Everyone in the world has a few really good
friends, these friends would do anything for you. Friendship has been shown
throughout history in the form of stories, poems, and novels. In the book , The
Three Musketeers, you find yourself reading about the friendship and the
adventures that four men have. These friends supported each other when the
times were bad and the pulled each other up when they wee down.
The
first example of friendship concerns M. d'Artagnan, d'Aratagnan's father, and
M'Treville, the leader of the musketeers. Their friendship trickles down to
d'Artagnan, helping him in gaining membership into the musketeers. "'I
respected your father very much' said he 'What can I do for the son... and from
time to time you can call upon me just to tell
me how you re going on and say
whether I can be of further service to you.'" This quote show's that since
M'Treville respected M. d'Artagnan, and how he would gladly be of service to
his son, thereby continuing the friendship to the son.
Another example of friendship is the on between
d'Artagnan, Porthos, Athos and Aramis, this is shown throughout the book. It
all started when d'Artagnan was pursuing the man from Meung and ran in to
Athos, who was freshly wounded in a small skirmish with the Cardinal's Guards.
D'Artagnan asked Athos to pardon him and let him be on his way but Athos being
the brave and gallant musketeer, demanded a better aplogy, d'Artagnan was very
insulted by this so he challenged Athos to a duel at twelve o'clock. The
d'Artagnan ran towards the door, in the process of exiting, he ran into Porthos
who was just entering the door, while talking to a fellow musketeer. D'Artagnan
asked once again to be forgiven for his mistake, but Porthos also wanted a
better apology. Once again d'Artagnan was insulted. They then set up a duel for
one o'clock. Following that incident,
d'Artagnan had lost sight of the man he was chasing, so he started to go home.
He noticed that a musketeer had dropped his handkerchief. He informed the
musketeer of the handkerchief, but little did d'Artagnan know that the
musketeer had dropped the handkerchief on purpose. By informing Aramis and his
companions of the handkerchief, d'Artagnan had compromised Aramis' honor. When
one's honor is compromised, you set up a duel. They set up a duel for two
o'clock.
When the clock struck twelve, d'Artagnan was at
the place where the first duel was to take place. As soon as they crossed
swords, five of the Cardinal's best guards showed up. Since dueling was against
the law, the guards confronted the musketeers. D'Artagnan sided with the
musketeers and bested two out of the five guards. From that point on, all four
of them were the closest of friends.
"On their side \, the three musketeers were
much attached to their young comrade. The friendship which united these four
men, and the want they felt of seeing each other three or four times a day...
caused them to be continually running after on anther like shadows." This
quote shows how close the four men had grown to each other. I have many friends
that I do the above quite often with. Seeing each other four or five times a
day, having a urge to just be around each other.
Usually if one of my good friends doesn't have
enough money for something, I would spot him some cahs. This was very true with
the three musketeers and d'Artagnan. While he four were going some very hard
times financially, they banded together and scammed meals off of other people.
For example: When Porthos went to a friend's house who had offered to give him
dinner, Porthos brought along the other three companions and their servant's to
be fed too. By doing this the four friends were able to survive some of the bad
times and pull each other through.
The cliché "One for all and all for
one" originated from The Three Musketeers This holds very true throughout
the book. The four friends would always stick up for on another and help each
other out as much as possible. Like the time when some guards were searching
for d'Artagnan, Athos posed as d'Artagnan and went to jail for him. If that is
doing anything for a friend, I don't know what is.
At the end of the book the three musketeers
uncover a plot immense proportions. When Milady de Winter killed Madame
Bonacieux, they all felt the pain and sadness that d'Artagnan felt. The three
musketeers helped revenge Bonacieux's life. This is where true friendship
really kicks in. I don't think any of my friend's would help me kill a person
but d'Artagnan's friends did.
These four men pulled through times that were
bad and enjoyed the good. Throughout you life, you find that friends are there
whenever you need them. I hope in your life you might have friends as good as
the musketeers were.
"All for
one, and one for all"
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