▶ Your Answer :
It is highly controversial among people surrounding the issue if
it is possible to know a lot about others by their friends. With regard to
this, in my perspective, it is plausible to learn specific person’s characteristics
through their friends for three reasons.
First and foremost, each individual tends to build his or her relationship with those
who are congenial and obviously, they would have similar natures. It would be not easy to sustain long-lasting relationships with
friends who have different preposition and preferences. Hence, the fact that
certain groups of people are hanging out with others proves that they have a
lot in common and can share similar interests, do some activities together such
as sports or travel, and have analogous attributes. Let’s take my sister’s case
for an example, in college, she made a various types of friends and there were
some people whose characters were not fitted to hers but who were popular among
students. Consequently, it was tough for her to find the one who had authentic
emotional connection with her. After a while, she realized that the problem
would be simply solved when she tried to be close with some who she truly
liked. Eventually, she was able to get intimate friends.
Second, there is high probability for one person to be influenced by his
close friends in various ways. As friends, they may spend a large amount of
time together while doing a variety of tasks, and interaction between them
surely affects each other’s thought, behavior, and even habits. It seems
trivial, but once such elements accumulate, it takes large portions of one’s
personality. For instance, I was not good at sports in middle school but one of
my classmates often suggested me to play it with her. At first, it was
frustrating and not fun at all because I had no interests in badminton and kept
losing. However, she endeavored to encourage me to increase my tension and make
my feeling better. I was so touched by her efforts and I started to play it
regularly, and now it is my favorite working-out method.
Taking
these reasons into account, I strongly believe that people can learn assorted
information about other people by their friends in that people’s general tendency of preferring someone who is similar to them and the possibility of
getting affected by those who are close
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