MR1-1: How to built a good friendship

　I saw the movie “Shrek” and consider about one point that how Shrek’s feelings change and a friendship is built.
　First of all, I would like to introduce the characters which appear in this story.
　Of course, the most important character in this story is Shrek. He is a green ogre and his life style (for example, his foods or taking bath) is so disgusting for others, so people who scare him try to catch him. However, they can never do that, because he is so strong. However, he has a very delicate feeling, which does not appear in his appearance. He is hurt by being called ‘monster’ by others. He thinks that others hate him, so he feels it difficult to accept someone who comes to him, and he always threatens and sweeps others away.
　The second character is Donkey. He is talkative and cheerful, and he likes singing, humming, and joking. He is kind and tenacious especially when he tries to make friends with Shrek. He never gives up, how strict Shrek tells to get away. He becomes a good friends and a partner of Shrek.

　The third is Fiona. She is afraid of the sunset, because her appearance changes then. In the daytime, she is a beautiful princess, but she becomes a green ogre like Shrek. She thinks that it is because she was put under a curse by a witch and believes that she will be free from it by a kiss of a man who is fated to marry her.
　The fourth is Dragon. She is a female dragon which emits fire. She confines Fiona in her castle.
　The fifth is a lord. (His name is Fawkward or something like that.) He rules over a country where Shrek lives, and wants to marry Fiona.
There are also minor characters, and they are a dragon, the gingerbread man, small men, Cinderella, and so on.
　I would like to refer to the plot too. One day, a lord ejects characters of fairy tale in his kingdom and makes them go to a swamp where Shrek lives. Shrek wants them to go back, so he decides to meet the lord, and Donkey follows him. Shrek demands of him that he should give their lands back to them. The lord admits it on condition that Shrek goes to the dragon’s castle in order to rescue the princess Fiona and bring her back. It is because he wants to marry her. Shrek and Donkey go to the castle together and cooperate to rescue Fiona from a dragon. On the return road, Shrek fraternizes with her and gives his heart to her. He decides to give a declaration of love to her, but accidentally, they misunderstand each other. However, the lord and Fiona begin to take an oath at their wedding; Shrek bursts into there and tells her that he loves her. Donkey advises him to do so out of kindness. In the end, Shrek marries her. He has become positive and cheerful by then.
　The main point that I noticed is that how to built a good friendship. Underlined sentences in the upper paragraphs are relative to this point.
　At first, he was a kindhearted internally, but he could not be kind to others and accept other’s kindness. He could not break with a view that it is impossible that someone likes him. When Donkey came to him and tried to become his friend, at least he must not have felt bad. At first, he rejected Donkey, but gradually a friendship was established. I think it is because he could feel that Donkey liked him. When a misunderstanding appeared between Shrek and Fiona, he got into his bad habit of thinking again. He thought Fiona must dislike him. Seeing Shrek through this story, I thought that it is very important to be positive in relationships with others, not negative. However from Donkey, I learned that I should come in contact with others in a friendly way, even when I am not in good with others. If I try to do so, it becomes usually possible that she feels good, at least not bad. I was encouraged to strive to built and improve friendships. I felt the frienship between Shrek and Donkey was a great one.


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