Smith English 101 Miss Erhardt 12/4/12 Friendship and Facebook Facebook started out as a simple social networking site‚ and has now grown to be one of the biggest companies in the world. One would typically join the site to be social with others‚ but it seems like it is almost distancing people from one another. Facebook users tend to have hundreds of friends‚ but how many of those can actually be considered real friends? The meaning of friendship seems to be forgotten when it comes to Facebook
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In Aristotle’s writing‚ he lists three different types of friendship. The number of the different kinds of friendship is equivalent to the three distinct things that a person can enjoy. The three types of friendship are pleasureful friends‚ useful friends‚ and perfect friends. The first kind of friend‚ the pleasureful‚ is usually pursued by young people. That sort of friend is one who seeks thrills and may like to party‚ get drunk‚ or do drugs. Or he could be pleasureful in other ways‚ like participating
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LOVE ESSAY What is Love? I remembered in elementary this part of in a slum-book and each of my classmates have one and I need to answer all of the pesky slum-book. Many people see Love in different ways. From puppy Love to a strong relationship that lasts till lifetime. And as we grow older‚ our view eventually grows deeper and more mature. We will not be even here if not because of Love by our family. There is also Love that we have for GOD and for our friends. Each of this is controlled‚ if
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The friendship of Sir Andrew and Sir Toby and Sebastian and Antonio have differences as well as similar aspects. In Sir Toby and Sir Andrew’s friendship both men view each other as equal in status. When Sir Andrew enters the room in which the party is being held‚ he enthusiastically greets Sir Toby and says‚ “Sir Toby Belch! How now‚ Sir Toby Belch?”‚ and Sir Toby replies “Sweet Sir Andrew” (1.3.44-45); this short greeting shows how both men are recognizing that they are equal in social status as
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“People change and often‚ they become the person they said they would never be.” This happened to Cole turning into his dad because relationships can change people in drastic ways. In Touching Spirit Bear ‚by Ben Mikaelsen‚ Cole is very angry because of abusive dad and ends up hurting people. One‚ in particular‚ is Peter. Cole gets sent to an island alone where he has to learn to control his anger from Garvey and Edwin and eventually even helps Peter. Throughout this book‚ Cole is transformed from
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Is Cosi more about love than madness? Louis Nowra’s comedy Cosi covers the main themes of love and infidelity. The characters within the mental asylum are shown to grasp what truly matters‚ whereas society seems to focus on the Vietnam War. Even though they are mental patients and an asylum is a ‘mad house’ the inmates are ‘normal people who have done extraordinary things’. For instance‚ Lewis’ and Lucy’s relationship is an open relationship. Lucy isn’t into fidelity as reflected by her sexual
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Philosophy 14 March 2012 Minor Essay No. 2 TOPIC A Think about one or more of your friendships in light of what Aristotle writes about friendship in the Nicomachean Ethics. Write an essay that reflects on both -- your friendship(s) in terms of Aristotle’s ideas and/or Aristotle’s ideas in terms of your friendship(s). You may refer to relevant sections of the Ethics by line number as needed‚ but the main idea here is to reflect on your real life experience of friendship and consider how Aristotle’s
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“What is love? Baby don’t hurt me‚ don’t hurt me‚ no more.”(by Haddaway) This is one of the most known song choruses that ask the question‚ “What is love?” When people think of love‚ they think of having a nervous feeling because they are attracted to a specific person. My definition of love is‚ A chemical reaction in the brain that causes a person’s hormones to react because they want to mate. A person likes another person‚ because humans are still considered animals/mammals and want to pass on
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True Friendship By Vyshnave Sivasankar “A friend in need is a friend in deed”. A true friend is one that sticks with you in no matter what trouble you are in. In the story “Of Mice and Men” George was always there for Lennie whenever he got into trouble and Candy stood up for his dog’s life because he loved the dog and they held a true friendship. In the story “Of Mice and Men” George was always there for Lennie whenever he got into
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From touching the Void - Joe simpson Joe and Simon‚ two friends embark on a climbing expidition in the Andes mountain range when things go unexpectedly and horribly wrong. The author Joe Simpson writes two accounts‚ each giving their own perspective on the incident In Joe’s account‚ the diction throughout the entire account is quite traumatic. Alot of words give imagery to the unbearable pain of both physical and mental agony e.g.: "The pain flooded through my thigh" " My thoughts raced
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