1. The word I am going to be defining is “friend.”
2. According to Merriam-Webster, a friend is defined as “one attached to another by affection or esteem.”
3. For the typical Penn State student, people are constantly being introduced to you all the time. Acquaintances are made, and the foundations of friendships are established. At what point does a person meet the qualifications of a “friend.” And what about those people from high school that occasionally write on your facebook wall, are they really living up the “friend” standard? Or when does a friendship receive “relationship” status? We deal with these questions about friendship all the time.
4. The goal of the paper is to give a solid definition for friendship. Are we living up to our titles as “friends” to other people? Or have we attached more meaning to the word than is actually intended? What is a true friend?
5. I will be writing to college students who maybe are not being true to their friends. My audience may also include college students who are in relationships, or for whom a relationship may be budding.
Cool. This should work really well. I like the idea of integrating FB into it particularly since it is the most threatening to any meaningful notion of "friend." Approved.
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