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    Definition of Friendship

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    what a friend could be. Someone who has a close relationship of mutual affection and trust with another is the dictionary’s definition of a friend. Although there are allot of definitions of a friend‚ the one true person knows the true meaning of friendship if they have ever had a true friend. Friends come and go but true friends always stay. Many people learn from their friends and often ask the advice of their friend. Having a good friend can usually brighten a bad day or make someone’s day‚ and

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    Friendship In The Hobbit

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    Grey connects the dwarves and Bilbo Baggins and gets them started on the quest to reclaim Thorin’s kingdom. Though they are looking for their home‚ which they do find‚ they stumble upon something that they were not expecting‚ friendship “ ‘[...] I wish to part in friendship from you [...]’ ” (301). Their trust was built through many adventures and obstacles including the trolls‚ the goblins‚ the wolves‚ the spiders‚ the elves‚ and Smaug. I think the story has the idea

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    Friendship Essay

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    and trustworthiness are essential qualities that you and you friend must hold. In order to build trust‚ a friend must be a true‚ loyal person at all times. For that reason‚ trust and loyalty are two major characteristics one must contain in a true friendship. Equally‚ one must look for the same qualities in another person like honesty and devotion. Therefore‚ honesty can be gained by being dependable‚ authentic‚ faithful‚ and consistent toward one another. If you are devoted to each other‚ you should

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    and rare. A friend‚ who stayed in our life‚ is the one with characteristics that makes our days better. Being: loyal‚ supportive and honest describes the true “friend”. Loyalty is a necessity in any relationship. A good friend is loyal to the friendship. Being loyal means stands by friend’s side in their good or bad moments. While some people change a problem to a weapon to destroy a person‚ a loyal friend won’t let such situation a way for gossiping in friend’s back. Being loyal is being faithful

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    The Power of Friendship

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    and differences. There was the bully‚ Kenny‚ the follower‚ Frank‚ and the abused‚ Tub. They all change roles in the story towards the end. When Frank became the bully‚ Tub was the follower‚ and Kenny was abused. They all struggle over the power of friendship‚ which can be very dangerous. Kenny was the bully at first; he starts off by bullying Tub‚ because he is overweight. Kenny says to Tub‚ “All I can say is‚ it’s the first diet I ever heard of where you gained weight form it” (88). Kenny also tries

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    Honesty Friendship

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    In a friendship relationship honesty is the most important trait one should have. Although many traits such as respectfulness‚ trustworthiness and caring are also important to have one believes that honesty is the number one trait. Honesty means telling the truth‚ having good intentions and being sincere. To establish a friendship relationship one should be able to believe in each other. An example of this is believing in each other is when a friend borrows money and they say they will return it

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    cyber friendship

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    other in chat rooms‚ in forums or while they are attending online classes. Besides conveniences given by the modern technology‚ this kind of friendship is easy to be broken due to many causes. Some sad PERSONALexperiences will be shown in this essay to discuss about how we can maintain online friendships. Misunderstanding is a cause of a broken friendship. Contact online is a new way of communication‚ which many people are still not able to hold/KEEP VERY well. Some people have/USE?? bad or too

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    Friendship and Ones

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    Friendships Not all friends are there for you‚ it’s the loyal ones you should keep. Like stated in the kite runner‚” For you a thousand times.” In life theirs only two types of friends‚ their either the real ones or the fake ones. Which one of those two would you choose? To begging with friendship may not be a very popular topic‚ but it is an important topic for the most part‚ because now a days teenagers don’t know how to choose the real friends. Also with whoever they choose to have a friendship

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    Concepts of Friendship

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    RBelow you will find several articles relating to the concept of Friendship in Islam. By Br. Isa Al-Bosnee Humans have always been social creatures and in need of friends and companions. Much of our lives is spent in interaction with others. For us Muslims who are living in a society where we are clearly a minority‚ the issue of choosing the right companions is essential for preserving our Deen. Befriending righteous and virtuous Muslims is an essential means for staying on the Straight Path. Strong

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    Unexpected Friendship

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    An Unexpected Friendship According to Lopez’s novel‚ The Soloist‚ “A friend is someone who inspires‚ who challenges‚ who sends you in search of a truer sense of yourself.” (Lopez 197). The two main characters‚ Steve Lopez and Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Jr.‚ develop a true friendship throughout the novel. Lopez was a middle class journalist for the LA Times‚ and while searching for a new story he stumbled upon a fifty year homeless man playing a broken down violin and that intrigued him. Little did

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