Luke has four very close friends who grew up with him since childhood. Luke's closest friends are Jonathan, his next-door neighbor; his friend in elementary school; Miguel, a family friend who went to a different school than he and Lawrence, his basketball teammate. Luke treasures all his friendships. He values these qualities in all his loyalty, kindness, honesty, and trustworthiness. He is glad that his close friends are not and they would always be there for him when he needs them. He can confidently say that his friends are always a and he tries to spend quality time with them when he can over the weekends.

"and these i address to all females that would be married, or are already so; not that i suppose their sex more faulty than the other, and most to want advice, for i assure [women], upon my honour, i believe the quite contrary; but the reason is, because i esteem them better disposed to receive and practice it, and therefore am willing to begin, where i may promise myself the best success." this statement from franklin's "rules and maxims for promoting matrimonial happiness" best demonstrates his use of criticism to argue his point his use of common sense to appeal to women his use of flattery to gain women's attention his use of facts to prove his point