Friendship of the Musketeers
Everyone in the world has a few really good friends, these friends would do anything for
you. Friendship has been shown throughout history in the form of stories, poems, and
novels. In the book , The Three Musketeers, you find yourself reading about the
friendship and the adventures that four men have. These friends supported each other when
the times were bad and the pulled each other up when they wee down.
The first example of friendship concerns M. d'Artagnan, d'Aratagnan's father, and
M'Treville, the leader of the musketeers. Their friendship trickles down to d'Artagnan,
helping him in gaining membership into the musketeers. "'I respected your father very
much' said he 'What can I do for the son... and from time to time you can call upon me
just to tell me how you re going on and say whether I can be of further service to you.'"
This quote show's that since M'Treville respected M. d'Artagnan, and how he would gladly
be of service to his son, thereby continuing the friendship to the son.
Another example of friendship is the on between d'Artagnan, Porthos, Athos and Aramis,
this is shown throughout the book. It all started when d'Artagnan was pursuing the man
from Meung and ran in to Athos, who was freshly wounded in a small skirmish with the
Cardinal's Guards. D'Artagnan asked Athos to pardon him and let him be on his way but
Athos being the brave and gallant musketeer, demanded a better aplogy, d'Artagnan was
very insulted by this so he challenged Athos to a duel at twelve o'clock. The d'Artagnan
ran towards the door, in the process of exiting, he ran into Porthos who was just
entering the door, while talking to a fellow musketeer. D'Artagnan asked once again to be
forgiven for his mistake, but Porthos also wanted a better apology. Once again d'Artagnan
was insulted. They then set up a duel for one o'clock. Following that incident,
d'Artagnan had lost sight of the man he was chasing, so he started to go home. He noticed
that a musketeer had dropped his handkerchief. He informed the musketeer of the
handkerchief, but little did d'Artagnan know that the musketeer had dropped the
handkerchief on purpose. By informing Aramis and his companions of the handkerchief,
d'Artagnan had compromised Aramis' honor. When one's honor is compromised, you set up a
duel. They set up a duel for two o'clock.
When the clock struck twelve, d'Artagnan was at the place where the first duel was to
take place. As soon as they crossed swords, five of the Cardinal's best guards showed up.
Since dueling was against the law, the guards confronted the musketeers. D'Artagnan sided
with the musketeers and bested two out of the five guards. From that point on, all four
of them were the closest of friends.
"On their side \, the three musketeers were much attached to their young comrade. The
friendship which united these four men, and the want they felt of seeing each other three
or four times a day... caused them to be continually running after on anther like
shadows." This quote shows how close the four men had grown to each other. I have many
friends that I do the above quite often with. Seeing each other four or five times a day,
having a urge to just be around each other.
Usually if one of my good friends doesn't have enough money for something, I would spot
him some cahs. This was very true with the three musketeers and d'Artagnan. While he four
were going some very hard times financially, they banded together and scammed meals off
of other people. For example: When Porthos went to a friend's house who had offered to
give him dinner, Porthos brought along the other three companions and their servant's to
be fed too. By doing this the four friends were able to survive some of the bad times and
pull each other through.
The cliche "One for all and all for one" originated from The Three Musketeers This holds
very true throughout the book. The four friends would always stick up for on another and
help each other out as much as possible. Like the time when some guards were searching
for d'Artagnan, Athos posed as d'Artagnan and went to jail for him. If that is doing
anything for a friend, I don't know what is.
At the end of the book the three musketeers uncover a plot immense proportions. When
Milady de Winter killed Madame Bonacieux, they all felt the pain and sadness that
d'Artagnan felt. The three musketeers helped revenge Bonacieux's life. This is where true
friendship really kicks in. I don't think any of my friend's would help me kill a person
but d'Artagnan's friends did.
These four men pulled through times that were bad and enjoyed the good. Throughout you
life, you find that friends are there whenever you need them. I hope in your life you
might have friends as good as the musketeers were.
"All for one, and one for all"
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