What Are Friends For By Marion Winik Analysis

Friendship among Men Who among us doesn’t have friends? The answer to this question depends on your definition of friendship; some people define it as any relationship that we have, in general, others believe that it’s only between people who can be trustworthy, and there are who think that friendship is only very close relationships. In “What Are Friends For” article that is written by Marion Winik, she focused on the types of friendships between women, but that doesn’t mean that these types of friendships can’t be among men as well. However, there are some types of friends men commonly have such as the advisor, the sport, the party friend, and the neighborhood dude. The advisor friend is the most trustable, and he is usually the wisest among all types of friends; men like to talk to this type of friend because he listens carefully and helps in taking decisions with tranquility and comfort. Men usually choose that type of friend based on his wisdom, rationality, and maturity therefore, it would be the older brother, an uncle, older friend, or the father; yet, in many cases the advisor friend can be a woman such as, the mother, …show more content…
Men usually get bored easily, and sometimes they need to get out of the routine that they do every single day, such as going to work, doing homework, spending time with family, or sleeping early every night. This type of friend will help his friends to break the routine, which is good unless it leads to breaking the law, like driving drunk or so fast, consuming illegal stuff, or doing other crazy things, which is the negative side of that friend, so men they prefer keeping this type of friend away from their family because of his recklessness and