Classification and Division: Levels of Friendship

With technology being a standard in everyone’s day-to-day lives, people often turn to social media platforms to communicate with friends and loved ones. These technologies take away from face-to-face connections and cause them to become dispassionate. Social media use has negative effects on friendships, children’s development, and causes inflation of social group sizes; in “The Limits of Friendship”, Maria Konnikova relates her findings of this to The Dunbar Number, or the number of relationships one can sustain.

Helen Keller once stated that “Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” Friendship can be defined in many different ways. For example a four year old might say that a friend is the other boy that gave him a cookie. While an adult says someone to talk and relate to when they need it. They are also formed in a plethora of ways. For instance, the two four year olds could grow up staying friends, or you meet some random person in the supermarket and start talking, or even through another friend. Friends are part of what makes life fun, being able to enjoy the joyous times with another person, and lean on them in the challenging times.

In “What are friends for?” by Marion Winik, She explains the type of friends that you may encounter throughout your lifetime. Winik explains the benefits of each friend and the impact that they have on your life. There are eight types of friends which are your Buddies, Relative friends, Work friends, Faraway friends, Former friends, Friends you love to hate, Hero friends, and New friend. They all play a role in your life. They make your life exciting. They are the reason why you don’t go totally insane. Friends are there to help you out.

In my real life, my friends and I have shared a happy life for a long time. I have many good friends and I like them very much. They give me a courage and vigor. If I don’t have a friend I can’t enjoy my school life. I always have a lunch with them and we enjoy girl’s talking. When I have a problem I ask their advice. They think about it seriously with me and cheer me up. Friends are one of the most important things in my life.

Many people say that they have many friends, whether it’s on social media or in the real world. While this may be true, the question begs, what makes a person a best friend? I like to think that a best friend has to stand out from the rest in the crowd. Some people may think a best friend gains that title just because they’ve known each other for a while. To me it’s more than just title given out because of time, it has to be earned.I only have three people who I would call my best friend.Their names are Shelby, Elizabeth, and Joseph.They all share these important qualities: trustworthiness, dependability, and unconditional love.

In a perfect world, everyone should be a real friend. But, for these a list of traits should be reached and, unfortunatelly, most of the people don’t own the necessary characteristics.

Life wouldn’t be the same if friends didn’t exist. Since one could not ever know when a friend will come by and remove that loneliness that have been longed in the hearts. That is what should be called a true “best friend.” Those are people who continue to be loyal no matter what happens, unless it’s serious, dead serious. Although those type of friends aren’t the only type of friends one could have. There are also true friends, normal friends and frenemies(a friend that became an enemy). Worst type of friend that could one could ever have is a frenemy, but a friend who spills a secret is even worse. These type of friends differ on people who were trusted the least or most, depending on their trustful relationship with that one main friend. Continuing on, there just aren’t a lot of trustful friends in this vast world. That’s when trust issues begin to form between, slowly building up until one of the two or three friends fall and back away from the group. Friends could help other friends to fill in that loneliness deep inside of many different people. That is when friendship begins to show its true colors. Friendship could make up different relationships as well as breaking them apart.

They do not necessarily have a best friend or an acquaintance, they just have a friend. A friend should accept all flaws, faults, and mistakes. A friend is someone who understands our past. Also, they are someone who has a positive impact in our life. A friendship is a faithful and loyal relationship between two or more people. Friends have an intimate relationship that can last forever. Friendship is not limited by sex, age, or where a person lives. Friendship can develop between people that have the same interests and passions. No one of us has completed and satisfied life if we lack a good friendship. Everyone needs a friend to share good and bad events with. Friends are there to enjoy happy moments and share unbearable times. Friendship is one of the most valuable relationships a person can have in

Friends are good to have. Especially the really close friends. Friends are people you have fun with; Friends are people you can rely on; Friends are people that look out for you; Friends are people you play with; Friends are people everyone needs. Friends, best friends, family, are all people that you can count on to be there for you.

Everyone, quite simply, needs to have friends. In her article “Fifteen Reasons We Need Friends,” Dr. Susan Krauss Whitbourne says that one should appreciate their friends, for they can offer vital life skills, define properties, and can help you get more friends. Moreover, during moments of crisis or accomplishment, it is always good to have a friend there to provide comfort and solace, encouragement and support. Although there are many different types of characters and personalities out there, there is essentially three types of friends: friends who are temporary, friends who are there for a reason, and friends who are there for a lifetime.

Whether past or present, our friends have shaped us to who we are today. We are even the product of the friends who are no longer our friends. Also, our friends can give us vital life skills. There are many perks of having friends for example, they sharpen our mind, friends make us generally happier, they help us knowing ourselves better, they support us in advancing our career, friends help us meet romantic partners and they make us living a longer and healthier life. Another important aspect is that childhood friendships start our learning process. Early friendships play a vital role because they occur while key developmental changes are taking place. They help teach us some of those important life skills but also shape our life “narrative.” Teen friendships help us shape later romantic bonds. Though parents spend much of their time worrying about who their teenage kids are with, these relationships are a training ground for the later long-term bonds that will evolve through adulthood. It is important to know that people are less lonely when they have friends. Loneliness is painful, especially when

A friend is an individual with whom secrets and problems are typically shared. This type of relationship serves to build trust in the friendship. Best friends should be trustworthy,

Interaction is the source of culture; no man is in a vacuum, each person inevitably interacts with the other people. The interactions between people foregrounds the rise of human institution and culture in the nation. This is also the case for different countries and nations. Interaction between different nations has several reasons; it may be cultural, political and economic. Literature may stands for cultural interaction. International convention may be a political one and trade is the economic. However, of the three, literature has been more interesting since one can witness politics, culture and economy in a literary work.

Growing up I did have a best friend and our group of friends was those that could be described by research. Especially during high school and being a cheerleader, I was considered one of the “athletes,” which was its own overall clique at my high school. Being a part of the overall clique allowed me to be known around my high school by a specific label. Also my grade school friends were definitely important to me as they were my immediate group of friends I always spent time with. Without my grade school friends, I would not have had much of a social life which was important to me as a teenager.

Best friends get you through a lot. Friendship isn't about whom you have known the longest... It's about who came, and never left your side...