Although there
is no complete consensus that has been reached on this topic, yet I would like
to take a stance and make my disagreement with the given thesis that it is
better for friendship letting to let a
friend make a mistake than taking action that risks destroying a friendship. In
order to substantiate my central focal points, I will provide specific reasons
and explore the given topic in great detail in this essay.
To
begin with, I firmly believe that letting a friend make a mistake is not a way
of being a true friend. Opponents of my perspective claim that to keep the
a friendship, it is much better for each other
to focus not on a mistake but on a strong point. Proponents of this view
several points as the rationales for their argument and their argument might
have some validity. However, after a closer
look, there exists an abundance of examples that calling into question what
they claim. Among such examples, my personal experience can elucidate their
incorrect viewpoint. When I was younger, my father told me that if I just
let my friend alone when he or she is about to do something bad or make a mistake, this it
is not a way of keeping the true friendship, because it will bring about
negative results for my friend (문장이 너무 깁니다). And this is not a way of being a good friend. So, when I was a middle
school student, I took action to one of my friends who I thought was my best friend
by saying what I had to say when he made a mistake. When I encouraged him to be
in a right way, he thanked me about indicating what he had done wrong. From the
that time, I could realize that if someone is my
true friend, he or she will understand even if I point out their mistake. This
validates my earlier contention that overlooking a
friend’s mistake is not a way of being a real friend.
The
account of mine that I illustrated above is not the only evidence to support my
view. A recent survey conducted by one of the leading educational consulting
firms in Korea endorsed my opinion when the survey respondents were asked
whether they sided with the argument that friendship is kept more longer when people indicate each other’s mistake or not. A leading
educational expert claimed that if people point
out a mistake of one another, they would be a complement of each other. On the
other hands, since they have to be more concerned about each other to
know what mistake do they have made,
it will bring about an improvement on
friendship. As a result, the friendship will definitely not be destroyed, but
will be kept more longer than just letting a friend make a mistake. (두 문단의 길이를 맞춰주세요.)
In
conclusion, in spite of the fact that there may be some opinion that letting a
friend make mistake is better for friendship. (in spite
of the fact [~에도 불구하고], 라는 표현을 쓰시면 그 주장에 상반되는 문장이 뒤에 따라와야 합니다. Period로 문장을 끝내시지 마시고, comma를 사용하셔서 다음 문장을 이어주세요.) However, taking into
account all the factors that I describe above, we may reach to the conclusion
that letting a friend make a mistake is not a way of being a true friend.