Jacob Fuessel Fuessel 1Mrs. MallonCompositionJanuary 18, 2014How might death, dying, and religion differ from person to person? On Tuesdays with Morrie, written by Mitch Albom, Morrie discusses his views on dying, dying, religion, and how religion can help someone deal with these topics. Morrie's experience with death is often talked about and is one of the main topics of the novel. Death, which is the end of life, is different for everyone who experiences it in part because of their beliefs. Morrie's understanding of religions helps his mindset during his horrific moments. An individual's view on the topic of death and dying is partially influenced by society's conflicting beliefs. As you read the novel, Morrie talks about his experience with death and everything he did to convert his experience into a positive one. In the chapter “The Fourth Tuesday We Speak of Death,” Morrie began to process the end result of life. He connected his death experience with religion and explains how religion can have such an impact on others in this process. In the novel, Morrie says to Mitch, "The truth is, Mitch, once you learn to die, you learn to live." (Albom 82) In this case, Morrie does not specifically talk about religion and its help in dying but explains how Morrie lived his last months of life. Morrie learned that he had to get over the fact that he would die in order for life to become easy. Morrie tried to teach Mitch that dying is the hardest thing in life and once you learn to do that, everything else becomes easy. The second quote from the literary criticism article, YomFuessel 2 Kippur with Morrie, by Harold M. Schulweis talks about religion's aid in death. Schulwe... in the center of the paper... their parent, or guardian, or the person they admire. The influence of religion is significant because it offers people a unique approach to death, dying, other religions, and the world. Having a one-size-fits-all approach towards religion can prevent a person from living life and experiencing things that others would tend towards. The influence of religion can be very dangerous, such as religious persecution. But things like religious persecution usually happen when, again, religion is one-sided or practiced only in one religion. In Morrie's case, religion was helpful because it helped Morrie deal with death and dying. This is because Morrie accepted many different religions into his life and combined them. So yes, religion will differ a person's view on death and dying, but only because people become single-minded in their way of thinking.