Friendship In C. S. Lewis 'Unstable Ground'

Unstable Ground

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.”-C.S Lewis. In the preceding quote by C.S Lewis; Mr Lewis explains what friendship does for a person. To paraphrase it in an understandable way, he seems to have said; Friendship is not necessary to survive, it only enhances life and makes life more interesting. This is my personal viewpoint exactly! Throughout life many people like to have other people close by them, parents have children, couples are married, teenagers have friends…. A lot of life is spent with friends and this many cause people to think that without friends they become nothing. This might be true, however friends often prove to be unnecessary. Friends can distract, they can hurt and they can be an annoyance to the greatest degree.
For many teenagers that is how they make friends. Through social media teens can meet and engage with other people around the world. Although this sounds like a great way to make and have friends it can often prove fatal. For example, I could be doing school one day and a friend might message me through texting. This can outright cause me to drop whatever I am doing and get engaged with something that distracts me from my studies. I have had this occur several times to me in the past year and I am learning that it is not worth it. I struggle with my school and to have friends who constantly distract me can be a great hinderance. I have actually suffered because of my friends who distract me. In short, It's not necessary to have friends who distract and cause suffering in scholastic