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Famous friends in literature
As we all know, having friends is really
important in our lives. But of course
there are also great friendships in books
and films and some of them are very
famous.
In JK Rowling's books, Harry Potter's
two great friends are Hermione and
Ron. Harry relies on them a lot and they
often help him in difficult situations. And
though they don't always all agree on
everything, they're friends for life.
Back in the nineteenth century,
an American writer called Mark Twain
created two characters called Tom
Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. They lived
in southern USA near the Mississippi
River. Together they had problems with
their families and with slavery.
Also in the nineteenth century, in
Britain, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created
one of the most famous detectives
ever: Sherlock Holmes. His friend, Dr
Watson became very famous too... and
Watson always tried to help Holmes. In a
recent film, the two friends were played
by Robert Downey Junior and Jude Law.
Meanwhile in 1844, over in France,
Alexandre Dumas wrote The Three
Musketeers. The characters Athos,
Aramis and Porthos were in a special part
of the King's Army and fought against
injustice. Together with D'Artagnan, they
showed their friendship with a cry of: 'All
for one, and one for all! These famous
friends have also appeared in films on
many occasions over the years.
OK, so what about a friendship
between a boy and a bear? That's what
3 Read the text again. Answer the questions.
1 Who are Harry Potter's friends?
2 When did Mark Twain write his stories about two
friends?
3 Which friends shouted: 'All for one, and one for all'?
4 What did Baloo help Mowgli to do?
5 Why is Little Women different from other examples of
friends?
we saw in the film of Rudyard Kipling's
famous story The Jungle Book. Mowgli is
a small orphan boy. He was found in the
jungle and looked after by wolves. His
great friend is an easy-going bear, Baloo.
He helps Mowgli in his fight against the
dangerous tiger, Shere Khan.
There are many stories about
friendships between men or boys (and
there's Baloo too), but famous stories
about friends don't seem to include
many girls or women. There's Little
Women, of course-Louisa May Alcott's
story of four sisters in New England and
how they love each other, but they were
sisters and not just friends. Has anyone
out there got some great female literary
friendships, please?