Friendships : The True Strengths Of True Friendship

Close friends often have a major impact on the choices that people make. A close

Friendship, something that we all have but something that we may not really understand the true meaning of it. During the reading Thoreau goes into detail of how friends are really not what we think them to be. We often don’t actually have friends but rather just acquaintances or companions. He goes on to explain who are real friends are and why they are our friends and that no one else really is.

Lennie and George, the inseparable pair, are always travelling together. Some people living in 1930’s California find this fact a little bit odd, but to George and Lennie, it is second nature. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the traditional views of friendship are challenged when the reader meets the main characters, one of whom is suffering from a disability that prohibits him from being able to learn and comprehend basic concepts such as remembering facts or following directions. The other friend, George Milton, grows increasingly frustrated with having to deal with the disability, and continually complains about it; regardless of that, Lennie Small and his lifelong friend George

All throughout life we have friends. Most of them will change as the years go by, but a few will remain the same. The friends that change are usually the ones who have wronged us and the friends that stay the same are the ones who are true. True friendship lasts, false friendship fades.

Two people of different ages and genders can form solid friendship, which becomes their spiritual dependence and compensates their lacking of emotional care. Also, the end of friendship further demonstrates the importance of it. This paper will focus on Okyō and Kichizō’s friendship in “Separate Ways,” by Higuchi Ichiyo, and Park So-nyo and Lee Eun-gyu’s friendship in Please Look After Mom by Kyung-sook Shin, to analyze the form and end of their friendships.

Marlene Dietrich once said, “It is the friends that you can call at four a.m. that matter.” There are many different types of friendships. Casual friendships, opposite-sex friendships, and long term friendships are all examples of the different and common types of friendships used today. Casual friends are those you can text and hangout with every once in a while, without any sort of attachment. Friends of the opposite sex are those who help you with your relationships when you are having problems, and also friends who can give you a different outlook and perspective on not just relationships but also life. Long term friends are those who have been the most dependable, and friends who you have ideally created the most memories with. These types of friendships have various benefits and include lifelong experiences.

My definition of true friendships is friends that are always ganna be there for you, and are always ganna have your back. They can also be there for you in tough situations.and can also be loyal to you when you need there trust.

Friendships are an important part of everyday life. The vast amount of research focusing on friendship (i.e., Fehr, 1996; Hays, 1984; Argyle & Henderson, 1985) is indicative of just how important friendship is to everyday life. The importance and necessity of friendship is also evident by how these relationships are portrayed on television. Shows such as Friends, Cougartown, Psych, and How I Met Your Mother portray various different kinds of friendship. Shows such as these provide viewers with a unique opportunity to be able to be an observer in these relationships and to see how these relationships form and develop. In some instances, viewers may have the opportunity to watch a friendship begin and blossom throughout the course of a television series.

Have you ever had the feeling like someone knows you better than yourself? Frequently surrounded by so-called friends or acquaintances, as I like to call them, where a connection between people is little to nonexistent. Whereas having a true friend is someone who's there for you no matter what, for the marvelous and the dreadful. It’s theses kind of true friends that will have one’s back, they are loyal, trustworthy, and a valuable person to have in anyone’s life. To better understand what the word friend, it’s important to know the history. To begin with, it derives from Middle English the word friend means love, attachment, and feeling that of a relative. First notably used in the twelfth century.

I think the biggest decision I’ve ever made was to separate myself from a toxic friend group. Middle School has many people who don’t know what else they want from life except making others feel bad. Let me tell my story. I involved myself with an old friend thinking the friendship will blossom into something beautiful, and it did. We went to each others houses and bake cakes, had sleepovers, stayed up until 4 AM watching movies, and made so many inside jokes that I still laugh to to this day. Unfortunately, School was almost about to start and when school started, we still hung out and talked but not like we did during summer. Other people starting to come into the friendship I had made with her, our friend circle expanded. Those people seem nice and caring but they were good friends to an extent. One day that old friends stop talking to me. I cried about it because I cared for her, she was there for me and I was there for her whenever no one else was, I expected the same care back from her but I expected too much apparently. I learned that she was talking behind my back, she would spread lies about me and turned everyone against me, even a childhood friend. My world flipped upside down. I remained quiet half of the school year and was blamed for things I didn’t say, I was hated for being the victim and later on being accused of thinking I make myself the victim when I did nothing but love this girl. I was called a snake and a liar and many other names I choose not to say,

In a world where friendships and bonds are discouraged, family is more important. Friendships and bonds are discouraged because you cannot be friends or care for someone who is in a different social class. This means that friends groups are rather small and sometimes if they are found near each other, some to choose to go through pain stimulated by the chip just to beat up the other class. Some people are very close minded and have a deep hatred for those lower than they are. So it is quite difficult to make a large amount of friends. Most friendships get torn apart once graduation occurs or even because of competition. Competition can get immense and can get out of hand sometimes due to fact that almost everyone wants to get the better education, the better job, or even achieve Gold. It can get so brutal that some peers end up murdering each other to get rid of threats (fierce competition). These crimes go through a trial and some end up not guilty because the government sees it as them doing whatever they can to be the best. Mainly, there are very few friendships but they are all good ones without any negative side to them. That is, one of them get to a higher level they may never speak again. At times, friends who were in the same class but one of the them ends up in a higher class, they help each other if they’re really good friends. This is because there is a punishment if two different social classes speak to each other or just interact in general. They can help the

As time passes, the pure essence of friendship becomes less and less visible. Realizing that your life is moving so fast brings chills that go beyond the years you have already lived. Hanging out with my youth group gets rid of those thoughts entirely. All my life, I was under the impression that new is always better. My parents constantly encourage me to try activities and events that I would have never considered without their persistent nagging. Attending a church service with my youth group was one of those things. At first I was nervous and afraid, praying that I wouldn’t make a bad impression on them. To my surprise, every single one of them personally welcomed me with open arms. This was the first time I truly felt that I had made the right decision.

Friendship is always being there for one another, even when it’s not convenient. A friend is someone that listens to what you have to say, values your opinion, and may still do something other than what you suggested. My best friend and I met in Jazz Band, and they were the most compassionate, loyal, and honest friend I’ve ever had.

Friendships can make or break us. Building friendships with people who have different strengths is the crucial investment of our heart. One of the hardest of all life skills could be the ability to love people close to us, live in authentic, reciprocal relationship, and allow them to love us back.

“It’s not hard to decide what you want your life to be about. What’s hard is figuring out what you’re willing to give up in order to do the things you really care about.” (Shauna Niequist) This quote talks about how decisions in life aren't the hard part, it's what your willing to give up to do the things you love to do. Friendship revolves around sacrifice, no one can truly love someone unless they are willing to give up everything for them. There are many things you could sacrifice for your friends but there are certain sacrifices that depict a true friendship from a normal one. Time, opportunities, and dignity are the most important things to sacrifice in a friendship. If a friend isn't willing to sacrifice any one of these, then look into your friendship and question if it really is a real one.