...Importance of Friendships Throughout the many unique and individual experiences I went through, the friendships that I made were one in a million. These friends shaped me and formed me in so many ways. I have learned an unfathomable amount through friendships as well as accumulating a lot of personal growth. The significance of friendships in my own American experience has taught me unique lessons, an open mind, respect, growth, and has given me a strong feeling for who I am. During my life I have been exposed to many kinds of people of all ages and ethnicities which have taught me things that I may have never learned. Thinking back, through all the memories and times, I got a taste of each person’s personality in my personal experiences with them. I found many of those people who I enjoy to be with because we share that common ground that lets you be yourself and feel comfortable. It really feels good to have friends on the same level as you. Friendship is a very personal and unique thing. No two relations between any two people will ever be the same because only those people know what they have been through or shared together. This is what makes friendship such an exceptional thing. A large part of friendship is learning lessons together, and for almost everything in the world there is a lesson that must be learned. Learning these lessons...
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...What is friendship? Friendship is a relationship between one person and other, that he/she likes. He/she treat them special and better than other that he/she does not like. of Friendship helps people connect each other. It can bring people the joy of sha ing secrets and shoving problem when they can not talk to another person. Friendship can fall into three kinds: true friendship, deceitful friendship, and self-conceited friendship. First of all, true friendship is the real meaning of caring for a person whom you call your best friend. They are sympathetic with you when you have troubles in your life. They also bring happy to you and help you to become a perfect person. . You can sh re your experience with them. In our life no one is perfect, so you need learn a lot of different ideals from others. If you know to listen their ideas, you are more useful in the big society. True friendship come to you with a trustful heart. They do not care about your background family, education, and so on. For instance, when I first came to the US, I did not have any relative or friends. I was homesick and really wanted to come back to Vietnam. At that time, Hoang, who is my new neighbor came over to y house and helped my family a lot things such as helping us fill out some kinds of forms, giving a ride when my family needed to go to a hospital for health examinations, and vice versa. Since that time, he became my best friend. I could share with him a out my concerns like how to deal with...
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...path to achieving their dream, they run into obstacles, but stick together, stressing the importance of true friendship. Steinbeck wrote this book to tell us how important it is to have a friend to share your life with. The book starts off set in Soledad, which, when translated into English means "lonely". But when Lennie and George are together, they are anything but lonely. They share a friendship so great that if either person dies, or both are separated, the other could not survive. Steinbeck shows us that their friendship is a true one, where they share their lives together, benefiting from each other’s company. “Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place. They come to a ranch an’ work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they’re poundin’ their tail on some other ranch. They ain’t got nothing to look ahead to… With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don’t have to sit in no bar room blowin’ in our jack jus’ because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us. But not us! An’ why? Because I got you to look after me and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.”(P31-32) Because of the extent of Lennie and George’s friendship, they go beyond the more sharing of words. . Steinbeck presents the two friends, George...
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...RELTIONSHIPS: tHE IMPORTANCE AND INFLUENCE IN ADULTHOOD Tebogo Joyhonour Malatjie 20110716 RELTIONSHIPS: tHE IMPORTANCE AND INFLUENCE IN ADULTHOOD Tebogo Joyhonour Malatjie 20110716 Adult Development and Training. Due date: 13 May 2014 Adult Development and Training. Due date: 13 May 2014 Table of Content * Cover Page * Introduction * 1. Friendships * Theoretical Perspectives of adult friendships * Importance of friendship in adulthood * Cross-sex friendships * Male vs Female Friendships * Loss and friendship in adulthood * 2. Love relationship * Love * Importance of love relationships * Marriage * Conclusion * Reference List * Introduction The Best Man Holiday is an intriguing piece of art which explores the complexities of various forms of relationships within adulthood. It looks at how friendships can be broken and repaired, aspects of marriage, love and trust. It looks at the tight ropes that get walked within cross-sex friendships and many more aspects of the functioning and importance of relationships in adulthood and ageing. The movie is a sequel to The Best Man and is set within the Christmas season. At this stage many relationships are strained between the individuals who have been the closest of friends since their college days, the strain being a result of events that...
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...John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, set in California during the Great Depression, depicts the desire for friendships and the American Dream, held by many different individuals. Throughout the novel many characters are introduced, and their conflicts ignite trouble. For instance, the main characters, George Milton, intelligent and irritable, and his companion, Lennie Small, hefty and senseless, are migrant workers who hope that one day they will acquire the American Dream. Lennie, being senseless, makes George have a difficult time trying to find a job because of Lennie’s wrongdoings. Withal, in the Bunkhouse, many conflicts arise as these migrant workers join the ranch. Steinbeck uses the lives of George and Lennie to demonstrate the...
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...PHENOMENOLOGY OF FRIENDSHIP Submitted by: Submitted to: Ana Marie Nicole Tan Santos Prof. El Mithra M. Delacruz, PhD AB - Production Design PHILOMA H26 June 06, 2013 Ana Marie Nicole Tan Santos Prof. El Mithra M. Delacruz, PhD AB- Production Design PHILOMA H26 June 06, 2013 Phenomenology of Friendship “A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.” - Jim Morrison It is very important to show your true you to people who trust you. I know that it is hard to trust a person especially if you experienced to be hurt by your friend but your trust will go back when you find the right person to trust. You will know that he/she is the right one if you can be yourself with him/her. You can totally be stupid around him/her. There’s a big difference between friendship and love so don’t get confused. Friendship is really a meaningful word. Others use “friendship” as their pen names but I give importance to the word friendship. It’s really a big deal for me when it comes to friendship. I was a second year high school when I have a friend that I really trust that started to ruin my reputation when we become juniors (third year high school). I started to treat her as my best friend but I was wrong. She told stories to my other classmates and it spread so fast that a lot of my classmates don’t want to talk to me. The thing is that, I treated her right and that I didn’t do...
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...'How does Steinbeck present the importance of friendship to convey important ideas about America in the 1930's'? Steinbeck presents friendship as an important theme in the novel by embedding qualities in the characters personalities and their ways of life. This helps the reader to realise the theme of companionship in 1930's American society. Isolation and loneliness are recurring themes in the novel, and is a central issue for some characters. Curley's wife and Crooks especially are examples of attitudes in the 1930's towards women and black people. This helps the reader to identify that America in the 1930's was a very lonely and discriminative place. Curley's wife is an example of a lonely character seeking companionship in the novel. This also gives us an insight to women's status in the hierarchical structure in society, because she is so neglected of friendship. Steinbeck presents friendship as a luxury, which is desired by many characters in the novel. 'Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever' once in a while?' Is an example of the neglect that Curley's wife feels, and how it affects her confidence. Friendship is hard for her to achieve because she is a woman, and the ranch 'ain't no place for a girl'. This demonstrates her lack of interaction with the other male characters. Another character who demonstrates the importance of friendship in the novel is Crooks. He is discriminated against because her is black. This automatically reduces him to the bottom of the...
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...Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Nobility of Friendship Friends are what any person needs to live a complete life. To get friends, one must be living a fulfilling life since friends are a reflection of oneself. It is important to cultivate friendship because it is an essential element of happiness. Friendships are of various types, and each of them has different aspects. There are friendships that provide the material, professional, or spiritual support. Also, there are friends who are a company for entertainment while others help one to develop socially. Friendships or friends are mostly evaluated on these categories and each category is important for the fulfillment of an individual. However, true friends are appreciated for who they are but not for what they can offer. Weighing friendship from the materialistic approach is misleading. As Aristotle said, true friends are everything that a person needs, they are a sure haven. The loss of true friends can be viewed as a permanent drawback for an individual since whatever such a friend could prompt a person to do will remain an unexploited potential. The final loss of a true friend occurs in death. As long as a friend is alive, relationships can always be maintained even overseas, but death takes away friends never to bring them back, even when they are needed the most. Thinking about friendship, the question arises, why do people find it impossible to recover from losing a friend? Friends come by at any stage...
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...bullies, Klutter’s Kobras. Priscilla defends her friend and gives Monk Klutter, the leader of the gang, a taste of justice. Throughout the story the theme of the importance of friendship is demonstrated through the relationships among the students. The importance of friendship is first shown in the story in an unlikely way. Monk Klutter is an effective gang leader because he has so many friends willing to do his dirty work. The narrator of the story reveals in the beginning of the tale that, “there was a time when you couldn’t even go to the rest room around this school without a pass… I’m talking about a pass that could cost anywhere up to a buck, sold by Monk Klutter.” In the previous quote, the narrator tells the reader that everyone had to buy a bathroom pass. Given the number of students and bathrooms at an ordinary school, Monk must have had a large group of people willing to follow his orders and sell passes. Although this kind of activity is not found in normal friendships, Monk’s gang members, his friends, are an important part of his school “business.” Without his friends, he would not have been such an effective leader. The theme is also shown in more traditional friendships in the story. Without Priscilla’s friendship, Melvin would have had a much different, painful, school experience. Priscilla’s friendship with Melvin, saved Melvin twice from savage beatings. First, Priscilla saved Melvin from a gang member who tried to charge Melvin a “dwarf tax.”...
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...bad, they can likely influence you badly. (Pro 13: 20) The consequence of a bearing friendship with bad or stupid ones is even worse than expected. How can we make good friends? God’s worshippers knew the importance of making good friends (e.g. David Ps 64: 2). So if you want to make real or good friends, firstly, you need to get to know their worth for you. This actually means to understand their value in your life. We just read the words of David, who was well aware of the value or worth of true friends. David knew that true friends need to be recognised and accepted regardless of their age, social, educational and financial status. For Instance, the David had a closest friendship with Jonathan, who was about 30 years elder than David. The bible mention the foundation of their friendship as love, which was strange than the love of woman. Even, they are described to start loving each other as themselves (1-Sam 18: 1-4). The Lesson If you judge others (friends) keeping in consideration their age, social, educational and financial status perhaps you are not to be successful in finding good and real friends. At contrast, the chances are you can miss to have many good friends wandering around you. If you have your own specific standards of keeping friendship such as specific range of age, education, category and so on, then actually It can become a hindrance in finding true friendship. Consider the example of Karen who had some friends in her college or university...
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...government at that point was ignoring the issue of slavery. Quakers made up petitions to end the African slavery throughout America. The issue was sent to the House of Representatives and they were split. The Southern Representatives wanted the issue to be silenced while the Northern Representatives were determined to find a solution. In chapter four, "The Farewell" Ellis discussed the retirement of George Washington after his two year term, which would go on to become a tradition among presidents. He talked about Washington's importance in the country and how he played a role in many significant events that shaped America. In chapter five, "The Collaboration" the strong friendship and bond formed between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson during the Revolutionary War is studied. At first the two were great friends but during the next election they became political enemies. There many differences caught up to them and their friendship...
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...| What is Friendship? What is friendship? People have been asking this question for centuries, and we can never know the exact answer that will fit everybody’s definition of friendship. Friends are people without whom your life wouldn’t be complete. They are the people who you know for ages, or even if you don’t you feel like you were born on the same day. They will always be by your side and will help you with any troubles. In the dictionary you can find three definitions of friendship:1. The quality or condition of being friends2. A friendly relationship3. Friendliness, good will In order to know what all these definitions mean we need to figure out what is the definition for friends. A friend is defined as a person whom one knows, likes, and trusts. So friendship is when two people know each other well, and trust each other. Friendship is the relationship between two people who really care about each other. Your friendship will keep you happy, but it is not easy. Friendship demands time and effort, and sometimes you have to step over your pride and put yourself on the place of your friend, and see what she feels even if you think you are correct. But in exchange, a friend can provide a lot of support and comfort in good times and bad. Many things are needed to make friendship a real one, including trustworthiness, support, honesty, and loyalty. Friendship is supposed to make both people happy, and enjoying their relationship. Yes...
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...positive and alive. A couple should be best of friends for a successful marriage. Husband and wife should understand each other the way true friends understand each other. They should have love and understanding, trust and respect for each other. Thus, before getting married one should give importance to the degree of friendship a couple holds. As said by Nicolas Sparks in the novel “The Notebook”- “You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.” Many songs and stories have been written on the importance of friendship. It breaks the ice between two unknown people, if the other person is friendlier then a person feels more comfortable and easily opens up. Even a small drop of friendship can do wonders in any such relationship as the relationship of a couple, parents and their child, boss and employee, members of an organization etc. Heaven will fall on earth if we can remove personality, selfishness and hate and grow love and friendship for each other in the hearts of people. I am sure that every single one her can’t live without the best thing in the world FRIENDSHIP! Beaucoup de chants et de contes ont été écrits sur l'importance de l'amitié. , Si l'autre personne est plus favorable alors qu'une personne se sent plus à l'aise et s'ouvre facilement en place. Même une petite goutte d'amitié peut faire des merveilles dans une telle relation que la relation...
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...Throughout times of hardships, achieving one’s dream calls upon the need for friendship and hope. John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men uses the setting of the Great Depression of America in 1929 to convey the importance of dreams to keep oneself from falling into despair. The novel embodies the notion of friendships and emphasizes the importance of developing and maintaining strong relationships as a barrier to the oppressive and hostile world. To do this, Steinbeck utilizes a range of symbolic characters and explores the flawed nature of the American dream. By reinstating the power of relationships, exploring key characters of society through revolving around contextual influence, Steinbeck conveys the value of friendship, importance of dreams and attitudes to freedom The importance of human relationships, dreams and freedom is epitomized in the opening chapter where Steinbeck constructs` a strongly idealistic atmosphere as a location to introduce his two key characters. The land is described with poetic imagery of “golden foothill slopes” where “sycamores with mottled, white, recumbent limbs and branches that arch over the pool”. This description lends contextual evidence of the Californian landscape and lives up to the naming of Soledad, which is a translation to loneliness, a large aspect during the Great Depression. The unspoilt scenery of purity and perfection is “beaten hard by tramps” when man decides to enter. This setting is particularly poignant as it foreshadows...
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...John Steinbeck uses a range of language features and techniques in his novel Of Mice and Men to convey the idea of George and Lennie’s dream being important yet unattainable. Steinbeck creates a sense of powerlessness for the characters George and Lennie as well as Crooks and Curley’s Wife. Steinbeck also highlights the importance of friendship through George constantly looking out for Lennie. He does this by the use of repetition, characterisation and other language techniques throughout the novel. The use of these features influence the reader by creating a sense of empathy for the characters. Steinbeck uses repetition to highlight the importance yet unattainability of the dream for George and Lennie. Go on, George! Tell about what we’re...
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