A Virtuous Friendship Aristotle’s definition of a virtuous friendship can be easily contradicted. It is easy to say that a virtuous friendship is to will the good of another for their own sake‚ but can we as human beings be capable of doing a completely unselfish act? Can we truthfully say that we are friends with one another‚ not for our own sake but for the sake of our friends? To answer this question let us begin to discuss the different types of friendships according to Aristotle
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s/paragraph%20rewrite%20examples--1.pdf (1) I want to talk about friendship. Friends can change your life. So‚ you must know who is a real friend. Firstly‚ your friend must understand you and of course‚ you must understand her‚ too. I think‚ another important point in a friendship is confidence. You mustn ’t tell lies to each other. In addition‚ you must say everything about yourself. I think these are important for a friendship. If you have a friend like this‚ you don ’t break up with her because
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Bigelow and La Gaipa (1975) observed children’s friendships by asking a number of children to write an essay about their best friend using the approach called “content analysis”. William Corsaro however dictates that in order to study children you must study them in the context of their own peer culture‚ he used the “ethnographic approach”. In this essay I shall attempt to compare and contrast the approach used by Bigelow and La Gaipa (1975) and that taken by William Corsaro (2006). In the early
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know that I love her but in a different way. I know I’ve been “friend-zoned”* and that I basically have zero chances of dating her but I cant be 100% sure without telling her. My main dilemma is that if I tell her its going to destroy our friendship and she’s still the one person who I can
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in a better frame. I really appreciate the role friends play. But there are some areas of our lives that are quiet private. If at some point we are tempted to talk about these areas to our friends ‚ we might find that there is a stress on that friendship. It is only one special friend who might be able to deal with the burden of that secret sensitively‚ who might actually keep quiet and not spread it to the whole world. It is therefore a big chance we are taking when we choose to tell everything
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Iniguez 1 Efren Iniguez Professor Dority English 101 21 January 2013 Description of a Friend: Not everyone can say they have a friend especially me In a friendship one must be able to trust your friends with your personal problems as well as your life at times. Friends should be honest and straight forward to each other. Friends should agree to disagree at times as well as understand each other’s opinions. A friend is someone who won’t walk away when trouble comes their way. Unfortunately
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Negative Effects of War In “How to Tell a True War Story‚” Tim O’Brien presents many themes within his story. One major theme is the negative effects of war on a soldier. Many situations arise in the story that bring out the theme to make it easy to understand for the reader. The effects of war can be very harmful to a soldier’s life‚ and he or she can be scarred forever. When Bob Kiley’s friend‚ Curt Lemon‚ dies at the beginning of the story‚ Kiley takes the time to write Lemon’s sister. He
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English 132 1 April 2012 “How to Tell a True War Story” O’Briens “How to Tell a True War Story”‚ is a compilation of war stories and some experiences that men have had while away from home‚ at war during a battle. The theme of O’Briens short story is to always look at the positive side of all things that may happen in one’s life. There is a positive side in every single action that takes place in people’s lives. O’Brien tries to explain a war story as best as he can but‚ most believe that to
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what they believe in and what is true to their heart. In the end there is always two things promised destruction and death. These two objects can explain the result in every facet of war from the physical to emotional. In "How to Tell a True War Story" O’Brien explores the relationship between the events during a war and the art of telling those events. O’Brien doesn’t come to a conclusion on what is a true war story. He writes that one can’t generalize the story as well. According to O’Brien
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In the essay‚ “How to Tell a True War Story‚” Tim O’Brien tells several stories of war to illustrate to his readers the criteria for truth in storytelling. O’Brien offers his readers a guide to telling and determining war stories that are true‚ for the author‚ true does not necessarily mean actual or real. Instead‚ O’Brien tells us what a true war story is‚ but his requirements are not always clear precise—a true war story “never seems to end‚” (O’Brien 273) “embarrasses you‚” (270) “are contradictory
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