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T U E S D AY S W I T H M O R R I E
A review of The 5 Stages of Greif
Health Science 2 CNA
Nolan
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross• Swiss/American Psychiatrist• Published her research as a
book• Kubler Ross states that these
stages are universal, but not permeant
Someone may experience anger, than go into depression, or experience all of the stages expect for acceptance, and dies never accepting their outcome of death.
STAGES OF DEATH & DYING
TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE
A heartfelt memoir/movie that
looks at the last days of a
professor, Morrie, suffering
with ALS, with his past college
student, Mitch.
STAGES OF DEATH & DYING
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
DENIAL
“Not, not me!”
Includes feelings of• Shock• Numbness• Disbelief
This stage protects
people from the
realization of what is
actually occurring.
DENIAL
Morrie consciously "detaches himself from the experience" when he suffers his violent coughing spells
Morrie derives his method of detachment from the Buddhist philosophy • One should not cling to things,
as everything that exists is impermanent
Morrie is able to step out of his tangible surroundings and into his own state of consciousness, explicitly for the sake of gaining perspective and composure in a stressful situation.
ANGER
“Why!”
Anger comes in many forms. Angers at…• Your love ones• Others• God • World • Yourself
People who suppress their anger turn it inward, toward
themselves• Guilt • “I should have done something…”• “Bettered my life…”
ANGER
Morrie speaking of his favorite uncle• Taught him to drive• Teases him like a father would• Taught him the love of music
“That’s who [he wanted] to be when [he grew] up”.
His guilt for turning a shoulder toward his uncle’s pain (ignoring the signs of death.
Moorie feels like he owes his uncle because he believes he let him die.
BARGAININGGambling w/ fate
In bargaining there’s a sense that we just want
life back to the way it used to be.• Wanting to replace those inevitable moments in
life.
Feeling guilty; focusing on “if only…”
Religion • Some get closer to religion• Some lose faith, asking God “why?”• Some become religious, asking God to spare their
lives
BARGAINING
“In the absence of love, there is a void that can filled only by loving human relationships.”
Morrie divulges that love is the essences of every person, and every relationship, and that to live without it, is “to live with nothing”.• Moorie clings to life not because he is afraid of death
but because he wishes to share his story with Mitch, in hope that he will share it with the world.
Moorie says he is “bargaining with him up there” to let him live to express those feelings with Mitch.• This is the first time Moorie talks about religion
DEPRESSION
Deeper level of grief:• Melancholy • Worthlessness
Things become a burden• Exhaustion and apathy can set in• “What’s the point?”
Not a clinical depression, but rather a bereavement and
mourning period.
DEPRESSION
“When you’re in bed, you’re dead”
Throughout Morrie’s struggle
with ALS, he refuses to stay in bed • Seen as a form of surrender
Morrie associates the bed with:• Depression• Solitude
Nightmares of his father while in
bed,
ACCEPTANCE
Okay with the outcome
Doesn’t mean the person is “cured” or “all
right” with the situational outcome• Ready to try and move on• Accommodating ourselves to the outcome
When people experience the depth, flavor, and
subtlety to life.
ACCEPTANCE
Morrie recounts a story of a small wave• The small wave seeing the waves ahead of him crash on the share and
disappearing into nothingness• Morrie suddenly brims with fear upon the realization that he too will
soon “crash on the shore”• The bigger waves comfort the small one with news that he return to
become a small part of the larger ocean
The small wave is symbolic of Morrie, as he too is on the brink of
crashing into a theoretical shore, a symbolic embodiment of his death.• Like the wave, Moore is comforted by the knowledge that he will soon
return to something large in afterlife.• Morrie’s affinity for the parable creates the understanding of
acceptance – the fact that he knows he is too of something bigger