Faux Friendship By William Deresiewicz Summary
William Deresiewicz wrote the passage called a “Faux Friendship” to shed light on the damage friendships have taken over the years. He states that “we live in a time when friendship has become both all and nothing at all” he uses this sentence to briefly explain what friendship means and how its been affected. Not only does he compare friendship to the 18th and 19th century but he also mentions that “were all on a first name basis, and when we vote for president, we ask ourselves whom we’d rather have a beer with.” Deresiewicz portraits the image of friendship as an ever lastly bond between two individual, however, he also states that social media has been the main cause of why friendship have failed. Through his own words he describe social