Brideshead Rivisted And The meaning of Friendship

Theme # 2

Captain Charles Ryder

A good friend is someone who remains your friend even if you make the wrong

decisions. Friends forgive your mistakes and support your choices even if they disagree

with them. A true friend is someone whose love is unconditional. They accept your

faults as well as your virtues. A true friend gives without expecting anything in return.

A character friend is one that looks upon you as their equal as well as their mentor. They

are loyal to you even if people try to convince them otherwise. In Brideshead Revisited,

Captain Charles Ryder demonstrates through actions and words that he is a character

friend to Sebastian Flyte.

Aristotle states:

“Now those who wish well to their friends for their sake are most truly friends;

for they do this by reason of their own nature and not incidentally;”

(Nichomachean Ethics, 1156b10)

In this passage Aristotle is stating that a true friend is one who looks...