"A true friend is someone that knows the song of your soul, and sings it back to you when you have forgotten the words"

   What would you do if you and your best friend likes the same guy? Would you sacrifice your happiness for your friends? Or would you try to get your friend to like someone else so you get the guy you like? Well, that's the decision Lotus has to make in the book The Pillow Book Of Lotus Lowenstein by Libby Schmais. Lotus lives in Brooklyn but she is dying to go to Paris and become an existentialist. Lotus and her best friend Joni are similar and different in many ways. Although Joni is very rich, she wears cheap cloths and likes non-expensive stuff where Lotus is not that rich but loves to buy expensive stuff. But, both friends shares Lotus's love for all things french. So, they start a french club where their only club member, other than Lotus and Joni, is Sean, the new boy. But the problem is that they both end up liking Sean who likes both girl's affection.

   I think Lotus should just give up liking Sean because Joni starts liking Sean first but mostly because Lotus is Joni's best friend and there shouldn't be a problem in sacrificing a little of her happiness for her best friend. Although Lotus and Sean have a lot in common and Joni and Sean have a little in common, Lotus should be much more faithful and loyal to her friend and she should be helpful and happy that finally Joni likes someone who she has a chance going out with (Joni is mostly in love with famous stars). In the book I feel like Lotus acts more like a friend rather than a best friend because if a person's friend likes someone, that person should be happy for a friend and not try to find ideas to get her friend to like someone else.

   If I was in Lotus's place I would actually help my friend get the guy she wants. My best friends Aishwarya and Tanzima mean more to me than anything else and if one of them likes the same guy as me, I would do anything to forget the guy and get the boy to go out with my best friend. I feel like best friends prove that they are capable of being a best friend when they support their friends and make a sacrifice for them. It doesn't matter how big or small the sacrifice is, as long as the sacrifice is meant to support your friend and it came from the heart, it shows that you are a true friend.