Marlene Dietrich once said, “You should call your mates at four a.m. There’s a lot of different types of partnerships. Casual friendships, intimate relationships and long-term friendships are examples of today’s various and common forms of friendships. Casual friends are those you can write who haven’t got any kind of attachment once in a while.
Friends of the other sex are the ones that help you to maintain a friendship when you have issues, and friends who can give you a new outlook and insight not just on relationships but also on life. Long-term friends are the most loyal ones and friends with whom you have hopefully built the most memories. Such kinds of partnerships have different benefits and life-long interactions.
Scott Hudson Tackles the Good and Bad in Brotherhood Brotherhood tends to be Scott Hudson’s nemesis. Dealing with lost friends, or even a new sibling is a new hurdle he must climb, only to want to look back over to the other side. In David Lubar’s Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, there are many vivid examples … Read more
Harassment and bullying have been linked to 75% of schoolshooting incidents. Bullying can largely impact one’s life, even causing them to turn towards violence. The violence of bullying may separate a person from others but after it is still possible to meet others. Dealing with bullying is no easy feat, but after getting help and … Read more
Daniel Venegas’ The Adventures of Don Chipote, or When Parrots Breast-Feed argues that loyalty is the most important component to a friendship, while attributing negative traits, such as manipulation and dishonesty, as signs of a faulty friendship. The text juxtaposes Don Chipote’s friendship with Pitacio alongside Don Chipote’s friendship with Policarpo to accentuate the difference … Read more
How I Found my Niche In elementary school, I had always been shy and never had more than one or two friends. I spent most of my time with my nose in a book, and outside playing in the dirt with my animals. Before I went into high school I felt like the bonds I … Read more
In her second year of junior high, Momotari contributed most of her free time to helping Hinata. It wasn’t as if she was always with him playing volleyball. She would tell him on certain days that she was just too busy. On those days, Hinata was completely understanding, and she really appreciated it because she … Read more
My full name is Cheyenne Kassidy Gall-Fraese. I am 13, and was born on a beautiful day on March 2nd, 2001 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan at the Royal University Hospital. Five words to describe myself are, first of all short(I used to be tall compared to everyone else, but now I’m tiny compared to most of … Read more
Tloved school, and I excelled at it. I loved reading and math. Science was also a close favorite at this time, but we did not have enough science time in school for me to love it. I made it on the Principal’s list (straight A’s) every year in elementary school through middle school. I was … Read more
Slice “I have all my fingers the knife goes chop, chop, chop if I miss the spaces my fingers will come off” Ethan sang knife clanged against the cool tile in between his pale bony fingers. “And if I hit my fingers the blood will soon come out. All the same I play this game … Read more
Throughout life we adapt and change depending on societal norms, our environment, and many other aspects that influence us. Adolescence is a critical time in our lives, where we are first introduced to the real world and prepare ourselves for the future. Whether it be a teen who joins a new group of friends to … Read more
Humans have an uncanny ability to place themselves at a comfortable distance from each other and call it a mutual understanding, a friendship, or even true love, but it is all lies. The essence of mans mystery is somewhat of a paradox. He yearns to become more familiar with those around him, yet he is … Read more
William Shakespeares play Julius Caesar, the theme of friendship would prove to be a very delicate and manipulative element. This element would be the very entity that would seal Julius Caesars fate. Brutus, Decius, and all the other conspirators would use this to their power, and to Juliuss weakness. Friendship was used as a cover … Read more
In “Wild Swans” a girl on a train, fondled by a minister, feels disgusted but also hugely curious. Munro describes – as I’ve never seen anyone else do – how people put erotic memories, not always pleasant ones, to use over and over in their lives. Most living writers are not, most of the time, … Read more
