Fear of death is a phenomenon that exists in all animals including humans, the only difference is how each person reacts to their anxiety and fear. But why are people afraid of death? Because of love, people love everything that they own, and they do not want to forfeit them; however, they know they cannot make any changes since their life is going toward the end. There are two major perspectives when people know about their death; one is being desperate and unable to accept the fact, and the other is cherishing everything in front of him/her. There are no absolute right or wrong ideas about confronting death, peoples attitude is the one that determines what is right or wrong. Tuesday with Morrie is a meaningful book that teaches us about life and death, Morrie, who shares his life and how he can be so calm when he confronts death, is the one that is interviewed by Mitch Albom, author of the book. As we know, life an
d death are two opposite concepts, but they are closely related at the same time. Most people including me might have some inexplicable of fear death, that is because we usually do not want to face this negative question. Death is the thing that we have to face one day, but we do not know what to do when the advent of death. Morrie once stated When you learn how to die, you learn how to live. (Albom 30) Saying in vernacular, it means we only need to be prepared for death, then you would not be afraid of death, but it is difficult to implement. So I think what Morrie tries to express is we must cherish and live in the moment while we are still alive, otherwise, regrets and mistakes were memories. However, that does not mean Morries thoughts are correct, as I mentioned before, every person has a different perspective of life; they live in different ways and have different thoughts of one thing whether it is good or not.