2. The friendship of utility Aristotle’s second type of friendship is the friendship of utility. In a friendship of utility‚ “people love one another because they are useful and only in so far as they are useful” (116). A damaged friendship of utility can be repaired with monetary compensation for the damage that was done – since all utility eventually amounts to money anyway. A friendship of utility will naturally end when one or both members stop being useful to the other. Aristotle says that
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Steinbeck shows how important a friendship is and how much two people can support each other to survive. Take this bond away and it will create a difficult and almost impossible journey for the two men in this novel. John Steinbeck portrays Lennie and George as having the greatest friendship in the world and while George claims to not need Lennie‚ he knows that he needs Lennie as much as Lennie needs him. The mutual relationship between George and Lennie is a genuine friendship between two very different
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different. In friendship or in love‚ the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone” (“Quotes about friendship” 4). Just like in The Kite Runner friendship is something needed in life just like Amir and Hassan needed each other. Their friendship just like many other friendships will go through their ups and downs. Firstly‚ Amir shows some of the negative sides that can happen in a friendship. On the other hand Hassan shows the positive sides of a true friendship. In the
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Could a Friendship Save a Life? "Friendship is unnecessary‚ like philosophy‚ like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival." This quote by C. S. Lewis is indeed true in that friendship gives us a purpose in life‚ helping many of us wake up and get out of bed in the morning. Without companions in our life there wouldn’t be anyone or anything to share the great and not so great moments that occur in our lives. But is Lewis right about friendship not
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is an oppressive king‚ and Enkidu is like the king of the animals. The establishment of their powerful friendship plays an avid role in the epic. The confrontation of these two characters serves to introduce the theme of friendship as a humanizing element. Enkidu moves from his primitive state into civilization in order to transform Gilgamesh into a more civilized state through their friendship. When Enkidu entered Uruk “[the people] hailed him as the equal of their king” (Mason 22). Gilgamesh became
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An Important idea in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is the idea of friendship and loyalty. This idea is shown through the members of the gang The Greasers. They teach us the value of real friendship. We see friendship and loyalty is important because it gives people love‚ security and the opportunity to be themselves and not be judged for it. We see the how friendship and loyalty can make someone feel loved and wanted in the chapter when friends are special and having one is good. In this chapter
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I think the book is about friendship and grief‚ it shows the influence of grief on friendship. I think with these two themes you can come up with an amazing story but I find that the writer did not utilise these themes as much as she could. She just illustrates a really bad friendship in which grief and acceptance is just not enough convincing. So the book is also about the friendship between Anna and Frankie and to me it feels that remaining their friendship has no purpose‚ the first problem that
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have ever ending definitions on what a friend could be. Someone who has a close personal relationship with one another is my definition of a friend. Although there are many definitions people have of a friend‚ many know the true meaning of a friendship if they have ever had a friend. Some friends often come and go but true friends will stay by your side. Many people will learn from their friends and often ask advice of their friends. having
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Financial Disparity and Friendship Most people hold a similar view that a true friendship will last long disregarding the distance and status in the society. It is an undeniable truth throughout thousands of years. However‚ many cases in real life are not the same. Financial disparity does affect friendship to some degree‚ especially for adults. People who have the same financial status or a similar on may have common experiences and interests. For example‚ people who both are from the middle
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In toni Morrison’s novel Sula‚ friendship is the driving force of the theme. This book shows how friendship helps characters Sula and Nel bare the rough times in their life and find a sense of belonging. Sula and Nel had a friendship that helped sustain them. Both characters Sula and Nel were complete opposites‚ the epitome of the saying that opposites attract‚ which essentially drew them closer together. With this also came complicated relationship that proved to be very trying at times during
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