Category: Friendships

This current subset of examples of friendships comes from fantasy and adventure literature. My last post covered the friendship of Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee from The Lord of The Rings trilogy. This one features the trio from the Harry Potter series to show how some friendships digress over time while others progress. It also shows the power of a threesome as friends. About the Harry Potter Franchise The Harry Potter series of seven fantasy novels by British author J. K. Rowling chronicles the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his two friends at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Since the release of the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in June of 1997, the books have attracted a wide adult audience as well as younger readers. The original seven books were adapted into an eight-part namesake film series by Warner Bros. Pictures. As of February

As I begin to finish the examples of friendships in literature, I also want to cover the subgenres of fantasy and adventure. Although there are certainly differences between these two genres (as I explain below), I’m using an example that fits into both categories. J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is a multi-volume fantasy piece about two friends who knew each other better than they knew themselves. Since The Lord of the Ring was successful in both book and film formats, I considered using this friendship earlier in my series, New Year; New Types of Friends as an example from the movies. However, I chose to include it in this subset of literature since the books are often better than the film version. It also fits my belief that men need more authentic and emotionally-intimate friendships to help them through the adventures of life, despite how close friendships between

American writer, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, Mark Twain is famously quoted as saying, “No man is a failure who has friends.” From presidents to inventors, the “father of American Literature” was friends with many of history’s giants. But his relationships are just as interesting as the man himself since friendships shaped his lives and his shaped theirs in return. This quality makes Mark Twain a perfect candidate for the next example of friendships in literature for my series, New Year; New Types of Friends. (Check out my earlier posts with examples of friendships in politics, sports, movies, and television). About Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) is better known by his pen name Mark Twain. His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), the latter of which has often been called the “Great American Novel”.