Friendship Gives Value To Survival, By C. S. Lewis

It is important to choose the right friends, good friends can take you wherever you want to go in life, and the wrong friends can be a disastrous decision. A quote from The Pact sums this up nicely, “Friendship can lift you up, strengthen and empower you, or break you down, weaken and defeat you.” (32) This is why it is so important to surround yourself with positive people, and

Andrew Solomon writes that one in ten people in the UK say that they have no friends. While the others who took the survey; one in five said they feel like they are unloved. Solomon writes then that those who go through life with the luxury of friends seem to not notice when others are unhappy and isolating themselves. Many people who are depressed lack the treatment; only one in three people receive treatment which means that effective treatment is much smaller. Love is being said to be helpful, not because of how it gets rid of completely of depression, which it doesn’t, but because of how it makes as though life is worth living. If they choose to become better. Solomon also states then how it’d be arrogant if people with friends felt pity

In “The Limits of Friendship” by Maria Konnikova, social media has significantly changed the way we interact with friends and family. Everybody thinks that using social media is the best way to talk to friends and family, however, in my opinion, they are wrong because it doesn’t give you the face-to-face connections we need as humans for social interaction. On the other hand, the great thing about using social media is you can connect with more people, but in a superficial kind of way. Therefore, we do not get the face-to-face interactions with our friends and family. We, the people that are addicted to social media, learn that without face-to-face conversations we wouldn’t have a normal “social” life outside of social media. The question

If you didn’t have friends, would you be able to live a valuable and meaningful life?

Happiness is only real when shared” it’s a passage in the book Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer) wich is about Christopher McCandlessa who had given up everything and moved to Alaska to live by himself and took refuge in nature. However, Cristopher behavior’s is uncommon. As human being we company is needful, have friends is necessary to share the bad things and especially the good ones, like Cristopher figured out. But, what traits should have a person in order to be considered a real friend? How do recognize na inadequate person to avoid whatever relationship?

have friends because it helps people by giving people useful life skills, can help support people

The beginning of Book eight of the Nicomachean Ethics states that friendship is a “kind of virtue and it is also most necessary for living” (Book VIII, 1155a, 1-2). Friendships connect to all walks of life, with friends we can help young from making mistakes and assist the elderly in life through their delicate state they cannot do themselves. The most significant power friendship has is the ability to hold communities and how it’s closely connected to justice (Book VIII, 1155a, 20-26). Which is interesting because it seems that by human nature we strive for the sense of harmony in a community. We aim for happiness between community members and happiness as a whole. Aristotle later comments that a possession of many friends are one of the fine things of life and it is a splendid thing to obtain.

On the other hand, C.S Lewis’s view of friendship is quite different. In his book, The Four Loves (wherein he describes the four types of intimate human bonds: Affection, Eros, Friendship and Charity), he states that firstly, friendship is the least natural of the four. We do not require it, and can live without it. He also states that in the ancient world (relating to Aristotle), friendship seemed to provide the highest state of human fulfillment and happiness. Whereas in the modern world, it is ignored, and rather treated with derision.

When the times are tough with hard work, friends can help you get by and keep you going. Of Mice and Men is a good example of that. Friendship and isolation come from two different types of people. The people who have friends tend to do better than the people who have nobody. “People like us are the loneliest.

"If I don't see you on the other side," he said in a sappy voice, "remember that I love you.” (pg. 112) and “Thank you for being my friends” (pg.84). I can absolutely comprehend with the importance of friendship. Without friendship, my life would be gloomy and unmeaningful. Thomas relied on his friend when he experiences grief and stress, so do I! The importance of friendship developed my outstanding kindness, happiness, and motivation to forget the negativity and embrace the positivity. Friendship also gave me a purpose in life, motivating me to achieve success and ignore the stress; friends are why I’m excited for

If any of these factors are not included in a friendship then it could alter how the friends act. Literature has allowed readers everywhere to see friendship in their own opinions. Friendship plays an important role in everyone’s life even if they don’t realize it. Whether they are having issues with a friend or having a lack of friends in their life, everyone is affected by the people around them. Works Cited Chopin, Kate.

Unintentionally, Lewis set up the beginning to one of the worst years of my life with his insights. All of my friendships have faded. I am not bad at making friends, per say. My dad made me read Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends & Influence People when I had trouble with friends when I was younger. Honestly, I did not read it. I became better at making friends on my own. Now, I can be charismatic towards new people and win people over quickly. I can connect with people easily. Maintaining the relationship can be hard. Lewis said that friends can go for years without seeing each other and still have that bond. For me, just not having classes with people fades that bond within months. And then friendships fade and it is hard to hold on to them. I cling on to the memories of the good times, but those times are over so I must let it go.

The company of people is an essential in life, because being lonely can cause many problems to your mental and physical health. The article Lonely No More from medicaldaily.com describes 6 ways loneliness can be detrimental to your health. Some of the health effects can vary from a disrupted sleep to an increase in dementia risk. It also states that 20% of americans are found lonely, that adds up to about 60 million americans. You need people in order to learn and grow in life. Humans depend on social interaction the second we are born. In the movie The Blind Side, one of the main characters, Michael Oher, grew up most of his life alone, without a stable home, and sad. He lost all hope that he would ever find a family, until Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy take Michael in. At first, it took Michael awhile to adjust and begin interacting with them again, but he eventually begins to feel apart of the family and there is a drastic change in his mood from the beginning of the movie to the end. Just because of other people being around, it can affect who you are drastically, whether it’s how you feel, and what you strive to do in life, the company of people help keep your life balanced and

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.

A few friends is what Aristotle says to a healthy amount, for man to have is, a few. This may seem relative, but for every man a few can mean anything from two to ten. “Obviously it is not possible for a person to associate with a vast multitude and share himself among many people. Clearly then one cannot have a great number of virtuous friends. ” It would be great if the virtuous man could make friends with as many virtuous men as he encountered. It would be impossible for him to have an effective impact in the lives of others in the friendship or for man to be impacted effectively by others if he spreads himself to thin and has too many friends. It seems to be that man will have more useful friends or friends of utility than virtuous or perfect friends. This is not out of man acting out of selfishness, but more so out of practicality and survival. He may need a friend in this capacity to aid him in a service which he cannot provide for himself. The problem with these useful friends is that they can be at times a distraction to practicing virtue and the pursuit of virtuous