Plot Summary Part 1

     The book Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom is about a young man, Mitch, that meets with an old man, Morrie, every week to learn about important things in life.  The book starts out when Mitch is flipping through TV channels.  He sees his old professor on TV so he watches on and he finds out that he had ALS.  Mitch decides to travel to see Morrie.  After talking, they decide to meet every Tuesday, which is when Morrie used to teach the class that Mitch attended.  When Mitch gets back to Detroit, he realizes that the Union he is in is striking against the newspaper that he is working for so he no longer has a job.