Did your opinion about Mitch change as Tuesdays with Morrie went on? In what way?

Mitch experiences the ultimate lesson on this book - he
learns about himself. What he learns form Maury is that success and happiness are not
always measured in dollar signs or in popularity polls. There is a great deal of
humanity in this work. At the start, Mitch is not a likable character. He is
self-absorbed, always in a hurry, but for what? Ultimately, we will all die. It is not
death that defines us but how we live life.

As readers, we
learn a series of lessons alongside of Mitch. We change our opinion of him as we change
our views of ourselves. There is a little bit of Mitch in all of us. This is why we are
able to connect with him. As we learn Maury's lessons, we learn to like ourselves, and
Mitch, just a bit more. we learn to forgive and forget, we learn to accept our
limitations, we learn that it is never too late to change, that death is not the end of
love, that dreams are important as is our ability to reach for them if we only try. I
think this quote from the book sums up much of what Mitch
learns:

“So many people walk around with a meaningless
life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are
important. This is because they’re chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning
into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community
around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and
meaning.” (p. 43)

Mitch is "half-asleep" and going through
the motions. He becomes alive because of Maury.

Albom, M.
(1997) Tuesdays with Morrie. New York: Doubleday