FRIEND AND BROTHER

FRIEND AND BROTHER


What do you prefer, a friend or a brother? According to Imam Ali (n.d.) “-A man asked Hazrat Ali(A.S.), What is the difference between a friend and a brother?- -Hazrat Ali(A.S.) replied, A brother is like gold, a friend is like a diamond! --The man asked again, What is the difference between gold and diamond?- -Hazrat Ali(A.S.) replied, Gold can break apart and unite back but a diamond cannot!-. Sometimes we have more confidence, attention and love by a friend than a brother; also, we can see this big difference between them when we have problems with our brothers. On the other hand, we can consider our friend as a brother or our brother as our friend, if we see them of this way we cannot find differences between them.


An important difference between a friend and a brother is, you can choose your friend, but you cannot choose a brother. You have the opportunity of choosing as a friend a person with you enjoy spend your time with, to share believes, thoughts, likes and dislikes. You decide where, how and when have a friend. You choose the necessary characteristics that a person should have in order to be your friend. A friend does not live in your house, but he is always by your side. On the contrary, you cannot choose your brother. Who have the decision of where and when have him are your parents. You have the obligation of living with him. The main aspects that you share with him are physical features. Besides your brother lives in your house, sometimes he and you sleep in the same room. You can have a million problems with your brother, but no matter what you do or where you go, he is always in your way.


Another difference is confidence. A friend is someone who is with you in the good times and bad times. You know that a friend is always with you, for this reason you have more confidence. You can talk with him about your problems, love, wishes, etc. Also you know that he always keeps your secrets, and that he never tells them to someone else. On the other hand, you do not have the same confidence with your brother, because you are not sure that if your brother is angry he can say your secrets. Your brother can blackmail you; this is, ask you things or money with the condition of keeping your secret. It is more difficult to tell something important in your life or a secret to your brother than your friend. Your friend will never blackmail you.


The third difference is the age. Your friend sometimes is the same age that you. When you meet you friend on the majority of the cases is at the school, a club, etc., for this reason you share the same age. To have a friend of the same age is funny; also, a friend is someone who likes you and everything you do, this occurs when two people are of the same age. To have a beautiful relationship is more pleasant if the two people share the same age. On the contrary, you can have brothers younger than you or older than you. When there are problems between brothers in the majority of cases is for the age difference, because the older brother thinks that he has more authority and the younger brother thinks that he doesn’t have responsibilities. Difference in ages is an understanding problem too. A relationship is better when the people have the same age.


To sum up, there are some differences between a brother and a friend, but if you want, you can have the same beautiful relationship as your friends as your brothers. If you fell confidence, respect, love, tolerance, fun, etc. to a person, this person is your friend, it is not important if he is or is not your brother, your cousin, your father, your mother, your neighbor etc. A friend will be always by your side, your brother too. If you have good communication and relation with your brother, he can become on your best friend.



Reference
Imam Ali, n.d., “Differences between friend and brother”, ¶1, from:http://blog.ratedsawj.com/2008/05/02/difference-between-friend-and-brother/

MOVIE REVIEW

MOVIE REVIEW

“The live gives us opportunities to correct our mistakes”


The movie titled “1973” is a documentary directed by Antonino Isordia Llamazares, a talented Mexican director who born in 1973 and who have been recognized for his most famous films: “1973” and “los niños devoran lobos”. His documentaries have been nominated for Ariel awards also he won the Silver Goddess Mexican award and the JVC award of the International Film Festival.


“You go out at 6am not knowing if you going to come back” This documentary is a drama film, which describes the hard lives of three different Mexican people who were born in 1973. These three people are: Rodolfo, (a guy who when he was teenager decided to become a member of a dangerous gang called “porros”) Maria Fernanda (who had a terrible accident when she was drug addicted), and finally Alejandro (who in 1992 murdered his family and who nowadays continues in prison).


This documentary is interesting because it shows you the life from different perspectives in order to understand a little why these people acted of that way, also in helps you to think how each action that you do now can give you consequences in a future. Also this documentary can be a little difficult to understand so is very important to pay it a lot of attention, maybe it could be a little bit tedious to watch because it is in black and white, but if you focus your attention in the stories that each character describes surely you would like it more.