Thursday, May 9, 2013

Matt P.'s compare and contrast essay


Julia and I, then and now

     Relationships change over time, and so do maturity levels, interests, knowledge, and talents. All the previous contributed to the change in my sister’s relationship with me. Julia and I have been mostly friends ever since she could walk and talk. We have always been there for each other in times of struggle.
      We have always bothered each other and hate each other for 5 minutes, but we can’t stay mad and become friends again because we have been growing closer all these years that we have been alive. We have always played similar sports, such as baseball and softball, and basketball. We always have fun together outside. We joke around a lot and both get the jokes, so that makes it better. When Julia and I bicker, we both know what it is about because we are trying to irritate each other. Thankfully neither of us have gotten seriously hurt because of our disagreements.
      Although we still get along, we have changed a lot between then and now. We have grown apart, not much, but some. Our bond is growing closer, though. We are friends most of the time, but less than we did when we were younger. If I took a guess, I would say that Julia and I are friends around 60% of the time as opposed to when we were younger we were friends about 90%. I was 9 and Julia was 7. Disaster came when Julia got smarter. She figured out what irritates me and she does it all the time, just to annoy me. Luckily I figured out what irritates her! Julia is a very unpredictable child. She will be cruel to me one minute and kind the next. I, on the other hand, stay one way, predictable.
      In conclusion, my relationship with Julia has changed a lot, but it has also stayed the same. I wrote this to realize how much things change, and I discovered that things change a lot. I didn’t realize how much our relationship has changed until I wrote this paper.

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