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No matter how high level you are, how much gear you've collected and the experience you've had it means nothing in the face of friendship. Friendship is the true hidden power in Ready Player One By Ernest Cline an amazing book that was very enjoyable to read over the summer. In this essay I will be answering the topic question "In what way is friendship the true power in Ready Player One?"

Firstly let's talk about the Oasis. the Oasis is a virtual world that has basically become "life" for many people across the world. Now what is something important for life? The answer is friendship, friendship is a necessity in life as it helps form connections and bonds between people that can help you along later down the line. If the Oasis is "life" then this theme also translates into the game. My point is that friendship is a very important "true power" in the Oasis and without it Wade would have failed the egg hunt. My first example for how friendship is true power is on (pg.205 Ernest Cline) "You two should keep the Beta Capsule, I said.....They were both surprised and …show more content…

What I mean by this is that no matter how hard Wade searched he had no clue on the location of the Jade key, nothing in the game could help, no gear, no amount of money only friendship. The only reason he was able to find the Jade key was through a clue that was given to him by his friend Aeche. (pg.225 Ernest Cline)"Dear Parzival, You and I are officially even now, got that? i consider my debt to you hereby paid in full. Better hurry. The Sixers must already be on their way there, good luck, Aeche. Below his signature was an image file he'd attached to the message. It was a high-resolution scan."This is a perfect example of how friendship is true power because without the friendship between Aeche and Wade, Aeche wouldn't give a hint to Wade and thus Wade would never have found the

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