now that he is dying.


I agree with Stephanie; now

I agree with Stephanie; now that Morrie is dying he has a totally new outlook on life.  Hopefully Mitch will take his advice and learn to appreciate everything in life.


Mitch could learn something

Mitch could learn something from Morrie, its important to live life to its fullest.  


I think that Morrie is

I think that Morrie is telling mitch that now that he is dying that he appreciates life more and that he has learned to live life to the fullest everyday. He is also trying to tell Mitch that he should try to live his life to the fullest before he dies too


i agree with Kathy because i

i agree with Kathy because i think that Mitch should learn to live the way Morrie lives. He should become the good person he was before and live life the right way.


I agree with Morrie too.

I agree with Morrie too. He's right that once yo find out you are dying then you live differently. You do things you wouldn't have done before and you act differently, You take risks that you wouldn't before because there's nothing left to loose anymore. He learned that he needs to live in the moment because there's no telling how long he has left.


Morrie has learned that he

Morrie has learned that he is going to die from ALS, and that he only has a short time to live. At first Morrie is deppressed by the news, and resigns himself to die. But as time passess, he accepts his fate and begins to live his life to the fullest. He has learned how to fully live and is prepared to spend the rest of his days as happily as he can. 


I interpret what Morrie says

I interpret what Morrie says as simply that knowing you are going to die can certainly chnage the way that you look at living. Morrie being close to death, and having come to terms with it, now believes that he can live the rest of his life fuller.


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