Many people believe that a member of
family is more important than a friend. To what extent do you agree or
disagree?
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| Ielts Essay - Family or Friends? |
Making comparisons between friends and family members,
considering family members important than friends and vis-à-vis, has been a common
practice since long. The pitch of these comparisons, and prioritizing both over
each other, becomes sharper and shriller, when a family or an individual is
passing through a turbulent phase.
Family members are an important part of life of any individual,
as a person, born and brought up in an environment of family is trained to behave
and face life in all its diverse dimensions. A child, since its birth, always
looks up to its elders for love and affection, which ultimately develops into
strong lifelong bonding. The parents, and brothers and sisters, fulfill the
emotional and psychological needs of an individual and always stand by him or
her whenever there is a need.
Apart from that, even if relations between family members are
strained, they do not turn their backs at each other when the situation arises,
and always come to the rescue of each other. People have experienced that they
can share even their ill feelings more
openly with their family members and still keep the relations sweet and on
friendly terms. For instance, people in need of moral or any kind of support,
including financial, can easily bank upon their parents and siblings.
However, friends are considered to be close to heart, with
whom an individual can easily share even the darkest of secrets, without fear
of secret being let out to others. Pals, or buddies, as they may be called, are
always there when an individual needs them, especially when a person in pain
and needs a shoulder to cry on.
To conclude, I personally feel, even though friends and family are both
have their distinct importance and role for an individual, parents and siblings hold more relevance for an individual.
