Friendship is certainly a major theme throughout the novel. ... Their friendship was peculiar because they were opposite in many respects. ... Most teenagers are confronted with peer pressure, and like Gene will at one time or another go against their true feelings. Normally these mistakes turn into life long lessons in which a person realizes that it is better to be true to yourself. ... This novel helps us all realize that accepting yourself and being true to your friends is essential for becoming a mature adult....

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Although the purpose of attending school is to receive an education, it also provides children with a medium through which they can develop relationships with other children that eventually turn into friendships. The ability to form friendships can be traced back to even the pre-school years and its importance henceforth emphasized by eager parents who want their children to fit in at school. ... The result is that adolescents come to value their friendships deeply and in some cases more so than their relationships with family members. ... This inhibits the possibility of the teacher having a ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One specific problem of mine is that it I have trouble finding a true, real friend who will be there from the start of my life to the end. ... With so many people living on this earth, there has to be someone who must also be searching for that everlasting friendship. ... It's been hard going from school to school losing a best friend but gaining a chance of a friendship with another. ... There was once a saying that my brother had told me "you"ll only find one true best friend throughout your whole lifetime". ... Those situations where a friend takes money from a friend and runs away wit...

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Our friendship groups influence how we relate to other people and how we see ourselves; it can also be argued that the people we associate with mould us, from late teens onwards, as much as our parents do. If this is true, it's not until we"re old enough or able to make our own decisions that we"re able to start deciding how we behave. ...

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The reader is thrust into a world of sex, lies, friendship, school and love. ... Two major themes of the novel are friendship and adolescent confusion. ... It was a true test of friendship for Conor and although at times Conor wanted to drop everything and quit, something was telling him to stick to it. ...

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Is that true though? ... Some may disagree, making the arguments that there are better pieces of information to teach them such as academics, friendship, honesty, violence control and helping others. ...

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The girls' friendship begins as one based on their mutual belief that they were of superior intelligence. ... The passage of Meredith's first venture into drugs and alcohol shows how Mary's eyes are opened for the first time to the true emptiness that comes from drugs, which was assumed up until now as being fulfilling. ...

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Jenny and her friends kept mocking Maria and were telling her that she was a "chicken" and kept threatening their friendship if she didn't drink it. ... While writing out how her day went, Maria had now realized that Jenny and her friends were not true friends. ...

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" This also demonstrates how the social norm dictates friendships based on willingness to conform. ... This becomes worse when it becomes law that everyone must have the code and the government creates a fake illness to mask the true reason why people have resorted to burning the code off their wrists. ...

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Peer Pressure Growing up everyone will expierence some form of peer pressure. Peer pressure is the control and influence people your age may have on you. Peer pressure can occur in many kinds of relationships. The way you respond to peer pressure can have a great impact on the decision...

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(Psalm 111:10) It sounds very simple and hard to believe, but it is true, putting God first will help put all things in its proper time and procedure. ... Listening and responding skills can improve areas like: assignments at school that's assigned, giving less stress on your parents, learning improvements, concentration, build better friendships. ... True success comes from cooperation. ...

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One has to go for "quality, not quantity" when making friends, realize that popularity is not very important, and focus on developing strong friendships with peers who have the same ideas and values as oneself, and making friends with those who would respect one's wishes and individuality. ... Talks with their teens, asking them how they feel about things, will begin the process of helping them explore their true feelings about situations. ...

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At the time of the novel through today, Holden's speech rings true to the colloquial speech of teenagers. ... Since Holden is essentially a failure at school with no serious friendships, he attempts to solidify some communication in asking for approval by stating "if you want to know the truth." ...

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