Best Friend Friendship

Bigelow and La Gaipa (1975) observed children’s friendships by asking a number of children to write an essay about their best friend using the approach called “content analysis”. William Corsaro however dictates that in order to study children you must study them in the context of their own peer culture, he used the “ethnographic approach”. In this essay I shall attempt to compare and contrast the approach used by Bigelow and La Gaipa (1975) and that taken by William Corsaro (2006).

Best friends are a little different. They have been with you in it all. They have been with you in horrible times; They have been with you for amazing times; You and them, have been through it all, since day one. And I happen to have a best friend exactly like that.

Later on there was a football game that he went alone. When Charlie gets there Patrick he notices him and asked him to sit with him. along Patrick's side was Sam. And when Charlie sat with them, they started asking him random questions and they started liking him. When the game ends Charlie goes home and at night he ends up having a wet dream about Sam. The next day Charlie decides to tell her and she just says that he is a great kid but that he is young. Then Patrick has a conversation about girls to Charlie which later he goes to his English teacher ,Bill, and has the same conversation with him. During the conversation Charlie motions how his sister's boyfriend hit her and Bill ended up telling Charlie's mom. After the “talk” that the parents gave to his sister she gets utterly upset at Charlie. Later on Charlie starts writing about him witnessing a girl getting raped by her boyfriend at the party that Charlie's brother threw. When Charlie told Sam and Patrick they went to pop the tires of the guy who did it. When Charlie is starting to be accepted by Sam and Patrick he starts getting involved with drugs and alcohol. He starts many drugs like weed and LSD. Charlie basically was part of their squad

Everyone is continuing to ignore Charlie. Now he just people watches like he used to. The only person he tries to talk to know is Susan, Michael’s girlfriend before he died, but she just calls him a freak. Charlie agrees with her that he is freak. Charlie has been smoking a lot of marijuana lately since he lost all of his friend. His dealer, Bob, tells him that Brad’s father caught Brad and Patrick together. Brad’s father started beating Brad up and Patrick tried to stop him, but he could not. Brad still has not come back to school since. Charlie wants to call Patrick to see how he is doing, but he does not. He goes to The Rocky Horror Picture Show again so that he can see his friends. Charlie has started talking to himself, pretending that his friend are in the car. Brad has finally come

As a little girl, I have been always told to act in a way that I think is correct. I did not the true meaning of that until I got to Grade 7.

In the Absolutely True Diary, main character Junior and his best friend Rowdy are described as inseparable. I would define a best friend as someone who you enjoy spending time with and trust. I agree with Junior when he said that best friends are more important than family, to a certain extent. I mean, sure your parents tell you what to do and set an example, but it’s your friends that influence how you actually act. A good friend is with you are your best and helps you through your worst. Jonathan meets this qualification for me. I have a great time playing cards and trying to get him to like hip-hop, but he also is there for me in my mistakes. If I mess up, he will remind me what the right thing to do is, or tells me to calm down. He knows when I need to hear encouragement, or when I need a distraction from the English paper I was supposed to write. Where was I again? Totally wasn’t just texting him…

In order to get through life, we as humans require a form of partnership. While this could come from a sibling or parent, it commonly occurs in what we refer to as friends. Two friends share a bond of mutual affection that they demonstrate though their actions. This manifestation of companionship is vital to emotional growth. A best friend can also provide emotional support and encouragement in both difficult and successful times. Most, if not all people crave this type of fellowship. In order to select a friend, one must carefully consider a person's character. Therefore, in order to fit the description of a best friend, one must be thoughtful, encouraging, and kind.

I’ve had three best friends throughout my entire life. My current best friend is Maia Davis. We’ve been best friends since the seventh grade. She literally my other half. Although, we don’t live close to each other when we do see one another it feels as though we didn’t miss a beat. Our friendship has endured so much and we continue to prosper. We lost a mutual friend together and have been through emotionally exhausting relationships. She is one of the very few people that I know I can depend on. I am grateful to call her my best friend. I feel as though people often use the term “best friend” too loosely. Being a best friend means that you’re the most dependable friend someone has. A best friend is there when no one is. A best friend will encourage you when you don’t have the confidence to endure. Your best friend is your rock. Best friends are like a cool parent. For example, I have had some of my best moments with my best friend but she won’t ever let me make poor decisions. I can trust her. And it’s hard to find someone that you can trust, especially in this era. My best friend and I are inseparable. She’s the type of person that if I don’t have any money, she’ll split her last with me. For example, during spring break, we went to a party together and it cost 10 dollars to get in. I forgot my money at home and she was more than willing to pay for me. I feel as though that if the world was filled with more people like Maia, the world would be a lot better. She has the sweetest heart but she’s also a pit-bull so I’m not worried about her. She’s a strong-minded person. If she has her mind set on something, no one can change her mind. This is one of my favorite characteristics of her because this is something that will continually benefit her. I feel that my best friend is an extension of myself. Our mothers, whom act just alike, have us convinced that they’re sisters who were separated at

Friendship is a form of virtue and is indispensable for human life since man is a social being. There are three conditions necessary for friendship to exist: mutual goodwill, awareness of the other’s feelings in their connection, and awareness of their goodwill and attitude toward the other. According to Aristotle there are three types of friendships corresponding to the three objects of love. The first two types are similar and interconnected; they are friendship based on mutual utility and friendship based on mutual pleasure. Both of these tend to be short-lived and are easily dissolved as the feelings of one or both parties change. Friendship based on mutual utility is most common among young people because their lives are guided by feelings and they pursue what provides them joy. However, as they age and mature, what they find pleasant or joyful changes. This is why the friendships of young people are both quick to begin and to end. (1156a: 5-35)

A friendship is a type of relationship between two people who care about each other. These two often share a bond that keeps them closer than just being associated with one another. But what makes the bond of friendship stronger? A Roman historian named Gaius Crispus once said that the “firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes”. This quote conveys that your closest friends are the ones that have the most mutual likes and dislikes as you. I agree with Crispus’ claims because history and my personal life have shown that friends often share similar traits and mutual likes and dislikes.

Let me tell you the story of a boy named Blake who moved to a new town called Weston. In his new school, he thought he would never make any friends for the next couple of months, but man was he wrong! Blake was a shy guy today because he was going into a new school and was young for his grade. And furthermore, almost everyone was older than him, except for in his old school in Natick, where he had a friend who was 3 hours older than him, born on the same day, month, year, and surprisingly, the same hospital! But dreadfully, he had to leave his best friend because his parents got a new job. Anyway, let me tell you the story.

Best friends are the people that will never lie to you, always be there for you, and never leave your side, or so they say. Jose was one of the best best friends I've ever had, he was there for me every time I was upset and was always there to make me laugh and smile. Everything was perfectly fine but then it began to go downhill on the first day of school. “You’ll always be my best friend,” he said, but he lied. “I’ll always be here for you,” they said, until they left. People will always leave even though they promised a hundred times that they won’t, they always will and I had to learn that the hard way.

Growing up, our friends are the world to us. We see our closest friend as a person we can count on, have fun with, share all of our secrets with and, find relief in. We trust them and never, ever think our friend

You can’t put a price tag on friendship. That’s the saying at least, but could you?

The first thing I saw as I walked into Jefferson High was him, the guy I 'd had a crush on ever since I could remember. His name was Jonathan, Jon for short. He had been my best friend since kindergarten, until one day she came into the picture. Her name was Courtney and she was mean and stuck up. But of course when Jon came into the picture she suddenly became the sweetest person in the world. She was far from sweet though. She was the reason that I called Jon an ex-best friend now. The day she walked through the doors of Jefferson High was the day my life fell apart. As soon as she came in Jon was all over her and no matter how hard I tried I just couldn 't tear them apart.