So far in the book When you Reach Me by Rebecca Stead, adolescent Miranda helps her mother win a game show named The $20,000 Pyramid. Her best friend, Sal, unexpectedly gets wounded from a kid on the street, damaging their relationship.
First thought - HELP your friend. Don't just stand there thinking, "our friendship is over. Hey, let me go over that lonely corner". Obviously, you guys can't be best friends if you just stand there looking at him. Moreover, how can that ruin your relationship? You don't even KNOW that kid. Just give yer friend Sal over there some first aid. Done. Third, you should've said something. Honestly.
I'm pretty much glad that kid across the street punched him inside out. Well, I meant if that happened to Miranda. Maybe if this happened to me in reality, I'd be in shock. But it wouldn't necessarily damage my friend's relationship. Yeah, I won't actually go in front of this kid and be like, "little kid, don't do such violent things," or "dude, you're hurting my friend. Punch wars?" but there's no connection between the kid and me in the first place. Besides, a friend that judges you in any way - particularly, in your neighborhood, then that can't be a true friend. I feel as aggravated as ever thinking about this.
However, thinking about this reminds me of society itself. It isn't normal to fight someone who bullied your friend. If this were to happen to me, I don't even know what to do other than to threaten the kid himself. It feels as if nowadays, we treat our friends as nothing. Take popular males and female abundances, for instance - they have many friends. But they don't cherish their friends. When I fought with my friend, I thought, "Fine. I'll just make friends with someone else." But after thinking about it a little more, I apologized to her. She was more than a friend. She was my best friend.
If we don't cherish our moments with our friends, they will disappear.
However, thinking about this reminds me of society itself. It isn't normal to fight someone who bullied your friend. If this were to happen to me, I don't even know what to do other than to threaten the kid himself. It feels as if nowadays, we treat our friends as nothing. Take popular males and female abundances, for instance - they have many friends. But they don't cherish their friends. When I fought with my friend, I thought, "Fine. I'll just make friends with someone else." But after thinking about it a little more, I apologized to her. She was more than a friend. She was my best friend.
If we don't cherish our moments with our friends, they will disappear.
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