Category: Friends

For me, the most valuable thing I have to give to someone is my friendship. This is true and tested, it is not given lightly and it is there until someone wants it. In the past few years, I have become more aware of the deep friendships, and those who are only there, what can…

Friendship essentially involves a distinctive kind of relationship with a friend, a relationship which can be understood as a kind of love. Records of ancient Greek philosophers, like Aristotle in his book The Nicomachean Ethics, distinguish three types of love: agape, eros, and filia. Agape is a virtuous, compassionate, and unconditional love; by Christian tradition,…

Hardships can test even the strongest friendships, but they can be overcome by faith. In the stories Two Friends by Guy de Maupassant and Damon and Pythias retold by William Russell, the development of the themes is similar but different. Throughout the stories, the characters face challenges that, ultimately, reveal their faith in each other.…

In the 1970s, the understanding of the process of friendship remained an under-researched area of psychology. Friendships can take on many different forms and the role of friendships and the influence from peers can change with age. For many years, the role of friends and the influence of friends on the behavior of children had…

Having a sense of safety allows a physical, mental, and emotional shield that protects us from the harshness constantly surrounding us. Safety is reflected in the environment and its inhabitants. People often play a role in the feeling and comfort of a place. Some create peace and harmony, others chaos. A lack of people and…

I agree that Steinbeck presents loneliness as an inescapable part of the characters` lives in Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck presents the concepts of loneliness and isolation in the novel in various ways. He uses the characters, action, and setting as devices to demonstrate the loneliness in the novel. Steinbeck uses the setting of the…

The definition of a friend is relative to different personalities with different backgrounds, orientations, and beliefs. However, a conventional description of a friend is; someone you care about. Caring about someone goes beyond the ordinary meaning of the word. He or she must cherish the other enough to call it love. Now love is built…

When I first met Jose, we were in the 6th grade at Lamar middle school. I was instantly drawn to his sense of humor, he was always cracking jokes in school, staying in trouble all the time, but it kept us entertained. We remained best friends until he moved to Arizona our Freshman year. We…

Ever wondered where selfies came from? Have you ever given thought to the fact that the idea of we cannot imagine our world without selfies is maybe an indication that we are dealing with people becoming more narcissistic than we, or them, would like to admit? Is the selfie friend or foe? Robert Cornelius was…

Friendship is one of the greatest blessings that not everyone is lucky enough to have. We meet a lot of people in the journey of life but there are only a few who leave a mark on us. My best friend is one such person who has been able to make a positive impact on…