Mitch wrote, "perhaps this is one reason I was drawn to Morrie. He let me be where my brother would not" (97).
Discuss Mitch's relationship with his brother. If you have siblings, how does it compare to your own relationships with your brothers/sisters?
Mitch’s relationship with his brother is not that good of a relationship. Mitch is more into his own life to care about anyone else’s. In the book Mitch had said that, “from the day my uncle died, I believed that I would suffer a similar death, an untimely disease that would take me out. So I worked at a feverish pace, and I braced myself for cancer” (96). This just shows that he was scared of the cancer so he worked a lot and which meant he didn’t have much to do with his family. For example in the book it showed how different Mitch and his brother were when they were younger so Mitch thought that they would end up far apart in adult hood which is what happened. So when Mitch did find out about his brothers cancer his brother now wanted nothing to do with him since they had nothing to do with each other for so long.
ReplyDeleteThe relationship with my brother and I is not like the relationship with Mitch and his brother. When one of us gets sick we usually help each other out and get a long most of the time. We do have our tiffs and fights a lot but they are just about random stuff that brothers and sisters would normally fight about. For example we might fight about who is going to get the front seat when going somewhere or argue about what television show to watch. That is just part of life people are going to argue and fight but my brother and I are still close enough that we would never push each other out of our lives. -Pinky18
Mitch’s relationship with his brother is somewhat of a poor one. Although it seemed when they were younger they were closer, once he got cancer that changed. He was pushed away by his brother when he found out he had cancer. When Mitch tries to become closer to his brother he moves further away from him. For example Mitch talked about his brother moving all around Europe looking for treatments, as well about his apartment in Spain. Peter was independent and wanted to fight the cancer alone, and Mitch couldn’t understand that. When they tried to reach him he did not answer Mitch or even his family.
ReplyDeleteThe relationship with my sibling in a way is similar to that of Mitch and Peter’s. When my sibling gets sick he stays in his room and doesn’t like to associate with anyone. I try to help and ask what I can do and he just pushes me away because he wants to do it his own way. He is independent like Peter; he doesn’t rely on me for anything and doesn’t need my help with things. When it comes to some things though my sibling and I are very close, if I ever needed him I knew he’d be there for me. Just as if he needed me I would be there for him. There are some similarities between the two relationships but also differences too.
-Brain18
Mitch and his brother don’t really have a relationship. In the book you don’t really read much about Mitch’s brother. From the book we only really know that Mitch’s brother has a type of cancer and he is distancing himself from his family. I think that family is the most important thing you can have in your life. Without my family I would be lost. In a time of need, such as cancer, I would want my to be with my family and have them close. My siblings and I do not get along all of the time, but what siblings do? When it matters most my siblings and I are there for eachother. My older sister and I are the closest, she is my best friend. We hardly have any arguments, and when we do we are over them in just a few short minutes. My younger siblings and I are close, but we still have a few arguments that take abit longer to get over. Even though my siblings and I get into fights I would stand up for them if anyone else were to bully them. I never really understand how some people can not stand there siblings and wish they never had any. To me, siblings are a great thing to have. You may have a lot of friends in your life and you may think you are happy, but in the long run you may grow apart from your friends, you may end up with not many people in your life. If you have siblings in your life I feel that you are never alone, you always have a friend and someone to lean on. I would be completely lost without my siblings.
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Mitch never really had a very good relationship with his brother and it only got worse when his brother got cancer. Once his brother got cancer, he became to grow even further away from his brother. You can tell that once Mitch's brother got cancer, he also fear that he was going to get cancer as well. The quote "from the day my uncle died, I believed that I would suffer a similar death, an untimely disease that would take me out. So I worked at a feverish pace, and I braced myself for cancer." (96) you can tell that Mitch is scared that he is going to die of cancer as well so he basically only focuses on his work and tries to not think about dying of cancer. I think that when Mitch's brother went into hiding after he was diagnosed with cancer that is one of the hardest things you can ever deal with as a sibling. If one of my siblings ever got cancer i would spend every moment of every day with them. My relationship with my siblings is very different than Mitch's. When they get sick i help them with pretty much anything they need. We fight quite a bit, but what kind of siblings don't fight. That is something you would only see in fairytale land. Fighting is what makes siblings see what they wouldn't have if their siblings were to suddenly die or catch a deadly illness. It keeps siblings close. Without my siblings, it wouldn't wouldn't feel right because i would have nobody to talk to if my parents were gone or i was fighting with my parents.
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