Mitch Albom and Paulo Coelho

A Research Paper
Presented to the
Faculty
Of
St. Michael The Archangel School
Taytay Rizal

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in the Subject English (Research)

Miguel Carreon

March 2014
Dedication

The Researcher would like to dedicate this research paper to the teachers and friends that has helped the researcher. To his family and love ones who supported him. And to the God Almighty who has guided the him.

- Miguel

Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
This research paper would like to discuss about Mitch Albom and Paulo Coelho’s works and who they are. The researcher would like to talk about Mitch Albom and Paulo Coelho in terms of how their works influence the readers. The essentials of reading Mitch Albom and Paulo Coelho’s books. The inspiration for them to make their books. And the researcher would also like to talk about Mitch Albom and Paulo Coelo’s differences and similarities between each other in terms of their works and in terms of who they are.

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Mitch Albom was born in New Jersey in 1958, the second of three children. He grew up loving music and taught himself to play piano.1 Mitch Albom graduated from Brandeis University with a Sociology major and earned Masters Degrees in Journalism and Business Administration from Columbia University in New York City.2 His background includes stints as an amateur boxer and night club singer and pianist.3 Mitch Albom is a bestselling author, nationally acclaimed newspaper columnist for the Detroit Free Press, host of 2 popular radio shows and a television commentator.4 His ten books include Tuesdays with Morrie, The Five People You Meet in Heaven and For One More Day. His latest book, The Time Keeper, was published in the fall of 2012.5 I’ve been