Tuesdays with Morrie, an expository text written by Mitch Albom communicates ideas about our society and contradicting views. Mitch Albom writes about his professor and friend - Morrie Schwartz, who is suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Morrie's values are quite different from the widely held values of popular culture. Tuesdays with Morrie featured many issues some that were also featured in the biographical narratives 'Out of the Blue,' by Bethany Hamilton, 'Funny Girl,…showed first 75 words of 1286 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1286 total…into thinking about various issues and to develop an opinion. I felt these texts impacted me in different ways and overall challenged my opinions I held before reading these texts. They were educational and interesting and helped me to see things from different perspectives. I believe that the texts achieved their purpose in society, by challenging us to think in different ways and I thought the ways in which they did this was quite effective.