Read the Essay: Friends, Good Friends - and Such Good Friends by Judith Viorst
This essay can also be found in your book "MacMillan Reader in Chapter 6 Division-Classification. http://www.scritub.com/limba/engleza/literature/JUDITH-VIORST-Friends-Good-Fri131122315.php
On a piece of paper answer the following questions:
Questions for Discussion
1. Does the author really define friendship? How has her definition changed over the years, if any?
2. How does Viorst's use of the word, we, contribute to the "intimacy" of the essay?
3. What purpose did the author have in writing this essay?
4. It is apparent that the essay is directed toward women. (Redbook is a magazine aimed largely at women between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five.) How would Viorst have changed the categories of the essay if it was directed at young men in the same age category? Would her examples have been different?
5. What effect does Viorst's use of quotations have?
6. How would you describe the tone of the essay?
Exploring Ideas
1. What is your own idea of friendship? Give examples from your own experience or from your reading.
2. Americans seem to value informality and "easy" friendship. Are there disadvantages to such kinds of cultural mores? How does your own society view friendship?
3. Why do you think some people establish friendships more easily than others?
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