“Fickle Friends” is an interesting analytical on how friendship can affect an individual’s emotionally and psychology. Dealing with people around us could create the possible outcomes either gaining well cooperation or strengthen the healthy competitive spirit to achieve the goals.
The author highlighted about handling the ambivalent friends could become snake on the grass or precisely the toxic in life where they only caused harm towards the individual’s psychology and emotionally. The author mentioned several resources to strengthen as evidence in her article that focus on the negative effects to keep the ambivalent friends around us. They could become someone who is pretentious and opportunist with our current’s situation. The author believed
The background of the subject was conceived and written as satire, Fickle Friends is generally acknowledge as presenting Weir’s view on the affect of the bonds from the ambivalent friends towards the individual. Fickle Friends highlighted about the interactions between other peoples could made us involved in love- hate relationship where the irritation and depression didn’t stop the individual to participate in the circle or socialize with the ambivalent friends. This relationship could be found in many forms such as in sibling rivalry, colleagues and acquaintance in circle of
The evident can be found in the article stated, “ our lives are riddled with frenemies”. The article focused on general audiences such as youth, adult and office worker that ambivalent friends could found in may forms in our life.
The author believed presence of ambivalent ties could bring the negative affects on the individual’s psychology and emotionally. The author included several evident from many resources to strengthen the argument where she highlighted the surround by ambivalent friends could cause depression and cognitive decline. She even mentioned ‘No friendship is perfect’ where the author suggest being alone is better and can protect your heart from being trampled by your loved one cause keeping the ambivalent friends could increase the chances to suffer from depression.
Also, the author believed that the ambivalent ties could cause blood pressure to the individual. The author mentioned the longer the individual surround by the ambivalent friends, the highly changes to increase the heart rate that lead to blood pressure. She tried to convince the audience that frenemies is like the poison which slowly kill
Friendship can be debated as both a blessing and a curse; as a necessary part of life to be happy or an unnecessary use of time. Friends can be a source of joy and support, they can be a constant stress and something that brings us down, or anywhere in between. In Book 9 of Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle discusses to great lengths what friendship is and how we should go about these relationships. In the short story “Melvin in the Sixth Grade” by Dana Johnson, we see the main character Avery’s struggle to find herself and also find friendship, as well as Melvin’s rejection of the notion that one must have friends.
Marion Winik’s “What Are Friends For?” expresses the characteristics of friendships and their importance in her existence. Winik begins by stating her theory of how some people can’t contribute as much to a friendship with their characteristic traits, while others can fulfill the friendship. She illustrates the eight friendships she has experienced, categorized as Buddies, Relative Friends, Work Friends, Faraway Friends, Former Friends, Friends You Love to Hate, Hero Friends, and New Friends. In like manner, the friendships that I have experienced agree and contradict with Winik’s categorizations.
This topic shows us that even though it doesn’t always seem likely that a person needs a friend, some people need someone to talk to or someone to help them open up and to be revealed to a whole new life. We should learn by this topic that our friends shouldn’t always be clones of ourselves and we should be listening and helping our friends. Even through the toughest times, through silence, true friendships always last.
Since men act in ways that bring their lives happiness, it is generally found that friendship brings happiness; however different kinds of friendship bring different types of happiness. Regardless of the type of friendship, what can be agreed and accepted is that the best type of friendship will be virtuous. “[G]oodwill, when it is reciprocal being friendship… To be friends, then, they must be mutually recognized as bearing goodwill and wishing well to each other” (Nicomachean Ethics, 8.2, 1155b-1156a 34- 5). Friendship requires reciprocal well-wishing, and mutual awareness based on lovable qualities, such as the good, the pleasant and the useful. By analyzing these three kinds of friendship, it will be proven that the friendship is a virtue or rather a good action.
Friendship. A feeling that is valued by almost everyone in the world. But friendship can be “deadly.” Not in the sense that it can kill a person – maybe it can – but in the sense that it is a very fragile piece of the lives of those who live on Earth. Friendship can be an amazing piece of one’s life, or it can be one the worst aspects of life. When one makes a friend, a true friend, it allows that friend to learn a lot about that person. This could be a good entity, only if that friend is a friend that is not going to betray that individual. However, the bad side of friendship comes with a brutal price to pay. If a friend were to “backstab” that person, and reveal all of their secrets. This is one of the worst things that could ever happen
First, the article introduces the audience to friendships described by Aristotle, and Todd May. In the text it states, “It is threatened when we are encouraged to look up on those
As people grow, a variety of relationships develop over time. Relationships with family, friends, and romantic partners are such examples of these diverse ties. Friendships in particular are affected by the following: the level of interaction involved, how communication between two friends is established, and contact, if they exist, between multiple circles of friends through one person. Some examples of these are friendship expectations, the stages of childhood friendship, and the stages of adult friendship.
Philosophers have discuss and debate about friendship and the true meaning to be a friend to others Aristotle have given requirements as well as qualities a friend possession within different types of friendships. He debates that a good man does not need friends but the points he brings up proves that a good man can not live a pleasant life in solitary.
Friendship can lift you up, strengthen and empower you, or break you down, weaken and defeat you” (32). In The Pact, George, Rameck, and Sam lifted each other through the hard times. They helped each other reach their dreams, even though they had their rough times. George, Rameck, and Sam all lived troubled lives while growing up. They all suffered with financial problems, and judicial problems. Their friendship helped them succeed and eventually gave them a more stable live style. Friendship is very powerful and can help you in so many ways.
In examining Aristotle, Cicero, Montaigne, and Emerson’s views on friendship, one can see how the meaning of friendship has evolved through time and see the respective perceptions of friendship exemplify the cultural values of the writers. Aristotle took on a somewhat elitist viewpoint on friendship due to Athenian society’s social hierarchy; Cicero takes on a more realistic one because the politics of Roman friendships; Montaigne adopts a more modern interpretation of friendship as time has progressed and finally Emerson’s transcendental beliefs are shown in his writings about friendship. However, it is uncanny that despite the span of time and cultures, all agree on the profound importance of friendship for individuals.
In the writings of Aristotle, seen in Nicomachean Ethics, it is evident that Aristotle believes that friendship is necessary for a virtuous and therefore happy life. I believe that this is accurate due to the similar conditions necessary for a complete friendship and a happy life. It is also evident that friendship is useful in achieving a happy life because friendship can make performing virtuous actions easier. His interpretation can be misunderstood and mistakes in practice can be made, so we will need to discuss these follies as well, in order to understand all the effects of friendship on achieving a happy life.
Friends come and go, it’s the good ones that stay. In the book “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time India” The author convey many themes but friendship is one of the biggest. Throughout the book, Junior the main character talks about his life and how friendship is very important to him. He learns to make new friends and understand to let go of some.
In life we come across many people. Some will hate us while others will adore us. The ones who hate us can be referred to as enemies and the ones who show us adoration are referred to as friends. There are three types of friends. They are the aquaintinces we make in school, the friends we loose as one grows, and best friends who may stray, but never too far away.
Most beautiful kindred of all of humans are the companionship. Without excitement, confusion, tangles and commitment life becomes a cake-walk if people have a hand of a friend to hold on. Can everyone imagine if there is no friendship in the world? Nobody will care about one another. Friends are the pillars of strength that give support and comfort in life "A hedge between keeps friendship green”. Friendship is the one of the medium that can build unity among community. As Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of United States, once said, “Friendship is the only cement that will hold the world together”, I strongly agree to his statement because friendship teach to help one another, learn to accept each other and build trust and faith towards each other.
We do not make friends because they are useful but the bond of friendship, once it grows stronger and stronger has a number of positive aspects. There are certain secrets that can only be shared with our friends only. When we are facing a difficult situation in our lives, only true friends come forward to help us overcome all the difficulties.