Life teaches us a lot of things. But none is a better teacher than friendship (Importance of Friendship). There is one person who knows who I really am and that is my best friend, Danny. Friendship is a special love. Finding a true friend is always hard. So when one is found, it is important to hang on tight. The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. Growing up, I was the girl that was confident, strong, and had all the answers. No one had fully ever understood me or my actions, I was constantly on the move, keeping myself busy with any task or activity I could get my hands on, and I never told anyone the entire truth to why that was. My appearance to always seeming assured, formidable and dependable could be imputed to one prevailing time period, but was separated into hundreds of different memories of my past, each with their cause and effect. However, it started with one substantial hit, afflicting me in my teenage years. …show more content…
With my best friend by my side, I am a truly happy teenager with nothing but greatness coming my way. I am an intelligent and quite cute, with my black curls and big dark brown eyes. This deceived a lot of people, I was a well-behaved child. I would share just enough about myself that no other questions were asked. I was able to maintain my school life and my home life into two worlds without mixing them up.
That day at school seemed like any other day, boring. I remember my friend walking into class with bright red skinny jeans reminding me of the color of a cherry. “Skinny jeans didn 't go anywhere... In fact, they were more popular than ever thanks to a widening range of color options available everywhere from J. Brand to Forever 21”
To be a friend has almost certainly become a role of infinite definition. Agreeing with author Joyce Xinran, after reading her article, “Friending: The Changing Definition of Friendship in the Social Media Era,” the modern idea of a friend has changed in its meaning of intimacy. People have considered no boundaries when allowing one the position of associate. The act of being mildly pleasant will promote even a stranger to the status of friend. To solve this issue people must realize that receiving a simple electronic request to be a friend is hardly mastering the technique of camaraderie.
The movie being analyzed is the Sandlot. The relationship between the two main characters is a friendship, which begins with one boy who is desperate for friends and another who is searching for The Sandlot’s last teammate. The friendship between Benny and Small’s is an accurate depiction of the development of friendship in real life. In the movie, Scotty Smalls (Smalls) moves to a new neighborhood. One of his new neighbors happens to be the best baseball player in the neighborhood, Benny, who eventually teaches Smalls how to catch and throw so that the team has a ninth player. What begins as filling a baseball position eventually leads to a strong bond between the two main characters. Throughout the summer, the team plays baseball, goes swimming, plays baseball, goes to the fair, and plays baseball. A dog known as “The Beast” lives behind the fence of The Sandlot. The Beast is said to have eaten every baseball and person that has ever been on the other side of that fence, so when the boys hit Small’s stepfather’s signed baseball over the fence, they have to come together to retrieve the baseball. In the movie The Sandlot, directed by David M. Evans, the development of the friendship between Scott Smalls and Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez is conveyed through their communication. The Sandlot shows the progression of a friendship and the importance of communication to help a friendship flourish.
Growing up, I’ve always valued friendships. Friends were as important to me as family. I’ve attended Catholic school from first grade through eighth grade. My classmates were the same 35 people throughout grade school. I went through many hardships and obstacles trying to find peers who were similar to me. In 6th grade, I went through identity crisis to find out who I was. Before that, I was constantly changing myself so that I could fit in and be like others. Throughout the years in grade school, I struggled with my identity but as I went through high school and am going through college, I have a good grasp of my identity and who my friends are.
Friendships can be maintained through mediation between friends who are temporarily separated. However, it is established that, according to Cocking and Matthews (2000), purely mediated close friendships are impossible. The internet presents structural impediments to the formation of exclusively online close friendships as they inhibit an essential feature of close friendship, this being relational identity. The internet allows an individual to choose their identity rather than being forced into non-voluntary self-disclosure. Individuals are capable of distorting filters onto themselves that are normally revealed to friends in an offline encounter and when the relationship is online, the crucial mutual interpretation and shaping of
In the best –selling novel the Maze Runner, James Dashner has developed many meaningful and complex themes. From all these various themes, I believe the main motive and message of the story is how friendship can help us pass the hurdles and obstacles in life and help us achieve success. The novel, the Maze Runner displays tremendous amounts of friendship and strong bonds between characters in the society. The novel written by James Dashner demonstrates the importance of friendship in life. In the Maze Runner strong bonds and exceptional friendship were created in many events, but the relation between Chuck and Thomas, the bond between Teresa and Thomas and the relations amongst all the Gladers working together showed a really deep meaning of companionship. These relationships are what allowed them to collectively pass the hard obstacles in their way and obtain their ambition.
What is true friendship? “It is putting someone else first. It is being strictly honest, loyal, and chaste in every action. Perhaps it is the word commitment that unlocks the real meaning of friendship.” (Dalton). That is the essence of a true friend, someone that is always there for you. Though friendship is not easy, it can fall apart a lot easier. Good friendships can be affected from betrayal, distance, and differences in class.
Throughout epics there always seems to be someone alongside the hero helping and keeping him on the path of his journey. This relationship can be seen as a friendship or can even go so far as to call it a brotherhood. The companion of the hero not only stands as character foil but also a guide emotionally and physically. Even through death the lesson taught by the companion still persist, and guide the hero to a greater understanding self, and the world. The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Iliad, by Homer, both exemplify some of the lessons a companion teaches the hero. Both epics portray a hero’s need for a motivational friend or ally to help stand against overwhelming odds, and complete their journey. Without Enkidu many of Gilgamesh’s conquest could not have been possible or would have been left incomplete, and if Patroclus had not fought in Achilles place the Trojan’s would have lost the war.
"Friendship" is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as, the state of being friends, or a friendly feeling. Friends, on the other hand, are defined as people whom one knows well and is fond of. The second definition states a friend as an ally, supporter, or sympathizer.
Has technology changed the way we make friends? Today’s society is known as the Informational age, and this is because technology has allowed the people to grasp onto certain information with a push of a button. However, it’s not only information that people are grasping on to, but it is also friendships. Friendships and acquaintanceships in the past were made by communicating in person; however, technology has interfered with our communication skills. The concept of “friend” in today’s social networking world is considered deleterious based on the elements such as cyberbullying, antisocial behaviors, and hyper-connectivity of technology.
Although relationships with parents determine in large measure our longer-term preferences, attitudes and values, during adolescence it is often relationships with friends that cause most concern and which pre-occupy the thoughts of young people as they grow up.
Years ago, when I was a child me and my father had a hard time bonding. My dad bought me a basketball because basketball, a while back, was his favorite sport. The basketball finally helped me and my father bond and the ball helped me develop most of my friendships. The basketball showed me that the best friends you can possibly have are friends you share interests with.
Friendship is the most wonderful relationship that anyone can have. Ideally a friend is a person who offers love and respect and will never leave or betray us. Friends can tell harsh truths when they must be told. There are four different types of friends: True friends, Convenient friends, Special interest friends, and historical friends. To have friendship is to have comfort. In times of crisis and depression, a friend is there to calm us and to help lift up our spirits.
Friends, they are great to have. Especially when you are going through rough times or even when you're at the highest point in your life. Overall, they are a great support system and good to have. But, not all friendships are healthy to be in.. That is where my story comes in. I was in first grade and met a girl, not naming names. Anyways, we hit it off really well. We became the best of friends. We did everything together, and when I say everything we did just about everything together. It was sort of like we were the same person. We were each others backbones when times were to get rough for one another, and we were there to celebrate when something good has happened. But, with some good times also comes with bad times as well.
My friendship with Nely is stridently positive. We met each other three years ago in high school. At first, I saw her as a normal person, a classmate to spend time with, but after spending time joking, hanging out, talking, and sharing experiences, we had, as a result, a beautiful, and respectful, friendship formed. Nely is a tough person to know because she does not demonstrate her feeling very easily, but when I saw the other side of Nely, I found a beautiful person with beautiful feelings who could help me and be my friend. We have been raised very similarly because we both grew up in Mexico, and we are proud to be 100% Mexican. By consequence, we do have a lot of things in common. For instance, For us, it is really hard to call someone a friend but now we consider each other really true friends. Our friendship is real, positive, and respectful, having immediate, lasting minor and major effects in my personal life.
I am that one friend that will go to the end of the earth for a friend. I am a person that strongly believes in my goals and values and a person that wouldn't change for anyone. I am a caring but yet shy person. With my life experiences and my morals and values in place, and my confidence in myself being so high but not being to cocky, I am able to be the person I am today.