Friendship exists everywhere in the world around and most of them are very complex. Sometimes in every friendship there is sacrifice. In Ann Brashares novel, ‘Forever in Blue’ there is a perfect demonstration of friendship and the power it has to make a difference in someone’s life. The relationship between the four main characters, Lena, Carmen, Tibby, and Bridget, is a strong one and they all share a special bond between one another. They all depend on one another and rely on each other. There are three instances where this general theme appears in the book. When Tibby has no idea of what she should do next and then Lena arrives to comfort her. Another instance would be when Carmen is at her opening night and she thinks that no one is there to support her and then she sees her three best friends in the front row and she suddenly feels jubilant. The final situation where you see the power of friendship is when Lena finds out that the Traveling Pants are gone. She then decides to go to Greece to find them and to her surprise, there are her friends waiting to go with her. These four characters are the perfect example about friendship and the power it possess.
In the novel, you can already tell that one of the main characters, Tibby, has been through a lot in life and that she has this kind of resentment towards people that aren’t her friends. So it is good that she has them to keep her grounded. In the novel, Tibby has a problem. She thinks that she is pregnant causing a major conflict in the book and between characters. When Tibby has no idea of what her next move in life should be she gets an unexpected call from a concerned Lena. “Tibby. I’m here. I’m not in a hurry. Just say something so that I know you’re there.” This can clearly show the audience that Lena’s softness opened Tibby up in a way that nothing else ever could. This bond between the two friends is a natural one. Who knows what Tibby would have happened had Lena not called. This shows that power of friendship and the effect it has on someone’s life.
Another time where a powerful friendship can change an instance is when Carmen, who is moments away from making her theater debut as an actress, is not feeling to good about herself and her performance. Especially since she just recently dropped her only friend at theater school. A preppy mean girl, Julia, who was only friends with Carmen because she lived off Carmen’s depressed and sad energy. But Lena, Tibby, and Bee were there in the theater cheering her on. And they had come for her. “In the presence of her friends, Carmen rediscovered the simplicity she had lost. She was better because of them and who they were. And the power they had to make her feel like a shining star.” With Carmen’s friends there, she had done amazing and had her four friends not been there, Carmen would have no confidence in herself and probably would not have go on stage and preformed. But she didn’t. Not with her friends there. They could not fail together. Their bond is most powerful when all four of them are together, not when they are all scattered over the country.
The final situation is when you see the power of friendship is when tragedy strikes and the girls must come together to find a solution to this horrible predicament. When Effie, Lena’s jealous little sister, takes the Traveling Pants out of Lena’s room out of spite towards Lena and her friends, she then decides to leave for Greece. Taking the Traveling Pants with her. Soon after Lena gets a call from Effie that the Pants have gone missing. So then Lena decides to go to Greece to help her sister look for them. Of course she tells Carmen, Bee and Tibby. But she definitely did not expect them to find them all at the airport waiting to go with her. Lena for sure did not expect this. “Lena looked right and left and laughed again. How much it sucked to be traveling under these circumstances. But how exquisitely great it was to be doing it together”. Lena had thought that since it was her sister, it was her problem. But her friends thought otherwise. It was good for her friends to come. It showed that apart, they were conflicted. But together, they were unstoppable.
Friends are people who care for you and help you when you are in trouble. Though caring for someone is quite easy, friends provide love, which is not easy to come by. A friendship is unbreakable even in the hardest of times. In Ann Brashares novel, “Forever in Blue” there is a perfect demonstration of friendship and the power it has to make a difference in someone’s life. Its main theme generates around the special bond between friends and they are clearly demonstrated when Tibby has no idea of what she should do next and then Lena arrives to comfort her. The other instance would be when Carmen is at her opening night and she thinks that no one is there to support her and then she sees her three best friends in the front row and she suddenly feels jubilant. The final situation where you see the power of friendship is when Lena finds out that the Traveling Pants are gone. She then decides to go to Greece to find them and to her surprise, there are her friends waiting to go with her. Friendship may hurt. Friendship may even cause pain. But ask any true friend, at the end of the day it is all worth it to know that you have someone to lean on.