Definition Essay About Friendship

Friendship. For me, this word means more than the relationship I have with someone who I know. It means so much more than many people realize. When it comes to what I value most, friends and family are neck and neck as they come to the finish line. If I genuinely call someone friend, the two of us have something that I will do everything in my power to keep. I can't sit back and do nothing if one of my friends is upset. I will at least see if I can help in someway. This I believe, friendship should be valued and held, never broken. As I write this, I had to wonder why, of all the things I believe, this I what I ultimately decided to write. I believe and value a great number of things, and yet friendship has won my ultimate belief. The answer to that was not as simple as I thought, but it wasn't all that hard to find. I have had a friendship fall apart and the trust that came with it broken, and it was never repaired. In the fourth grade, being considered my friend, and being someone I actually opened up to was a rare thing. I had one person I would do that with, Hunter. During the course of the year, however, a new person, Bryant, moved into my class and, for whatever …show more content…
However, at some point Hunter and I did something that made Bryant angry. I don’t remember what, but it put a gap in our friendship. Now, Bryant was the type of person who ignores people when he was mad at them. We could have probably left the situation alone, and after Bryant had calmed down, repaired our friendship. However, Hunter and I quickly discovered that Bryant took the ignoring thing to the point that we could do whatever we wanted to him, and he wouldn’t do anything about it. So, we decided to have some fun with the situation. We essentially did whatever we wanted and he rarely reacted. We would call him names, hit him, and just be overall jerks. Our doing that was the straw that broke the camel’s back, and our friendship would never be