Friendship In The Movie 'Stand By Me'

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The movie Stand By Me, Friendship is shown throughout the story. These Four boys Vern,Teddy, Gordie and Chris in particular, have a true friendship. They each have trouble at home but they Stick together. When they go on a journey to find a dead body they have many heart racing and emotional events and happenings. They also have problems with each other and disagreements but never let it get between their true friendship. One quote is “i never had any friends later on like the ones i had when i was twelve” showing how their friendship is.

When Gordie and Chris got bullied by ace and his gang they both stood up for each other knowing that they have their backs. Chris helped gordie forget about what happened and comforts him. Chris tells Gordie

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