What is a friend? A friend is someone who supports you and doesn't judge you or call you animal names. It is also someone who keeps you updated with the gossip around school and encourages you to try new things in difficult areas that at are out of your comfort zone. A friend is also someone who will help you if you are going through a life and death situation and will not laugh if you are dying. Also, a friend is someone who is there for you when you most need them and are always available. I also believe a person you can trust with your personal life and tell them everything about you and you know for a fact that they will keep it a secret. Another example of a great friend is someone who does not hide secrets from you and let's you know…
Friends, how many of us have them? FRIENDS ones we can depend on. These lines are very well known from the 1984 hit single by Whodini, but in reality is agreat question to ask yourself. Whodini’s first rhyme says “Friends is a word we use everyday most the time we use it in the wrong way.”, with that being said we all confuse the definition or just have our own meaning for the the word, but me, I couldn’t answer the Friends question til I knew the true meaning of a friend. The essay Friends ,…
makes a good friend in books that I have read. That’s just it seems like a good friend is just in books and made up. Some of these traits of a good friend are arguable and others are right on the spot. It seems like every time I try having a friendship those so call traits are never there in the person. If I was going to make a friend the things I look for in them are: honest at all times, there for you through the hard times in life, and they like the same things I do. The most important…
and Men I believe that George was a good friend to Lennie. Friendship is when you are by someone's side, through thick and thin. George and Lennie were good examples of friendship because they were always by each others side, even though they may not have gotten along at times. Unfortunately, Lennie isn't so bright, so George has taken on the role of not only being his companion but his caretaker as well. In the novella George and Lennie have gotten into trouble a number of times, but this one…
Ainsley is a Good Friend Nothing can break friendship between me and Ainsley. Not death, not other friendships, not anything in the world can tear us apart. The meaning of friendship isn’t in books. It’s in our hearts. Me and Ainsley’s friendship will never end. She will help me when being bullied. She will help me with work I need help on. She will help me with motivation. Ainsley is a great friend. One reason Ainsley is a good friend because she helps me when being bullied. Ainsley’s brother…
city of New York, is a good representation of what we as Americans are guaranteed. Freedom of speech, the right to follow any religion, and the right to love and marry whoever we want are among the very few. Though these are rights granted to us by our constitution, there is a dark shadow that many minorities experience at first hand; darkness that is portrayed through the thoughts, words, and sometimes actions of those that are fortunate…
The most important lesson high school teaches females is how to decipher between the useful types of friends you associate with and the piggybackers that do not genuinely care about you. In every clique of gossiping teenagers holds a general variety of friends. Although the individuals themselves are unique, the concept of their friendship is basic and is in every circle of friends. Surprisingly common kinds of friends are true-blue, moochers, episodic, and party girls. Every high school girl…
being a year or two behind the other kids because of my late birthday, I had to work harder to comprehend things due to the fast rate at which they were being taught such as the alphabet, basic math, and just about any other thing a normal child learns in elementary school. At the end of my kindergarten year, my teacher at the time proposed the idea of holding me back, and my mom was outraged because someone was telling her that her child wasn’t as good as the others just because I learned at my…
Some people may say that caring and having one’s back aren’t the qualities that make a good friend, but these qualities are essential in a good friend because they strengthen a friendship. According to Potok, a person who is compassionate and supportive has the makings of being a good friend. Potok shows that compassion is essential quality for a good friend because a person who cares about their friend always looks after them. In other words, some people might believe that having compassion…
This becomes evident when Laurie says “I think you and everyone else are taking this whole Wave thing a bit too seriously” (Strasser). In the story Laurie never officially committed to the wave and that quote shows her getting a little scared about the future of the wave. Laurie doesn't believe the wave is necessarily good, she thinks that the wave may be getting out of hand. In addition, it also foreshadows the next chapters in the book and the darkness of the wave to come. In a final analysis…