Meeting people, love and friendship

Thèmes abordés

Meeting people, love, friendship, Of mice and men, John Steinbeck, Greyfriars Bobby, Don chaffey, The kite runner, Kahled Hosseini

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I'm going to talk about the notion "Meeting people: love and friendship". Birds of the same kind are often seen to flock and fly together. This is because a bird can be comfortable only in flock of its kind. This is the case in human beings also. Those with similar tastes and interests often form groups and associate with one another. They might not be feeling comfortable in a different sort of company. In order to form a lasting friendship, people must have tastes and outlooks which they share in common. Therefore we would say that birds of a feather flock together, thereby, we may wonder if birds of a different feather flock together. I'm first going to talk about an excerpt of "of Mice and men" by John Steinbeck, then about the film "Greyfriars Bobby" and finally about Kahled Hosseini's book, "The kite runner".

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[...] But it does not prevent both boys from being bounded by a strong friendship: Amir reads books to his friend and also teaches to him how to read and offers him presents, Hassan always protects Amir and never offends him, he is a devoted friend who even risks his life to save the kite Amir won or to keep Amir's house while he is in exile in California. This friendship will be set aside for a couple of years, after Amir sees Hassan being raped, but it wakes up when Amir returns to Afghanistan to save the Hassan's son and bring him with him to the USA. Amir then shows courage, thing he has never done throughout his life, in order to try do what he has never managed to do with Hassan; that is protect him. [...]

[...] Meeting people, love and friendship I'm going to talk about the notion “Meeting people: love and friendship”. Birds of the same kind are often seen to flock and fly together. This is because a bird can be comfortable only in flock of its kind. This is the case in human beings also. Those with similar tastes and interests often form groups and associate with one another. They might not be feeling comfortable in a different sort of company. In order to form a lasting friendship, people must have tastes and outlooks which they share in common. [...]

[...] This dream is an extremely important aspect of the book, because it is what makes Lennie and George's friendship unique. One of the major themes of this novel is friendship and this theme is dependent upon this dream. Even though they both have a completely different personality, they have a really strong bond and can't imagine their life without each other Greyfriars Bobby Don chaffey 1858, in the city of Edinburgh, a man named John Gray died of tuberculosis, he was better known as Auld Jock, and on his death he was buried in old Greyfriars Churchyard. [...]

[...] To conclude, it is obvious that a friendship between to people who are alike works out, since it is preferable to have friends with who we share the same interests or character. However, we saw through these 3 different friendships, that we don't necessarily need to be of the same feather to flock together. As for example George and Lenny, a man like and a child like man, Old Jock and Boby, a man and a dog or even Amir and Hassan, a master's child and a servant's child. [...]

[...] The two men drift through California during the Great Depression, looking for work. After they find jobs on a ranch, Lennie develops an infatuation with the owner's daughter-in-law). However, when George and Lennie are handed an opportunity to own part of the ranch, Lennie's fascination with the beautiful woman threatens to destroy their dreams. In this excerpt, Lennie wants George to talk about their dream, because he is such a good story teller. Their dream is to become their own bosses and to own a farm with lots of rabbits. [...]