Who is considered a friend? What are the qualities of a good friend?

Is a person’s status known by the number of friends he/she has?

How are friendships formed within and beyond the immediate community?

Can friendships be formed between different age groups?

Do people have many friends or only a few close friends? Are friendships maintained when people move away? How?

What do friends do together? What expectations are there between friends (emotional support, financial help, care of children, etc.)?

What actions offend people enough to produce hostilities or broken friendships? How do people react to offenses, indications of hostility from others, or false friends? How do they indicate their hostility toward or dislike of another person (silence, avoidance, spitting in the other’s presence, shouting insults at the household dog when the offending person or enemy is nearby, etc.)?

How is reconciliation achieved?