I believe…
Tue, 2nd Period 31345050 Daiki Hirabayashi
I believe working hard together with friends is our lives’ asset. I recently watched the movie called “The King’s Speech”, and I again realized the importance of cooperating. If we have friends who we can trust, we will be able to overcome any difficulties.
Firstly, I shall give little summary of the movie. “The King’s Speech” is the historical story about Prince Albert, who was also called Bertie, and later became the King George VI in Britain. Although Bertie was a member of the royal family, he was imperfect person as we are. He was very humane, but also stubborn and serious too much. Furthermore, the biggest problem he had was stammer. He could not speak properly in front of the audiences, even though he had many opportunities where he had to speak to his people. So his wife, Elizabeth, asked the unorthodox speech therapist, Lionel Logue, to cure Bertie. At the beginning, Bertie refused Lionel’s treatment. However, he gradually opened his heart to Lionel and revealed himself, which he had kept as a secret. The treatment was about more than correcting stammer for Bertie because he gained a hugely trustful friend. Together with Lionel, Bertie could overcome his stammer and succeeded his declaration speech of the WW2.
I believe this movie proves that the friendship can cross over any gaps and differences. For example, Bertie was a British King and Lionel was an ordinary person from Australia, and despite their differences of classes and nationalities, they could become friends. No matter the differences, we can become friends with anybody. We do not have to care about any gaps. If we meet someone we can really trust, we should esteem that relationships. I do not say that we have to have many friends, but I believe we should have at least one friend we can trust and help each other.
Moreover, I believe we can overcome any tough situation with this cooperation with friends. Bertie’s stammer was a mental illness, so it was difficult to cure it. However, in order to solve the stammer problem, Lionel tried to understand who Bertie was and accept all of him. Lionel did not try to be a doctor, he rather tried to be a friend. This is why Bertie could overcome his weakness. “Don’t think about unnecessary things, just say to me, my friend.” This quote is Lionel’s word. He never stopped encouraging Bertie. This is the perfect example of friendship. A friend is a person who tries to understand and accept you. With the friend, you can relax and can be who you are and who you need to be. The friend gives us power to fight against hardships. When we work hard and try to overcome difficulties, we obviously need such friends.
We cannot value the importance of friendship, it is priceless. We should continue working together and helping each other with our friends because they are always with us.