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@article{189673,
        author = {Hetvi Patel and Prof. Dr. Anil Adagale},
        title = {Existential Reflections on Life and Death in Mitch Albom’s Novels},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {7},
        pages = {7240-7243},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=189673},
        abstract = {The fiction written by Mitch Albom has a special place in the modern literature, as it is concerned with both emotional narration and deep philosophical exploration. This research paper will analyze the existential aspects of Tuesdays with Morrie and For One More Day in light of how Albom approaches fundamental existential issues like death, meaninglessness, regrets, freedom as well as responsibility. With reference made to the philosophy of existentialism and especially, Soren Kierkegaard, Viktor Frankl, and Albert Camus, this paper presents the argument that Albom narratives serve as a reader-friendly philosophical work that enables readers to engage in meaning-making, which is possible through human relations. Although Tuesdays with Morrie focuses on accepting death and true life, For One More Day investigates the issues of regret, guilt, and reconciliation as existential crises. Combining the literary analysis with the philosophical theory, the paper proves that Albom is able to convert abstract existential thinking to the experience of a living human being, and philosophy becomes emotionally engaging and morally educative to modern reader.},
        keywords = {Mitch Albom, Existentialism, Death, Meaning, Regret, Human Relationships},
        month = {December},
        }