4/2/13

     I must say compared to the first reading, this was not as hard to digest. Aristotle is talking about friendship and how he views it. He states that there are three types of friendships. Friendship based on utility, pleasure, and goodness.
     The first type is friendship with a basis in utility. This means that the friendship is only there while your getting something you need. The friend is useful to you. An example of this was when I was a freshman in high school. There was a student who could drive. I wasn't able to yet, but I tried to become friends with the student just so they would let me ride to school with them. Soon after I was able to drive our friendship disappeared. This shows the problem with this type of friendship. It doesn't last long after their usefulness has run out.

Delta Farce

     The second is based on pleasure. This means that the friendship is based off of getting pleasure for yourself. You are only friends as long as they give you some sort of pleasure. An example of this is ex-girlfriends. They are a friend while they bring pleasure to you, but whenever the pleasure stops on most occasions the friendship does too.
     The third is based on goodness. Aristotle believes this to be the only true friendship. You are not in it for the pleasure, nor for their usefulness. They are a friend just because. I really don't know how to state it. They don't care about making themselves happy, but they wanna try to make you happy. When both people think this way, the friendship builds and can last forever.
     The movie Delta Farce in my opinion shows some of all three types of friendship. The first is shown when the town allows them to stay. They only do this because the men have become useful to the town in helping prevent Carlos Santana's gang from wrecking it. The second is when the town is throwing the men a party because the men really don't care about the town, but they are enjoying the pleasure that the town in giving them. The third is shown after the men save their Sargent. They return to the town and choose to stay and fight even though their is no pleasure or usefulness to gain from it. They choose to stay for the good of the people in the town.

Larry the Cable Guy, DJ Qualls, & Bill Engvall

     I believe Randy Travis is speaking about the third type. He is talking about being with the same woman forever. I haven't really heard about only being with her until her usefulness wares out or the pleasure is gone in the song. I strongly believe that he is talking about the fact that he will continue to be friends or in love with her forever, and it doesn't matter what happens. He will always love her, which shows the third type of friendship in my opinion.