The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture

By Randy Pausch

The main character in this book is Randy Pausch who is also the author of the book. 

He is optimistic. Even when there was death close in his path, he didn't collapse, he stood up and found a way to spend his days left in a more meaningful way. He is also very experimenting. He always wanted to try new interesting things and so he needed to be confident. With his confidence, he achieved most of his childhood dreams. Even though he is a serious man who never waste his time, since time is all we have, he is also out going. He is social, caring and friendly. In one part of the book, he made a point that people are more important than things. His sister's children came over and she was explaining to her children to be careful with his new car. "While my sister was outlining the rules, I slowly and deliberately opened a can of soda, turned it over, and poured it on the cloth seats in the back of the convertible." (Pausch 70). He is mentally and socially a fit person. Is he physically fit? No and yes. No, because he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer which is happening to his liver and physically fit means that your body systems are working well. Seems like Randy's is having problems. But also yes, because he is physically very strong. In the lecture, he actually performed push ups on the stage. So Randy Pausch, he was a great man who lived a great life which was shorter than many other people's but left after teaching us how to live.