The Strength of Family and Friends

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Throughout a person’s life, there are constant problems, struggles and stress that have always disturbed and changed a somewhat normal, peaceful life. When things are going well, one event could possibly change the whole course of a nice day, week, month or even year. The only thing that stands between people and a complete breakdown from these situations is the family and friend relationships that are established. Being constantly comforted, cared and amused by family and friends is one reason that my confidence and character has been built (Rubio 1). Jackie Karp, the writer of the poem “Family, The Center of My World”, writes about her loved ones, “You are the meaning of strength at its highest peak. You have courage when the rest of us are weak” (Karp 1). In the toughest situations, family and friends encourage others that need help getting back on their feet. In life, people learn new concepts in school, work and at home. Sometimes, learning new things or just trying to understand something can take an emotional and physical toll. Continuously failing to complete a task puts great stress to find a way to do it correctly. Nicholas Sparks, the author and protagonist in the memoir Three Weeks with My Brother, had gone through many problems; one being a difficult situation to teach his son to read and write despite his son having some sort of disability that could not be determined. Nicholas writes, “And in the end, I would teach him to talk, one slow, painstaking word at a time” (Sparks 440). Through months and years of teaching his son Ryan, Nicholas Sparks along with his brother and wife helped Ryan learn to read and write normally despite having many tests saying that he had learning problems. The whole family banded togethe... ... middle of paper ... ... in place family and friends so that they could pick me up from the ground when I fell into the mud and for me to do the same thing to them (Rubio 5). Whenever life seemed to give off insurmountable tasks that seem impossible to live through, family and friends provided the foundation to fight and live the life that was meant to be. Works Cited Groban, Josh. “You Raise Me Up.” You Raise Me Up-Single. Reprise Records, 2003. CD. Karp, Jackie. “Family, the Center of My World.” My Equator: The Center of the World. n.p., 2006. 1-2. Print Luttrell, Marcus, and Patrick Robinson. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10. New York: Little, Brown, 2007. Print. Rubio, Thomas. Personal interview. 14 April. 2014. Sparks, Nicholas, and Micah Sparks. Three Weeks with My Brother. New York: Warner, 2004. Print.

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