Friendship in Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings embodies friendship and its importance through the many relations among its stimulating characters. Tolkien truly lives vicariously through his creations by emphasizing on companionship throughout the course of the epic fantasy. Relations such as those between Sam and Frodo, Gandalf and Aragorn and Legolas and Gimli, prove time and time again how friendship indeed was the central theme of the tale.

It is believed that aficionados of English literature all over the world feel that it is their obligation to have read The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien. The epic saga is a tumultuous ride of absorbing mystery and immense entertainment. It is a journey of all things chimerical and fictional, propagating all messages as real as human life itself. There are many central themes that prevail in the contexts of this story. For…...

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WORKS CITED

Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of The Rings. Vol. The Fellowship of the Ring. George Allen & Unwin, 1954.

This is what the friendship between Gilgamesh and Enkidu represents.
Thus, during the friendship of Gilgamesh and Enkidu, the two engage in numerous adventures, often dangerous in nature. For example, Enkidu assists Gilgamesh in his fight against Humbaba, the guardian monster of the Cedar Forest. Even though Enkidu does not agree with the actions, he nonetheless cooperates with Gilgamesh in successfully defeating and killing Humbaba. He later assists Gilgamesh with slaying the Bull of Heaven.

In the end, these actions anger the gods and the goddess Ishtar demands that both Gilgamesh and Enkidu should pay with their lives. However the god Shamash argues with the other gods that both should be spared. As an act of compromise, the gods agree to save only Gilgamesh and thus issue a judgment on Enkidu that holds he had no justification for fighting the Bull of Heaven. As a result, Enkidu is overcome with a…...

Aristotle's Friendships
Elena Irrera interprets Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics on friendship as having three distinct, but possibly overlapping purposes. In addition to friendships based on love, there are also friendships based on "ethical excellence" and "utility" (p. 7). Friendships based on love can be rooted in a mutual sense of understanding and trust, and are typically rooted in a long history of companionship. Friendships based on ethical excellence are more difficult to explain, but nonetheless easily recognized by most people as a mutual attraction based on similar values and ethics. 'Ethical excellence' friendships contrast with utilitarian friendships, because the former deals with the good of the individual and the latter deals with the good of the polis or political community (Zunjic). However, to understand the meaning of a Aristotelian friendship based on utility, the philosophical foundation upon which Aristotle's concept of polis must be understood.

Aristotle's view of morality was based on the…...

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Bibliography

Irrera, Elena. "Between Advantage and Virtue: Aristotle's Theory of Political Friendship." 2nd Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy, University of Durham, n.d. http://www-3.unipv.it/deontica/seminari/irrera.pdf.

O'Brian, Michael. "GOP resistance to immigration reform could be casualty of 2012 election. NBC Politics, NBC News, 2012.  http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/09/15040894-gop-resistance-to-immigration-reform-could-be-casualty-of-2012-election-lite .

Zunjic, Bob. "Aristotle: The Nicomachean Ethics. Books 1 & 2. Department of Philosophy, University of Rhode Island, n.d. Accessed November 13, 3012,  http://www.uri.edu/personal/szunjic/philos/nicom.htm .

The mentor guides and counsels and takes an interest in the younger person, and is inspired by seeing the trainee succeed. This may occur in the workforce, in the classroom between teacher and pupil, and even in cross-generational friendships.
This mentoring relationship may have some overlap with friends who are also family members. One of the proudest things any parent can boast is that his or her child is a friend as well as a dependant. This means that the parent and child share fun times, hobbies, and confidences together, as well as merely relate to one another as authority figure and subordinate. This can occur as well, to a lesser degree, with other relatives who fulfill friendship as well as familial roles, both across generations, or within similar age groups in a more common, equal fashion.

There is a final, perhaps darker type of friendships -- forced friendships. These friendships…...

Plato, Augustine and Montaigne all define friendship in different ways, though they share many similarities. Augustine, for instance, defined it in terms of the ultimate aim of man as a Christian, which is to be united to God: a friend was thus one who assisted or supported the development of that holy union. Plato viewed friendship in a more philosophical (and less theological vein) but nonetheless defined it as one of the bonds that help to create a strong society based on the pursuance of the Ideals—the one, the good, and true. Montaigne viewed friendship from a political perspective, showing how Aristotle pointed out that “good legislators had more respect to friendship than to justice” (1) in order to show that there is a great deal of good to be said for the charity that is often associated with friendship. This paper will discuss the meaning of friendship as defined…...

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Works Cited

Augustine. Confessions. Translated by Maria Boulding. Hyde Park, N.Y.: New City Press, 2003. 978-15654808344

Montaigne. “On Friendship.” Digital File.

Plato. Symposium. Translated by Paul Woodruff and Alexander Nehamas. Indianapolis: Hackett, 1989. 087220076

Huck Finn
The Friendship of Huck and Jim

As Huck and Jim drift on to Cairo, Huck begins to feel that Jim is displaying more hubris than a runaway slave should. His "civilized" self begins to come to the surface and he contemplates turning Jim in as it would be the "right" thing to do -- after all, Jim does belong to Miss atson and not to himself. The struggle in Huck at this point is between his emerging friendship with Jim and his sense of what "society" deems proper. Huck has always rebelled against "proper" values, but now that he is on his own he is unsure of the way and falls back on "proper" values from time to time as a crutch. However, Huck has a strong conscience informed by natural sense and it is this sense that will not allow him to betray Jim, especially when he sees how…...

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Works Cited

Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. NY: Dover Publications, 1994.

Aristotle, friendship important virtuous regimes. Why Aristotle "complete" friendship important a healthy
One of the most important concepts in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is the notion of friendship. The philosopher attributes a great deal of attention to friendship largely because he believes it is one of the most readily accessible ways of exercising and manifesting virtue. The truly interesting part about this text in relation to the tenet of friendship is that the author posits that there is a fundamental relationship between friendship and politics, at least in terms of providing a basis for a civil or state regime. In order to properly understand the relationship between friendship and various forms of regimes such as aristocracy and polity, it is necessary to explicate the many types of friendship and the ones that most apply to the political realm. In doing so, the prudent reader and thinker will be able to discern…...

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References

Aristotle. (350 B.C.E.) Nicomachean Ethics. www.classics.met.edu. Retrieved from  http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.8.viii.html

Friendship share many deep similarities, but are also different in a number of important ways. Today's world sees love as an almost effortless romantic relationship. However, Peck argues that love is instead is sometimes complex and difficult choice that we make. Friendship can also be seen as a series of choices, rather than an effortless relationship. In any discussion of love, we must remember that their different kinds of love. Once we accept that their different kinds of love, we can begin to see close and intimate friendships as a form of love. At the same time, it is important to remember that some friendships never go so far as to develop into love.
In today's society, we most often think of love in romantic terms. Love is often equated with Valentine's Day, romantic dinners, and sexuality. To North American society, love is equated with the Cinderella story of a…...

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Works Cited

Peck, M. Scott. 2003. The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth. Touchstone Books.

Aristotle differentiated friendships of pleasure from friendships of utility by virtue of the fact that the former are based on preferences and shared interests whereas the latter are based on specific needs that exist irrespective of preferences and interests. For example, the friendship between shopkeepers and their customers is based on a reciprocal need: the shopkeeper has a need for the patronage of the customer to support himself and the customer has a need for the goods sold by the shopkeeper. In most cases, neither of those individuals has any choice or control over the need that generates the friendship. Conversely, in friendships of pleasure, the individuals involved typically choose their respective interests that they share with their counterparts in the friendship and that form the basis of that relationship (Magill & McGreal, 1981).
Whereas Aristotle characterizes friendships of utility as most natural among the elderly, he suggested that friendships…...

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References

Egner, R.E. And Denonn, L.E. (1961). The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Hursthouse, R. (1999). On Virtue Ethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Magill, F.N. And McGreal, I.P. (1981). Masterpieces of World Philosophy in Summary

Form. New York: Harper & Row.

ristotle's View Of Friendship
ristotle views friendship as one of the most necessary and integral components to life, something sought after by all men. He goes so far as to imply that without friendship, life is not worth living at all. Friendship is described by ristotle as one of the most important human needs, more so than power, status or prestige and is held in higher regard than these things by powerful men. Impoverished men, on the other hand also greatly value friendship, but for different reasons as poor men see friendship as potentially on of their only assets, as the most important refuge from a harsh world. Not only is the necessity of friendship recognized, but also the nobility of friendship. s stated by ristotle in Book VIII of ristotle's Nichomachean Ethics, "we praise those who love their friends, and it is thought to be a fine thing to have…...

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Aristotle also describes the love of friendship experienced by individuals as givers and of receivers. People, in general, are described as longing to receive love in friendship rather than give love, as the person giving the love is perceived as the inferior in the relationship. This experience in love exists in incidental friendships, those based in utility and pleasure, as love received is perceived as being honored. This experience of being a receiver is sought after because the love received is felt as useful or pleasant, not as a genuine expression for its own sake. Inferior individuals hope to gain love in friendship from superiors because it demonstrates the ability to achieve desires that can be granted by the authority figure. On the other hand, superior individuals hope to gaining love in friendship from inferiors through the expression of honor, which validates and affirms the superior's own opinions and perceptions of themselves. In these cases, superiors only believe in their own goodness and strength based on the judgments of those around them as expressed through gestures of honor. As soon as one party in the superior-inferior friendship believes they should receive more from the other, the friendship dissipates quickly. The superior usually feels a lesser man should not receive as much as him, and the inferior feels that a friend more powerful than himself should be required to help out a man in need.

Reference

Bartless, Robert C. & Collins, Susan D. (Eds.) Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011.

That love and friendship still very much exists between them, but it is different and unequal because they are unequal as parts of a socially stratified society. Aristotle makes a similar argument regarding the unequal friendship between a father and a son.
The chapter upon friendship between unequals ends on an interesting note. The focus shifts somewhat to the topic of justice within friendships in general, and the question of justice within unequal relationships. In this section, Aristotle digs deeper into his question (and his answer) to whether or not there can exist friendship between unequals. Here, he begins to consider how justice and equality would exist in proportions in friendships among unequals. Ultimately, there is not a hopeful tone to the end of this line of thinking. It seems that while friendships among unequals can exist within certain parameters, they are often doomed, or at least have a definitive…...

Definitional Argument
What is friendship?

Most people have 'friends' in the sense that they have people with whom they spend their time. However, when asked what 'true friendship is' merely being the acquaintance of someone does not suffice as an answer. Friendship is something deeper than going shopping with someone or playing a game of pick-up basketball, although our friends may share our hobbies. A true friend will also be willing to sit by our side in silence during a difficult time, like a parent's illness. Friends share laughter and fun, but they are also willing to share experiences that are difficult and painful.

Trust is perhaps the most important aspect of true friendship: we trust our friends with our secrets. We trust our friends to tell us the truth. And when we do hear the truth, although it may hurt, we know that the friend's words come from a place of love…...

In this case the child comes out with the aim of showing off what they have achieved and it is from the group of friends of the same sex that they can get the approval to commence such behaviors.

This phase of life is experienced differently depending on the environmental surroundings e.g. The socio economic status or the structure of the family. This is a critical stage in development of both moral and social values. At this age peers become as important as family members. They will strive to fit in particular groups where they can share the same ideas and tell stories; this way, they build trust and gain intimacy among themselves. The peers become not only playmates but confidants hence it is quite important for a parent to know who their child is hanging out with to avoid bad influence (Kennedy-Moore Eileen, 2012).

Since the children are then able to…...

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Angier, Natalie. (2011). The Hormone Surge of Middle Childhood. New York Times,

Retrieved March 28, 2012 from  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/science/now-we-are-six-the-hormone-surge-of-middle-childhood.html?pagewanted=all 

CDC, (2011). Positive Parenting Tips. Retrieved March 28, 2012 from  http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/positiveparenting/index.html 

Kennedy-Moore Eileen, (2012). Children's Growing Friendships Retrieved March 28, 2012.

children cope with friendship and death after reading Charlottes' Web?
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The book, Charlotte's Web is probably the best selling paperback and is really a story about a farm, and how friendships develop between different animals and how they help each other. In this book, the most important development is the friendship that develops between Wilbur and Charlotte. Wilbur is a pig and Charlotte is a spider which turns out to be the leader of all animals. The book developed as a natural consequence to the author having resided on a farm and seen all the animals in action. In this book, Charlotte ends up saving the pig from slaughter and in practice; the author himself had tried to save a pig and not succeeded. The author has written about many such animals, but this became the most popular.

Animals were dear to the author and though the animals were raised…...

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Children and Grief. American Academy of Child. July, 2004. Retrieved from   Accessed on 8 June, 2005http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/grief.htm 

Hartman, Holly. Charlotte's Web. Retrieved from   Accessed on 8 June, 2005http://www.factmonster.com/spot/charlotte1.html 

Helping Children Cope with Loss, Death and Grief: Response to a National Tragedy. National Association of School Psychologists. 22 October, 2001. Retrieved from   Accessed on 8 June, 2005http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/grief.html 

Information for the Media on Childhood Traumatic Grief. The National Child Traumatic Stress. Retrieved from www.nctsnet.org/nccts/asset.do?id=361 Accessed on 8 June, 2005

(Alypius was not necessarily being disobedient, of course, but was not doing what his father might have ideally wished) Friendship can even move one to do what is good and right, as Augustine's friendship for Alypius is what motivated the later to give up circuses in he first place. On the other hand, Augustine sees that friendships can lead one (through peer pressure and mutual encouragement of the baser instincts) into sin. He also believes that when a relationship is based entirely on the physical, so that "ut no restraint was imposed by the exchange of mind with mind, which marks the brightly lit pathway of friendship," (24) then that friendship can not only lead one into evil but an also be evil in itself. As he says when remembering his early gang of ill-mannered friends: "Friendship can be a dangerous enemy, a seduction of the mind lying beyond…...

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Bibliography

Augustine. Augustine's Confessions.

Sellner, Edward. "Like a Kindling Fire: Meanings of Friendship in the Life and Writings of Augustine." Spirituality Today Fall 1991, Vol. 43 No. 3, pp. 240-257.

The first thing you need to do is understand what a theme is.  A theme is an idea in a movie.  Many people think of themes as the main idea, but a movie may have a central theme and several other themes.  If you are not sure how to identify a movie’s theme, think about the things in a movie that you want to talk about after you watch it or that leave you thinking about the movie. While themes can spur a number of different discussions, you should be able to describe the them concisely, generally....

King Arthur has been a steady feature in pop culture since the original stories of him were told hundreds of years ago.  In fact, he retains a mythical status because of the quasi-historical nature of the stories told about him, leading to many people wondering if King Arthur is actually a real person.  The consensus appears to be that he was not an actual person, but that there were real people whose stories contributed to the stories of King Arthur.  It is no surprise, then, that he continues to be a compelling character in books,....

Certainly! Here are some essay topic ideas for the movie "A Beautiful Mind":

1. Analyzing John Nash's character development throughout the film.
2. Exploring the theme of mental illness and its portrayal in "A Beautiful Mind."
3. Examining the impact of supporting characters on Nash's journey.
4. Discussing the representation of academia and intellectual pursuits in the movie.
5. Critically analyzing the use of visual effects and cinematic techniques to depict Nash's hallucinations.
6. Investigating the social and psychological implications of Nash's decision to conceal his mental illness.
7. Addressing the portrayal of love and relationships in the film, particularly focusing on Nash's marriage with Alicia.
8. Evaluating....

Thesis: Although both "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll and "Treasure Seekers" by Edith Nesbit are imaginative and adventurous children's books, they differ in terms of narrative structure, character development, and themes. In "Alice in Wonderland," the narrative structure is whimsical and dreamlike, following Alice as she encounters various fantastical characters and situations in a nonsensical world. On the other hand, "Treasure Seekers" follows the adventures of a group of siblings who embark on a quest for hidden treasure, with a more traditional narrative structure focused on their journey and interactions with each other.

Character development in "Alice in Wonderland" is centered....