Psychological Trauma in Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie

Abstract

In Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom's central character,Morrie Schwartz faces a fatal disease a myotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS). The author of the novel,in the form of narrator undergoes a great psychological trauma caused by the death of the professor, Morrie Schwartz. Mitch Albom depicts the reality of his traumatized psyche about his professor to reduce the effect of the shock.The author wants to heal the pain of the demise of his professor which here counts in the novel.In this memoir,he recollects the memoirs from Brandies University to the funeral possession of the professor with various flashbacks.When we delve into the text, it is an autobiographical novel of Morrie Schwartz.The author presents this memoir what he discusses with his professor as a narrator. They have discussed about the meanings of life.Every part of life becomes the topic of their discussions.Every subject matter of the conversations is experienced by the central character, Morrie.By the cause of the disease, he has to lose his professor and he gets great psychological shock.Therefore the shock of the author is narrativized in this novel to heal his psychological trauma.