Tuesdays with Morrie...

The movie, Tuesdays with Morrie is a very sad and moving movie that relates to culture a lot. Throughout the movie, many aspects of American culture were prevalent. Mitch's actions and Morrie's wisdom showed this. Three of the aspects go together well. Morrie talks a lot about love, death and dependency. Americans tend to fear these things because of the influence of American culture. The norm is to be embarrassed by dependency because American's value independence. The norm is also to fear death and love because it takes the control away from you and puts it in someone else's hands or puts it in "God's hands". I can relate to this because when my Grandma died, my family was fearful of what would happen next. I think we should try to live more in the present and not the future or the past. Independence and control are valued highly to Americans. This explains why Americans may be embarrassed by or fear dependency, love and death. This connects to the fourth aspect of American culture in the movie. Mitch is a workaholic at the beginning of the movie, and he mirrors many other Americans who are like this. Americans value achievement and success, almost too much sometimes. I think that some people who are too success oriented need to take a step back and think about why they value success so much. Sometimes, it can take away from their life too much, like Mitch. He almost lost the love of his life, Janine, to his work. I think people who are like this need to revaluate their values and priorities.