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    Friendship “When you’re up in life, your friends get to know who you are. When you’re down in life, you get to know who your friends are.” - Anonymous. For instance, in the novel Freak the Mighty Max and Kevin demonstrate a strong friendship. To sum up, they were there for each other in the good and bad times. Truly, a good friendship includes trust, teamwork, and having adventures. Why does trust help make an enduring friendship? For example, in Freak the Mighty, Max carries Kevin on his

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    extroverted society, people today seek other’s attentions and friendship to complete them. But what is a friend? A true friend is someone who faces the world side by side with you, pushes and encourages you to be your best self. The friendship may start with something simple like football or tv shows but lead to deeper, more meaningful conversations. The initial relationship between two individuals over a shared activity can lead to true friendship when they connect over shared truths. For example, my best

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    Friendship Theme in Gilgamesh True friendship is egalitarian. Everything is shared, loyalty to the friendship is equal, and the basis of the camaraderie is wholly altruistic. The friendship between the king Gilgamesh and the man of the steppe, Enkidu, was not a true and equal friendship. Loyalties and sacrifices to that friendship were disproportionate. Friendship is conveyed in more than one way in Gilgamesh. The companionship between Enkidu and the animals of the steppe is the first example

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    the dark is better than walking alone in the dark” Helen Keller. Friendship, by my personal definition, is a joint relationship between two beings full of love, care, and companionship. Without friendship our world wouldn’t be built the way it is today. Friendship brings people together, it gives one hope knowing they have someone who is always there to support and guide them. In the book “Of Mice and Men” a very peculiar friendships is portrayed. Two men, both with a passion to live freely, stick

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    An Unusual Friendship The word friendship, as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is defined as “a friendly feeling or attitude, kindness or help given to someone”. Contrary to the common definition of the word, Amir and Hassan share somewhat of an atypical type of friendship. The author, Khaled Hosseini, uses the altering friendship between Amir and Hassan to create the plot and set the tone for the entire story. Hosseini uses this friendship between Amir and Hassan as an essential theme

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    Friendships can be resembling to two butterflies in a garden together,but a strong friendship is a knot tied together never separating meaning your friendship can never be broken. Maximally to maintain a strong friendship is by being honest with each other and listen to what each one has to say. A strong friendship is when one person trust, to trust one another for everything. For example,if you were brother and sister ,sister and sister ,and etc. Therefore, strong bonds happen when you listen

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    Friendship is a powerful and sentimental bond between two people. A true friend is someone a person can depend on to stay with them through their troubles. John Steinbeck, the author of the novel Of Mice and Men, uses the relationships between George and Lennie, Candy and his dog and George and Slim to discuss the idea of friendship throughout his novel. Steinbeck focuses his writing around the characters George and Lennie. The two friends, despite their many differences, travel together as they

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    In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, the roles and duties regarding friendship are well-delineated and exist within specific, virtue-driven parameters. Aristotle considers friendship to come to fruition not through chance or arbitrary circumstance, but through a process in which many character elements must amalgamate and correspond appropriately. Bonds among men, as Aristotle contends, depend largely on the moral attitudes and willingness to express love and accommodate the needs of the other and

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    yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo” (Tolkien 103) This sentiment expressed by Merry, one of Frodo’s many friends, perfectly expresses the theme of friendship within the book. Friendship is sticking by a friend and being trustworthy while also protecting one’s friend. Without his friends, Frodo would not have completed his journey to Rivendell. Although many friends aided Frodo, three friends in particular provided

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    Friendship is one of the most valuable and priceless things in human society, friendship helps to persevere through the best and worst of times, freindship is an unbreakable sincere bond. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice And Men there are two characters who have shared an incorruptible bond for many years, these two outsider’s are named George and Lennie. George is a migrant worker who not only protects Lennie, but helps him through life and gives him fundamental advice. Lennie is a mentally disabled

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