Frenemies When growing up, one tends to find two key important people: a best friend and an archenemy. In life, relationships are important to overcome throughout life. What most people fail to realize is that one shares a relationship with every person they encounter, whether it is a best friend or archenemy. Best friend and archenemies are people who are both involve in someone life. The difference is those friends are there to comfort, while enemies are to be ignored.
A true friend is there to help and they never expect anything in return. A good friend is a friend that is only there for you when it is convenient for them. They expect something in return for all that they do for you. A good friend might not be here for you tomorrow. If I had to choose between a true friend and a good friend I would always choose a true friend.
Sometimes friends can be closer to one than people in their own family. True friends can forgive, just like Joe forgave Simon. Simon felt responsible for Joe’s mother’s death. They both needed each other to satisfy their belonging need on the hierarchy. Furthermore, Simon also
Culture does not make a difference for me when it comes to meeting people. When I first moved to this country and I didn’t speak the language I really appreciated those who took the time to get to know me, and were patient with me. I remember them and a lot of them are still in my life for the simple fact that they accepted me even though I was a stranger to their culture. I would be a straight up loser if I did not accept or tolerate people from other cultures, since I am different myself. I do consider myself open minded.
In “Faux Friendship”, essayist and critic William Deresiewicz tells about friendship and the journey of how friendship has changed over the decades. Friendship is an important part of everyone’s lives. Every person wants to be a friend or to have that special person they can call their friend. What is friendship becoming now that we have networking sites that allow us to keep in contact with potentially every person we come into contact with? Being someone’s friend was not something that was given freely.
In doing so, we see how essential not only it is for Lennie to gain another friend in times of loneliness, but for Crooks as well. Being secluded from companionship like Crooks is, he becomes dependent on Lennie for moments like those to remind him that he is still a human being. Lennie, like George, also doesn’t want to risk losing a friend over something minor. When Lennie wanted some ketchup and he saw that he made George angry by continuously asking for what they don’t have, he immediately apologized and said “I wouldn’t eat no ketchup, George. I’d leave it all for you.
Friendship is a great and essential part of modern life. It offers escape from annoying family and awkward social positions. A true and good friend will help someone get through their difficulties with compassion and love without judgement. In A Separate Peace the main characters, Gene and Phineas, claim to be good friends, however, there are events that come to pass that make both the characters and the readers rethink that status. No one should be without a friend, this world that we live in today makes it near a requirement.
First, if you have a good writing skill, you can express your feeling in a right way to make your audience feel sympathetic or even influence them like Donald Murray said in his essays. For example, the love letters from my ex boyfriend played a huge major role in our relationship. He was shy and afraid of being refused, so he would not dare to ask me out. Therefore, he wrote me so many letters about what I was to him, how much he loved me, and so on. He told me if I did not feel the same way, I could get rid of them.
They do not mind sharing their everyday tasks such as the woman helping their husband or the men helping their wives weave mats. It was said that if the couple could no longer be “best friends” they should divorce. I can relate to this in my relationships. Before finding my “best friend” I knew that I was in search of the same qualities I want in my friends. We want someone who is willing to put in just as much effort as the other.
This doesn’t mean we should all go out and be terrible people just so we will appreciate our good experiences, but rather that we should learn from our mistakes. Lance Armstrong’s view of life is similar to this; he says that sometimes life is fun, and great, and other times it is horrible, but whether good or bad our experiences make us stronger people. It is these experiences which give our lives meaning. Meaning and value however, are completely different issues. So how can the value of one’s entire life and worth be translated into monetary values?