Mort

Main Ideas

• Exploration of fate and free will through Mort's story as he becomes Death's apprentice and faces moral dilemmas.
• The idea that even Death can experience human feelings and seek to understand human nature.
• Exploration of responsibility and the consequences of choices when Mort interferes with the natural order of things.
• Humorous and philosophical reflection on life and death, characteristic of Pratchett's style.
• The concept of apprenticeship and coming of age as Mort learns not only from Death but also through his own mistakes.
• The theme of love and its impact on destiny when Mort falls in love, changing his perception of the world.