Part Time Indian Friendship

The novel ‘the outsiders’ is making the same point about friendship as the film ‘rebel without a cause’ as they both convey the idea that during this time, friendship was very important to all teenagers as they are more independent and spend more time away from their families, and aren’t as close.

While many obstacles get in the way of friendship, true friendship still lives, even in silence. In the book, The Chosen , By Chaim Potok, two boys, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders, who are very religiously different and both raised in completely opposite ways, develops a deep friendship. Their friendship opens up their worldview to many other different viewpoints in life. The friendship between these two boys is one with great religious significance, starting off with destiny and Gods will. As Danny and Reuven’s Friendship develops, it teaches them to respond wisely to the values of the more complex and secular world. It also teaches the true value of friendship. Because Danny’s father, Reb

Throughout this book, there are a lot of themes but one good one, in particular, is that true friends stick together until the end. There are a lot of examples of this because there were so many hardships where the kids stuck together. One of these examples is when Minho goes out into the storm to get Thomas up and saves his life. “Then someone was grabbing him, pulling him to his feet. Minho” (Dashner

Junior easily loves Rowdy the most out of all of his friends. Even after all of the times that he was mean to Junior and when he has his outburst, Junior knows that Rowdy needs friends and that it’s all just temporary. Junior also knows Rowdy’s secrets and has never given them away. This is the sign of a true friendship. Rowdy also has never given away any of Junior’s secrets which shows that even though he’s been mean, he still wants to be friends. Junior also loves his other friends because of how much they support him too, especially Penelope and Gordy.

Friendship opens our minds to different views and perspectives and change our perceptions. It has the power to change people’s views on life in a positive way. True friends will do anything to keep their friendship alive, no matter the barriers. Potok proves through the friendship of Danny and Reuven that friendship can be achieved no matter the barriers. He proves that friendship is a key value to life through his motif

Friendships can be positive or negative. A good friend is supportive, kind and trustworthy. However, a negative friendship can cause a bad influence and habits. Finny and Gene have many qualities that combine to create a terrible friendship. They are not supportive of each others decisions and are very envious of the others abilities. Throughout the novel, Gene’s friendship with Finny becomes unhealthy and detrimental.

When it comes to investigating friendship, one question that has been raised is ‘what is the role of friendship in the life of a 13 year old?’’. Several sources of data include ethnographic notes taken whilst spending time with a group of friends during school lunch breaks and diary/blog entries etc. Firstly, in this case the researcher would need to carefully consider the strengths and weaknesses of each type of data, for example, when looking at a blog the information/data available is likely to be information that the author wants to share with a wider audience whereas a diary entry is more private. In this case, both documents

109), because he's an "absolute stranger" to Reardan, and also, Penelope's dad is racist. Still, they become close friends and start dating. He also makes friends with Roger (surprisingly), since Roger is a friend of Penelope. When Junior made the basketball team, they become closer. Roger even gave Junior a ride home after a basketball game. Arnold also becomes a friend of a geek, Gordy. They were both "outcasts", and they understood how it felt to not fit in. After making all these friends, he feels that he is starting to fit in with the white people.

What’s interesting about this section is that Junior’s friendship with Gordy is completely different from his relationship with Rowdy. With Rowdy, Junior could talk to him about his feelings and share secrets. With Gordy however, they spent time reading and studying. I thought it was interesting how Junior went from his friendship with Rowdy to one with Gordy, which was completely different.

Because he’s both a traitor and a stranger, Junior is considered weird. But, he’s not weird alone. He and his new genius friend at Reardan Gordy, have made their own tribe of two weird people. Although it seems that Junior’s life is totally terrible, there are some positive aspects of it. Junior was a one of the few freshman to make Reardan’s varsity basketball team.

At times, Penelope and Gordy are foes to Junior because they don’t seem to care that much about him. However, though Rowdy acts like a foe for most of the book, he proves that he still cares deeply about him. Even though Junior has some friends at Rearden no one takes him seriously, even Penelope. She is not a friend. Penelope teased Junior when they first met, and she kind of still ignores him

At the new school he meets a girl named Penlope who he ends falling in love with and goes in an relationship with , and his new best friend Gordy . And also meets Roger, Junior is bullied by Roger and so punches him in the face and later become friends with him . Junior feels bad about his poverty and lying to Penolope to thnk he's at least middle-class. And ever since Junior left the Rex they all hate and "shun" him . Junior plays basketball for Reardan as Varsity , and has a final match with his old school Wellpinit .

True friends should never die Friends comes and goes but real friends stay forever. Without friend you will be a loner and you will have no one to express your feeling to. People who don't have no one they are called loner and if you are a loner you are worthless, nonetheless. Having friend is the best thing you will ever had. The absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is a book about an 14-year-old Native American boy who struggle throughout his story.

“Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they are always there.” In the story “The Other Side,” by Jacqueline Woodson the characters- Annie and Clover, who are separated by a fence and by their different races- learn that friendship is important. When you don't have many friends Friendship is important in the beginning because Annie and Clover are very lonely. They often stared at each other, they almost always played alone and they don’t have any real friends.

The only exception was that Jake had to leave his “crippled friend” behind. Unable to resist the temptation, Jake chose the party, a girl, and popularity over his best friend. This pattern continued on throughout these two boys’ high school lives. They would always walk right past each other in the halls of school without even acknowledging one another. Having lost his best friend and being crippled, Roger became an easy target for bullying.