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This is the true essence of friendship because a strong friendship should not only be based upon the benefits one derives from the other or from the relationship itself but also on the willingness to sacrifice and to sometimes let go of personal desires to give way to more meaningful and more important issues in favor of the other or of the friendship. The element of give and take is important not only in building strong friendship but also in developing the personality of the persons involved because it broadens one’s understanding that in friendship, one should not expect all happiness and good times.
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The essence is being there for the other in times of difficulties and trials. These times often require sacrifice and give and take so that the friendship can sustain the bad times. For example, as provided by Van Duzee (1963), in Eger and Grime, “we know, a strong bond of friendship between two men is the impelling motive in the substitution of one for the other in the battle with a mighty opponent”. Van Duzee (1963) likewise added that “the common theme of friendship is the recognition of the resemblance of the romances to each other”.
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In addition, he also referred to this resemblance as the “reason for the desire of one friends to fight a difficult battle for the other” (Van Duzee, 1963). This is the reason why, in international relations, friendship is an important foundation among allies. As it is provided by Roschchin (n. d. ), “friendship indeed facilitates attempts at structuring an anarchic multitude”. Friendship is very important among various cultures. As it is observed by one
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To strengthen the commitments and the bonds, Sharp (1986) likewise observed how these children moistened their little fingers with saliva while chanting. This only means that even the young ones already recognize the importance of friendship and how, in their own little ways, they can strengthen their friendship. Trust is likewise an important element of friendship. It cannot be denied that trust is an essential element to all forms of relationship not exclusive to friendship. In order to build trust, another element is necessary–honesty. Honesty develops strong friendship because it develops trust.
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In friendship, one views friends as persons to run to in case of troubles. Good friends never turn their back on each other in times of trouble. In addition, friends do not abandon each other. As an element that build strong friendship, honesty can be considered as the foundation of the relationship because with honesty comes trust, loyalty and confidence that one has someone to lean on in times of difficulty. It is the trust not of reliance and dependence but the trust that even though the other cannot gainfully help, he could be there to support and to stay with him even in the darkest times.
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Trust builds strong friendship because it serves as the foundation of the friendship. Without trust, no friendship can flourish. In order to understand the importance of trust as an element of friendship, it may be best to remember that friendship is based upon the belief that friends are those persons who can keep deepest secrets and those persons who will stay by your side all the way as you achieve your goals and desires of your heart. Foremost to these elements is the element of religiosity.
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It is also often said that in order for any relationship to prosper, it is important to put God at the center of the relationship. Thus, friends who can stay in prayers can stay with each other even at the hardest times because it is their faith that God has put them together so that as one they can together fight all the challenges they may face. Faith and spirituality, will surely build good relationship, not only friendship. It should be noted that a friendship strengthened by faith is stronger so that it may be difficult to break that even the hardest trials cannot stand to destroy.
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This is important because in some cases, people tend to isolate themselves from the rest of the society believing that the friendship they have is enough to make them essentially happy as a person. This negates the fact that people, as social being, needs as much interactions and relationships in order to achieve full happiness as a person. Friendship is one of the most genuine relationships in the social world. According to Van Duzee (1963), “there are a number of romances in which the central story is one not of love, but of friendship”. This only means that friendship can be a very good foundation for deeper relationships.
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In some cultures, friendship is even more important than family ties. Therefore, it is important that once friendship is found, one should learn to keep it and strengthen it. Friendships could last a lifetime as long as people know how to keep the trust and the friendship alive. The various elements of friendship mentioned are only among the few factors that can help build strong friendship. Finally, while various British authors believed on these elements, one cannot be right that other authors may also believe them to be true because these elements of friendship are universally recognized.
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Friendship is useful and a way of living. It is practical since it resolves the disputes you are experiencing through reflection, your pals assist you without you informing them. The performance of friendship rests on how you communicate with your friends. It is a method of life because it mirrors your worths and attitude as an individual. According to a well-known stating, “Birds of the very same feather flock together. Usually, pals have the very same interest, opinion, habits and activities.
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As a cultural classification and source of imagery about perfect human relationships and social being, the term “relationship” generally stimulates positive undertones. Its idealt ypical characteristics include the freedom to pick and keep one’s bonds with others voluntarily, the tailored acknowledgment of and response to particular people’ intrinsic worth as human beings, the pursuit of equality based on the matching credibility of buddies’ subjective experiences, a shared orientation of mutual excellent will, understanding, trust, support, and approval, and genuine sensations of
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First will be the conversation of the style. Bacon’s essay is impersonal, short and detailed, using figures of speech and detailed while Emerson’s is individual, unabridged and poetic just like the very first sentence of his essay “We have a great selfishness that chills like east winds the world, the entire human household is bathed with an element of love like a great ether”, using similes and metaphors and other figures of speech.
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Next will be the discussion of the essay’s focus, content and organization .The essay accomplishes to instill to the mind of the reader the message it wants to convey. The words are clearly defined except for those old English that was used. Both are appropriate to individuals reading the essay and it does consider the needs and expectation of the reader. Both are supported with adequate details and evidences .The choices of the words are just. Emerson’s essay does not really get my attention due to its length, it becomes boring to read although there are memorable quotes and ideas that I get that really moved me and make me realize what he is talking about.
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Afterwards will be the discussion of the essay. “Of Friendship” by Francis Bacon denotes the idea that no man is an island, coming from its introductory words: “It had been hard for him that spake it to have put more truth and untruth together in few words, than in that speech. Whatsoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god.”It is companionship. A person should not isolate himself from the society.  It also discusses the fruits of friendship like confession and built of trust to another person , understanding and affection .Light comes out of the dark and confused thoughts become clear, that is the role of friendship. You also must not elevate yourself from others but be of equal to them to achieve true friendship.
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“Friendship” by Ralph Waldo Emerson tells us that the sweetness of life is achieved through friendship .Intellect can help but it should act to feel the happy expression of being a friend and to befriend someone. A possession of a friend is more than the material things that the world is offering. Emerson also uses the physiology of a human to discuss the importance and meaning of friendship and also the mythological beings like the Greek gods and their representation in the essay as an agent of companionship. If Bacon has fruits of friendship to sweeten up life Emerson has the elements of friendship including tenderness,patience,silence and camaraderie to pump up the relationship and make it worthwhile.
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To sum it up, I would like to borrow the words of C.S. Lewis that says that friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value;rather is one of those things that give value to its survival. It is unnecessary because friendship comes naturally, it is not forced. It has no survival either because its only residence is a good heart. As I have said friendship is practical, so if we have friends and they don’t act like one don’t mind them. True friends know the value of each one. Friendship does not survive in a lifetime but by the time that you are need by your friend. Friendship is also a way of life. Act as you are but know the value of friendship because according to John 15:13, The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them”.
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In my opinion, “Friend” is really important for me. I can live without computer and TV but I can’t live without ”friend” the person who is sharing my mood with me whenever I’m happy or sad and I have “her” my really best friend who has nice appearance , good personality and I’m very happy that I can be friend with her. My best friend is My Mother. She’s cute, good looking and does not talk too much with the person that she doesn’t know very well.
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(Strangers) When you see her first time you might think she’s hard to get along with, but actually if you understand will know that it isn’t like what you see. She has a good smile, fun, funny, have big fluffy cheeks and pretty, which will make people want to be friends with her when they see her. In addition, my mother is a responsible person. She always takes care of her jobs well and finishes the work on time.
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She comforts me as I am sad for having quarrel with others. She is always patient to listen to me and then tell me what I did wrong. Not only that, she also supports me and encourages me so that I won’t give in easily. I admire my mom, she taught me a lot as a teacher, and she supports me as my best friend. She not only takes care of her family very well but also is a successful business woman. I’m so proud to have her as my mom. I admire her and respect her and also appreciate for what she did for me. I love my mom forever! What is more, my mom is a really good friend for me. She’s the person who understands me well. She’s always beside me when I’m upset, listen to me and help me every time when I need help.
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When I have problem she will give me some advices and help me to solve the problem. Even when I don’t understand in the lesson she explained patiently, for me to understand every time. I think I’m really lucky that I have my mother as my best friend and I’m very happy we are friends and I think we will be friends forever. In conclusion, I think my mom is a nice person. She has good appearance, personality and I’m very happy that I can be friend with my mom who is cute, responsible and always help me in everything.
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Aristotle once said, “Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.” There are many things that go into the process of friendship. Some people deal with friendship one way while others deal with it in another way. Cicero had a lot to say about the different aspects of friendship in his time, but how would he view modern friendship? Some friendships Cicero may not be proud of; like the common relationships that are forced on in a classroom or work place and the lack of allowing nature to take control and make the friendships that are meant to happen.
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He is not saying that you need to be enemies with these people because he knows the importance of common friendship. He knows that if you were to take friendship out of the world then “no home or city could stand, (and) no farms would stay in cultivation (Cicero, 9).” There is nothing wrong with a temporary friendship but he says, “If mutual advantage is what stitches friendship together, those friendships would dissolve whenever that condition changed; but since the nature of things cannot be changed, true friendship will last forever (Cicero, 12).”
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Human nature is what makes people want to have friendships. This is one of the main things that Cicero continuously touched on in his book. “…Friendship arises from nature as such, rather than from some neediness: from application of the mind, along with a kind of love, rather than from thinking about how much advantage the relationship might bring (Cicero, 11).”Cicero would be very disappointed in how many relationships are built for the need of a person instead of letting nature take control of the friendship. There are a lot of corrupt and wrong friendships in today’s society that Cicero would look down on. The fact that one person uses another person for their own will is not the kind of relationship that Cicero was wanting people to build.
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He brings up the nature of human beings a lot in this text because people take advantage of other people and he knew that. “… Friendship is not something we are led to by the expectation of making a profit; we think it worth seeking because the whole enjoyment of it consists in the love itself (Cicero, 12).” The love and nature of friendship go hand in hand when building relationships because without love for that person there is no need for a friendship to be kept. The friendship should happen naturally.
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Unlike in today’s world, friends were found to feel wanted. Now the person with the most friends is considered the best because of their popularity; however, that should not be the case. It is better to have three great friends than a thousand false ones. Friendship must be formed by nature. “… That feeling of love and affectionate goodwill come naturally into existence, once there has been a recognition of goodness (Cicero, 12).” This nature founded by goodness, virtue, and value are what really builds a solid friendship that Cicero would be very proud of.
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Higher levels of friendship are the ones that hold strong for years. Cicero would be ecstatic to see that the virtue and value of friendship has grown since his time. Once you get passed the lower levels of friendship such as the common relationships and the lack of control nature has on friendships you can see that. Virtue and value are the greatest aspect that friendship has today and did have back then. Friends are there for each other when they are going through the good and bad times.
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“Friendship makes good times yet more splendid, and takes some weight off of unfavorable times, by sharing them (Cicero, 9).” Without friendship there would be no point in living. Cicero realizes that friends are what get people through their day to day lives. “…Everything that exists and moves in the universe is brought together by friendship… (Cicero, 9)” There is no love without friendship, no teams without friendship, no jobs, and no country without friendship because friendship is what makes everything work. Cicero would be very happy with the way people value friendship today.
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A good, modern friendship is hard to come by in today’s society with everyone wanting something from someone else. Cicero knew all about what made friendship work. The world has changed the way friendship is viewed. Cicero would love to see that the virtue and value of friendship has developed. “Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” Albert Camus said that about what he thought a friend should be within the friendship; not lead, not follow, just to walk beside him. It takes a long time and a lot of work to build a solid friendship but, according to Cicero, once you have it is the greatest treasure of all.
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Azeneth has been my best friend for the last 6 years. I know her since I entered high school and since that day we have become the most inseparable friends in the world. I have much affection to her because we have lived many things together, through thick and thin, she always has been there for me when I needed her. I remember the day I met her, it was the first day of high school and I was very nervous because I did not know anybody from there.
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It was 6:40 in the morning so the sky was dark like it was still nighttime, it was raining and there was too much traffic on the street. Adding that it felt an incredible heat between the crowd of people that was there because of the humid weather. Sounds pretty bad for a first day of school right? I was looking for my classroom and I remember the school hallways were so narrow that it was very difficult for me to pass between people, the floor was so slippery that it seemed like I was trying to walk on a skating rink.
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We have been friends since that time and even though we now attend to different schools, we still talk everyday and we hang out almost every weekend. Azeneth is a very attractive girl, she is very short but I think that’s what makes her look cute. She is normally thin and her skin is pearly. Her long and wavy hair was originally black, but she recently dyed it blonde and I think it looks very nice as well. Her face has a kind of Asian look but she is a hundred percent Mexican. Her eyes are very little but she has these very big lips that make you forget about the size of her ayes.
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She also has a great sense of fashion, I really like the style she uses at dressing, in a regular day you can see her using a pair of jeans and a cool t-shirt with some flat shoes, rocking the careless look. But we go out to clubs or parties, she dresses really nice. I love the type of dresses she uses. They are always colorful and with these really cool designs. She buys the majority of her clothing on the Internet so that’s why she has some beautiful dresses from Hong Kong, New York and some other cities. I really love to hang out with her.
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She’s the type of girl you like immediately, she is very outgoing, funny and shameless. She always makes me laugh with the comments she makes, she could be a little direct but that is one of the things about her I like the most, that she is always honest and when she gives an advice, you can tell she says it from the heart and genuinely. She is the type of friend who is constantly doing pranks and jokes to her friends. That is why is so joyful being around of her. It is like you were with some clown because she is that funny you cannot stop smiling when you are with her.
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She also always wears a smile on her face and tells these crazy stories that happen to her. It is kind of entertaining to listen to them because she always takes you a smile with those crazy comments she makes. One of the things she enjoys the most doing is cooking and, honestly, she is really good at it, I do not say it only because she is my friend but wow that girl has talent. She entered to this baking course and learned a lot of stuff. She bakes some of the most exquisite cakes. Tasting them is going to paradise and to stay there for a while, like you were listening to the angel’s voices.
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So the cakes are delicious but that is not all, she always decorates them very beautifully, she make these delicious chocolate flowers and place them all over the surface of the cake and many other tasty ingredients. She learned some techniques on that course I guess, but I really think she is very good at it. I always say to her she should dedicate to bake when she get older. She could put a cake store and I am pretty sure she would be very successful. The only defect I can found to her is her boyfriend. They have been dating for approximately two years but they have a really bad relationship.
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The guy is very jealous and controlling. When I go out with her, he is constantly calling, asking her where is she and with who, those typical questions that crazy boyfriends make. He gets really angry when my friend wears a dress and he always tries to convince her to get changed but she never listens to him and that is why they are always discussing and having problems. I have talk to her many times and told her that she should end that relationship, “you are living in hell’’, I told her one day, because its true, I do not like this guy for her. But anyways, out of that, I really love this girl, she is like the sister I never had.
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She is always there for me when I need her, when I feel sad she tries to make me laugh and she always achieves that. I think that nowadays is really difficult to find sincere friendships like ours and I am really happy I met her. They say that friends are like a sister destiny forgot to give and I think this fits up really well. Because we act like we were sisters but we are not, we are just two girls that destiny put together for some reason and I am really glad that happened. To summarize, I think Azeneth is a very valuable person and I hope we could be friends forever.
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Gibbs’ and Wilder’s belief in the sacredness of human interaction. Mrs. Gibbs is suggesting that marriage is natural and eliminates loneliness. Even the characters in the play without a companion, such as Simon Stimson, rely on general human interaction and still are not alone. Another example that exemplifies the significance of companionship is when George says to Emily, “I think that once you’ve found a person that you’re very fond of… I mean a person who’s fond of you, too, and likes you enough to be interested in your character… Well, I think that’s just as important as college is, and even more so.
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Natsume Soseki throughout this novel went into great detail about friendship and the different stages of friendship. With a little help from a man he met on the beach at Kamakura he went from a young man trying to grasp the future to a very intelligent university graduate with all his morals set straight. Soseki’s novel the Kokoro (“The heart of things”) was a very pleasant novel to read. This novel was written in 1914 which was two years after the death of Emperor Meiji.
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Japanese people during Meiji era (1868-1912) were in the midst of a major reformation, The moderation of the country of Japan. Natsume Soseki at the later parts of the movement was perhaps the most profound and most versatile novelist of them all[1]. Japanese people at this time mostly lived in Traditional housing. By this I mean houses were usually one story basic essentials nothing like some of the houses that are being built today.
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This caught my eye because it states that he was a college student before[3]. After much research on this topic I could only come to a few assumptions of what this could meant. First “College” student might mean high school student here in the US. Secondly it might mean undergraduate whatever the true meaning behind it is it definitely caught my eye as intriguing that their educational system was different. Sak’e was a traditional alcoholic drink in Japan at the time. Sensei states “Drinking sak’e does you good to drink occasionally[4]”.
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I could not begin to think that during this reformation that Japan was going hrough that Sensei was the only one drinking sak’e. Although Sensei’s wife was not the biggest fan of the drink Sensei sure did enjoy it. Looking at the relationship between Sensei and his wife I couldn’t help to notice the extreme devotion they had towards each other. Although throughout the book Sensei’s wife Shizu always seemed to express herself more, you could tell that Sensei had the same devotion. Shizu was always very obedient to Sensei needs. I imagine that this was custom for women at this time in early Japan to be very obedient to their husbands.
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It’s about this time when Sensei first learns about the Sosekis ( Soseki) father being extremely ill. After hearing the symptoms of his father’s illness the reader begins to realize that Sensei is extremely smart and knows far more then the typical man during this era. Yet Sensei remains unemployed. In today’s world most college students continue their education after high school for one purpose and that purpose is usually to get a nice job and to become financial independent. Chinese people during this time by know means had the same state of mind as us in the United States right now.
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Throughout this novel I also began to wonder about how Chinese people interacted with each other Sensei was very secluded and did not want affection from anybody he also was very reluctant to trust anyone at one point Sensei asks, “is your family very wealthy”[5] he then goes on to say that if you “Give a Gentleman money, and he then becomes a rogue[6]. Sensei could not have been more right. His distrust in people and his generalization of the people of his day seemed to be somewhat crazy to the university student he had told.
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Later on in the book the Soseki father has passed along with his mother around the same time. His uncle who he had trust in persuade him to let him take over the house and the inheritance while he was in Tokyo continuing his education. Sure enough the exact words Sensei had told his peer happened. The uncle dwindled the inheritance of the Soseki thus causing hatred between the two sides. At this time I feel like very few people could be trusted altogether. If you had money there were always people trying to manipulate you and steal what in essence was given to you.
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Sensei said he could trust nobody and liked no body except his wife. The Soseki after the loss of inheritance to his uncle “I have come to hate the entire human race”[7] . This sounds exactly like something Sensei would have said thus leading to question if most people at this time felt this way. This novel was very enjoyable to read. I must admit I’m not a big reader but this novel kept me hooked. That being said the last point I would like to get to is a very serious one suicide. Suicide is a very serious problem in today’s world.
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Honestly before reading this novel I really only thought it was a problem now and not so much in the early 1900s. What surprises me the most is these three men in this novel committed suicide because they all felt they were disconnected if you will to what they had yearned for. None of them tried to reconnect. I cannot help but wonder at these times was it very traditional for a man or woman to commit suicide. Between illnesses these men were facing to the every day stress of financial stability and the devotion these men had towards their wives suicide might have been thought as the best option at the time.
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Betrayed by my best friend, the more I thought about the title the more I decided that it was time to write about the betrayal that cost me so very dearly. She entered my life in August of 1978 with her three children, she rented the apartment on the other side of the old farm house my former husband and I had purchased. I was still young and naive then, and overly trusting. I thought she and her sons would be a blessing instead she used that friendship to betray me and my daughters.
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Apparently she was supposed to be cleaning the house and doing the grocery shopping since my former husband did not think that his children needed food. When the divorce trial became a reality, she not only would not testify on my behalf, she would not answer her phone. My attorney told me that if she was called to testify, she would be a hostile witness and possibly harm my case more than it was already harmed. My former husband’s attorney was the assistant District Attorney who happened to play golf with the presiding Judge. On the advice from my attorney she was not called, I lost my daughters to my former husband; he was working and had a good income.
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I was working at a minimum wage job, so the Judge decided that my daughters would be better off with their father. The girls were abused by their step mother; their father knew what was happening to them but ignored them. My best friend’s betrayal not only cost me my daughters, it cost me precious time with my daughters that I can never regain. I am no longer bitter where she is concerned, she is not worth it. Betrayal is the hardest thing to deal with because it involves not just friendship but trust. I sometimes wonder what happened to her after the trial, I would like to see her again one day and ask: “why did you betray me?”
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Teddy bear is a good friend to us. Look around your home and the home of your friends. Almost every home has a collectable teddy bear. What is so powerful about a teddy bear? Why does even the thought of a teddy bear bring a smile to your face? Teddy bears are cherished, many are collectable, and there are so many types of cuddly collectable teddy bears. This is understandable when you realize that there are four powerful psychological effects of teddy bears.
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First, teddy bears are the symbol of child-like innocence. They remind of us of being nurtured and cared for by others. Teddy bears are a symbol of the care free moments of childhood when are greatest concerns were the next play time. We all hold on to our “inner child” that still remains with us. No matter what adult responsibilities that we may have, we all need to have moments of escape. Also, there are children in our lives that are still receiving their quota of teddy bear gifts.
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Second, teddy bears remind us of a special person who loved us and brought us a teddy bear. Teddy bears remind us of the joy of being loved. Teddy bears are not a sex symbol….they are a love symbol! They remind us that someone loves us and treasures us. Psychological assessment tests have proven teddy bears have a positive effect on people’s emotions. The psychological necessities for love and caring are central to human lives. Teddy bears are used by police officers and fire fighters to bring comfort to families who are experiencing difficulties.
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Therefore, teddy bears are treasured for the memory that they represent. It may be a special boyfriend or girlfriend, or a teddy bear from our youth, or a teddy bear purchased for Mother’s Day. I have a special teddy bear on my bed, given by my beloved friends in my birthday this year. Each time I look at the bear, I think of my friends and a warm feeling floods my heart. I am appreciated of having such a good friendship in my university life. The psychological value of treasured memories is great. Pleasant memories color our world with happy thoughts and bring comfort in difficult times.
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Good morning to the principal, teachers, and fellow students. I am honoured to stand here to give a talk. My talk is entitled ¡°Safety Measures in School, at Home and on the Road.¡± In school, we must ensure that the visitors sign-in is not dangerous. This is a part of responsible to a school guard. So, he must to check carefully whether the visitor has brought the dangerous tool or not. Next, all the students must follow the laboratory rules. For example, if a student want to go into the laboratory, he or she must ask request from the relate teachers.
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Therefore, you should follow up the traffic rules to avoid the road accident. I end my speech with some advises for all of you. Remember! No one can expect the unexpected in the next second. So, we must bear the responsibility to take care our safety in everywhere. Thank you for lending me your ears. Good morning to the principal, teachers, and fellow students. I am honoured to stand here to give a talk. My talk is entitled ¡°Safety Measures in School, at Home and on the Road.¡± In school, we must ensure that the visitors sign-in is not dangerous. This is a part of responsible to a school guard. So, he must to check carefully whether the visitor has brought the dangerous tool or not. Next, all the students must follow the laboratory rules. For example, if a student want to go into the laboratory, he or she must ask request from the relate teachers.
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If not, it can cause some problem. This is because the laboratory has many dangerous things like acidic solution and other toxic substances. Other than that, the fire drills also can happen. Then, the supervision of students during their outdoor activities also can cause the injured. Students sometime may careless to crash with others. However, at home, you should keep away harmful products from children¡¯s reach. You should put the sharp things such as scissors with a height that children cannot reach there. Moreover, you are advice to place the fire extinguisher in the kitchen for the first aid of safety. On the other hand, you should ensure the bathroom floor is always in the dry and clean condition so that you can avoid to be fallen down.
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If there is in wet condition, it is easy to fall down and get disease like osteoporosis, especially the older people. You must keep first aid kit in your house for emergency events. Last but not least, you also must take safety measures on the road. The road users, especially all of you who are motorcyclist must use helmet to keep your safety. If you are sending to school by car, you must put on safety belt. Also, you should avoid speeding on the road because this can due to road accident and you may fatal to die. Therefore, you should follow up the traffic rules to avoid the road accident. I end my speech with some advises for all of you. Remember! No one can expect the unexpected in the next second. So, we must bear the responsibility to take care our safety in everywhere. Thank you for lending me your ears.
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In the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ Steinbeck stresses the importance and abnormality of the friendship between George and Lennie by using a variety of methods. They are complete opposites, yet they share a journey through the struggles of The Great Depression as friends and have faith in the same dream. This pulls them together through the most stressful parts of the novel. These two itinerant workers meet many people along their journey, but the bond between them doesn’t weaken.
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Right from the beginning of the novel, Steinbeck has portrayed the relationship between Lennie and George appears abnormal. Steinbeck uses dialogue as a method to show the father and son roles between Lennie and George, “Look, George, look what I done”. This suggests that Steinbeck wants to show Lennie as having the mind of a little boy; when he says this, you think of when a son would say this to a father figure – in this case George – in order to get some kind of reaction.
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It is as if Lennie is trying to impress George. This is quite strange, between grown men of around the same age – remembering that Lennie is a fully grown man, but has the mind of a five year old. The author uses historical context as a method and 3rd person narration to allow other people’s views about George and Lennie to be expressed, “I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy.” This implies, that even form one of the first characters that George and Lennie come across, we already get the impression that others think that Lennie and George have a weird friendship and an unlikely bond.
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A lot of the characters have a tone made to sound suspicious, which I think is purposely written in to the novel be John Steinbeck. People found it unusual because at the time of the Great Depression, no one had friends because everyone was in competition for the same jobs. The other characters noticed this and thought that it was strange. John Steinbeck uses description as a method to emphasise the unusual nature of the friendship between George and Lennie, “Behind him walked hi opposite, a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eye…”
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This suggests that these two men completely contrast each other in looks, as well as state of mind. This makes you wonder why George sticks around Lennie, if he is according to the book, a handsome, smart man. They are opposites in everything, but love each other like brothers. George is very fit, healthy and ready to brace anything thrown at him, whereas Lennie is described as much more careless and in a world of his own. This shows contrasting personalities. From the start of the novel, Lennie is shown to be very childlike. John Steinbeck used metaphors as a method to show this, “dabbed his big paw”. A big paw is suggesting that Lennie has animalistic qualities, whether that is looks or behaviour; I think it is both. Because of these animalistic qualities, I think that Lennie is immature and hard to handle.
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This makes the friendship between Lennie and George seem strange because I think to myself “why would George want to stay around Lennie?” Even though Lennie could wind George up and test his patience, they stick by each other. Throughout the novel, Steinbeck uses foreshadowing as a method to portray how weird Lennie and Georges friendship is, “He aint no good to you, Candy.” Earlier in the story, Candy’s old dog was shot dead by Carlson, because they decided that he was of no use to anyone anymore. Candy then told George that it would be more comforting to know that he shot the dg himself. At the end of the novel, George shot Lennie “and he pulled the trigger” because he knew that Lennie didn’t need to live anymore and would be better in heaven. George killed Lennie himself because he remembered what Candy told him about the dog. This is a perfect example of the author using correlation. Also, at the start of the novel, they were on the run and if George hadn’t shot Lennie, they would have to run again.
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This shows a cyclical occurrence. Steinbeck’s idea about this friendship makes me realise that it would be extremely unusual to form a friendship during the Great Depression due to everyone fighting for jobs at the same ranches. However, Lennie and George did not compete, they stuck together and found jobs at the same ranch. Lennie treats George like a father and George needs Lennie as a companion. I think this is why they work so well together; it is because they need each other. Their friendship reaches its ultimate test, when George has to choose whether or not to shoot Lennie, as self-sacrifice. However, everything that George does for Lennie is in Lennie’s best interest. John Steinbeck makes the friendship seem unusual, but deep down, I think that it is really just natural for them to need a companion.
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It was Saturday and all my friends were playing chase in the neighbouring pastures with some other younger kids. As usual, I was stuck in my sizzling bedroom working on my random body part project. I longed to play with my friends in the windy park brimmed with beautiful leaves with shades of yellow, orange and red. I thought about informing my mum to let me have this day off, but I knew mum wouldn’t approve. I sighed at the thought.
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I took one last peep at the smiling and giggling friends before spinning around to complete my task. It was time for brunch, were I get to rest at last. My hands were red from all the writing and my nose was blocked. I might be coming down with a cold. I jiggled myself awake before slumping downstairs to the kitchen. It wasn’t a surprise when I saw my best friends and the pesky younger children sitting mutely at the dining table.
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I gritted my teeth as they all buzzed on. Even my best friends, Mihindie and Nicky, were in this. So you were the people who spread that secret and you didn’t even tell me! Not going to tell me anything, are you? I flustered while stomping upstairs and into my mum’s room to sob. Dad came up next to me and patted me gently on the back. I cried silently, not letting any of my sniffles or tears come out. I grabbed my frustrated head and tried to calm down. It was difficult, since I never knew what the secret was about, nor when it started.
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All that time, when I was at band, Nicky and Mihindie were sharing this pathetic secret? I trotted over into my room and walked to the bedside table. I lifted the photo of me and my best friends at the zoo. I spat at the two heads of my friends with a disgusted look on my face. I fussed about them for an hour with my mum and dad until my mind reminded me of the time when they told me how fussy I am sometimes. I had to admit that they were right. I am fussy and uncontrollable. If they were here, they would never ever play with me. I had to promise never to lose my temper ever again.
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My secret hideaway is actually an abandoned hut about 3km in the jungle behind my home. Whenever I have the urge to go on my therapeutic trip, I usually leave in the morning. After packing my haversack with bottles of water, some food, books and other essential items such as a machete and torchlight, I set off with a spring in my steps. I like the early morning walk through the jungle; the air is crisp and invigorating. The gloom provided by the jungle canopy is punctuated by beams of sunlight. I have often stopped and stared at the magical vision that has never felt to me in awe.
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By the time I reach my exalted hut, I am pumped with energy. The hut is partially covered by wild creepers that if one were easily spooked gives it eerie, haunted look. As I open the door to let the air and the sun rush in, I am careful to see what rushes out, squirrel has scampered, snake has slithered and some birds have flapped out. My heart is relatively easy. There is a mat, an old cupboard and some cooking utensils left behind the former lodger. I have kept the place clean, spartan though it may be. I spend a lot of my time outside the hut. Many a time, I have screamed like a screamed like a banshee and howled like a demented werewolf.
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Every time I feel a need to release my tension and every pent-up anger then I have foolishly retained the whole week. Not too far away from the hut, it’s a stream that has always seemed inviting on hot days. As the sun rises in the sky and the humidity of the jungle gets to me, I discard my clothes and take a cold dip. Algebra and History seem like million miles away. I clamber up a rock under a shady tree and let the drowsiness suck me away into oblivion. I have always regarded the hut and the immediate vicinity around the hut as my own inviolable sanctuary.
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Once, when I heard muffled voices approaching my hut, I felt a surge of fury because I believed my private place was out of bounds to any intruders. I actually armed myself with a stick to ward off the unwelcomed destroyers of my peace. Luckily, the voices faded away. I was still King of my Realm. By evening, the lengthening shadows are not the only cues for me to bid farewell to my hideaway; birds calling home to roost also provide a filling finale. Before darkness descends, I bid adieu to my beloved hideaway. By now, my tension has dissipated, I am fully de-stressed and I am suffused with tranquility. I am ready to face the world.
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How society and Culture affect Buddies and Social Activities The ‘social’ is an important concept to know to comprehend this subject. It is the totality of explanations explaining how people engage and make significances of their experiences. Culture, as should be known, is Shared, transmitted, discovered, adaptive etc. Different cultures promote different relationships and can either impede or encourage certain activities among its individuals. Buddies that individuals make will differ based upon their cultural views and belief. Example: Jamaica’s motto “Out of Lots of, One people”
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Regardless of colour, faith or ethnicity people make pals and partake in the basically the very same activities. Going to the movies, going to dances, parties, clubs, bars etc. While In a country like Trinidad with segregated culture, you have individuals of different races different and apart from each other. Religious backgrounds (whether Hindu or Christian) can form who you choose to be your friend and some activities are labelled usually white, or typically black, or normally Indian instead of having stability in between all races.
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Society – This is known sociologically as a group of people related to each other through persistent relations (usually sharing the same geographical location) Society has norms which is expected behaviour of each individual, thus it is an important factor in your activities and friend choice. It must be societally acceptable else you may be labelled deviant. Your general upbringing and status/class usually shapes who you make friends with. Example: People from ‘Uptown’ tend to make friends with those of a similar background, or financial status as them.
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On September 7, 2012, Amanda Todd published a 9-minute YouTube video entitled “My Story: Struggling, Bullying, Suicide and Self Damage,” which revealed her using flash cards to expose her experiences of being bullied. During the video, Amanda writes that when she remained in seventh grade, she as soon as used video chat to meet brand-new people over the Internet and soon began getting compliments on her looks. A stranger persuaded Amanda to flash her breasts on cam. The complete stranger later on blackmailed her with threats to expose the topless image to her good friends unless she provided a “program”.
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A year later, the stranger had actually reappeared, producing a Facebook profile which used the partially nude photo as the profile image, and calling classmates at her new school. When once again she was being bullied, eventually triggering her to change schools for the second time. With more bullying and an actual attack, she tried suicide by consuming bleach, but was hurried to medical facility to have her stomach pumped. After returning home, Amanda found violent messages about her failed suicide attempt published to Facebook.
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6 months later on even more messages and abuse were still being published to social networking websites. She began to become worse, and started cutting herself. In spite of taking anti-depressants and getting counseling, she overdosed and invested 2 days in the medical facility. She was teased by other students at her school for her low grades, and the time she invested in the healthcare facility to treat her extreme anxiety. On October 10, 2012 at about 6 PM, Amanda Todd hung herself in the house. So is Facebook a friend or an enemy?
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Teens often don’t realize that bullying over the computer is the same as bullying in person. The harmless “joke” can be taken much, much worse because of the huge audience and the unclear tone of Facebook posts. Although Facebook can be a good source for meeting friends, spreading information, and changing peoples opinions, it can also be very harmful. Facebook can encourage cyber-bullying, make people become anti-social, and distract people from finishing other tasks.