Tuesdays with Morrie

Tuesdays with Morrie

“Tuesdays with Morrie” is a movie about two men, one who needs to learn how to slow down and appreciate his life and the other who has lived his life full of love but learns he is dying. We see these two mean rebuild their relationship after losing touch for over a decade with lessons of acceptance and love. The main character, Mitch is a high strung sports reporter that cannot seem to find the time to take a break from his job for the most important people in his life. The other main character is an elderly man named Morrie who learns he is dying and teaches Mitch that it is not as scary as it may seem.

One of the most relevant scenes in “Tuesdays with Morrie” was near the end of the film when we see Morrie in bed crying until his wife turns over and tried to console him. I feel this is a relevant scene in the movie because throughout the whole movie we see Morrie as a strong man who seems to be taking his sickness with great strength; someone who gives the impression that he is stronger than what is killing him. As the scene progresses, we see Morrie slowly turn from the comfort of his wife to look out the bedroom window. As he does this, Morrie’s expression changes from pain to confusion as he sees a man’s figure standing in the rain near a tree looking at a picture. Soon after, the viewer learns that the figure standing in the rain was Morrie’s father who passed away earlier in his life.

The gerontological concept I believe to be relevant with this scene is the concept of physical decline. When we age, there are certain factors that come along with it like becoming less active and needed assistance in certain areas of our lives. In the movie, Morrie was understood to be a person who was very active in young age as well as when he got older in age. Morrie was portrayed as a man who did not lose his love for living even as he was aging. The concept of physical decline in elders can be contributed to many different...