A Friend From a Different Culture The last thing you want to be described as is someone who’s stuck in their own ways. If everyone had a friend from a different culture‚ the world would be a much better place. Being in a cross-cultural friendship allows you to explore customs‚ values‚ and traditions outside of your own culture. Sometimes you might even adopt new ways to do things. Be careful; don’t befriend someone just because they’re from a different culture. No one likes to be a token friend
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Buddies are the most significant in friends. They hold strong bonds because they are usually always there for you. Besides‚ buddies family can be classified as friends. Some family members are closer than others just like friends. Also relative friends can be other friendships that are easy to achieve. There also friends at workplace‚ school that can gain temporary or permanent friendship. Winik states in the essay that “Like School Friends‚ Work Friends share certain memories which acquire a
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My Best Friend The year was a strange one‚ one that was beyond anything I had ever experienced before in my short 12 years on planet Earth. The Y2K scare had everyone running for water‚ food and power supplies in the beginning. I was leaving elementary school and life couldn’t be happier. Between the “summer Olympics”‚ my friends and I developed‚ the beautiful scents of the local woods‚ the ma and pa ice cream shop we went to in downtown Crete‚ Illinois‚ or the new addition of all of us reading
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As I read pages 77-78‚ even though I didn’t like it‚ I found out why Amir didn’t do anything to help Hassan. All his life‚ he wanted to make his father proud‚ and he knew with the blue kite he would accomplish that. This part of the book is similar to a window. I was looking into Amir’s hardest decision in life and why he did what he did. Through Amir’s eyes‚ Baba’s praise was more important than Hassan’s safety. It gave me a view of hardships I never (and hope to never) experience. Hassan was put
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Extra Credit (Midterm Exam) Jaspreet Singh Question 2: In the Friends episode‚ Phoebe tries to prove the existence of altruism in three ways. Which one shouldn ’t be on the list? Selected Answer: She lets a bee sting her Correct answer: She gives Joey her Concert tickets. First of all‚ altruism points to the principle or practice of concern for others. According to our textbook‚ there are two major categories of altruism: Extreme altruism: concern for interest of others while disregarding one’s
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Stories of a battle between good and evil have been around for ages. Some may say that Satan is just embodies evil. “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates shows one example of how the devil is the master of deceit. With the help of appearance and actions an evil persona is rested upon Arnold Friend. Arnold Friend has an interesting description in this story. He is described initially with “shaggy‚ shabby black hair that looked crazy as a wig.” He is also wearing metallic
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migrant workers during the Great Depression. George and Lennie are two completely different people. One is a normal guy‚ but the other one has some mental problems. They are like brothers where they both have their ups and downs. George is a true friend to Lennie because George protects Lennie from himself‚ he cares for him‚ he understands him like nobody else‚ and he was a true friend when he killed him. George is a true friend to Lennie because he protects him from himself. George makes sure to
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Arthur Friend is symbolic of the devil‚ something that may or may not have some truth behind it. With the use of his last name‚ Friend is anything but a friend. By using a word that usually has a positive connotative meaning‚ the author takes that meaning away and gives the audience a new association to that word. Friend is the person who initiates the violence against Connie‚ destroying the positive image the word has. With Oates’ historic background‚ it is easy to understand the link between her
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5 reasons why having friends is important No one in this world should go though life without a friend‚ yet having a friend is not listed on the list of things human need to survive. Why do you think that is? Certainly friends are high up on the list of things that we as humans would need; in fact‚ the only thing more important than having a few friends would be Food‚ water‚ and shelter‚ the things we need to survive. However there is much more to life than just surviving; therefore‚ as a person
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1. A friend in need is a friend indeed. This famous saying holds true. A true friend never sees only your good days and good deeds but he stands by you even on the darkest day of your life. Ramu Rao studies in my class. We have been friends since class two. On many occasions when I would forget my lunch box at home‚ he has shared his tiffin with me. Once when I nearly fought with the class bully he saved me. He thought that no good would come from bad actions and to get good things in life one
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