The Negative Effects Of Peer Pressure

In a play like Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare which is a classic, dating back to the 16th century, it can be expected that discussions have happened based on the question: Did Romeo and Juliet cause their ultimate demise based on choices they made, or does fate take control of their life the second they meet? Because people are able to argue both sides of the case, there has never been a definite answer on whether or not fate, or poor choices takes place in this Shakespearean play. Although fate is something that definitely is shown in this play, poor choices ultimately cause the death of Romeo and Juliet. Every action that someone makes affects someone else, like dominoes that continue to fall until eventually, everyone has fallen. Whether or not they be intentional or accidental, every action has an equal opposite reaction. So even if Romeo or Juliet do not mean for anything bad to happen, in the end their choices are what started the domino effect.

Teenagers constantly worry what other people think of them: friends, family, even strangers. They’ve all been there. But what teenagers should really be worrying about is what they think of themselves. Teens should not be pressured to choose between what they want to be based on what others want them to be. Yet, teenagers think that their options are limited, and that’s where they take the wrong turn. In The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton presents the idea that self-discovery makes teenagers realize that they don’t have to be pressured to choose what they want to be for the desire to be accepted by others.

In Langston Hughes short story Salvation, he reminiscences about his Auntie Reed’s churches attempt to “save” him at the age of twelve. The preacher holds a distinctive affair for the children which he calls “bringing the young lambs to the fold.” Each child sits on a mourner’s bench and slowly but surely each one stands, are received by the preacher, and subsequently saved by Jesus. Langston observes while all his peers stand up and are saved, while he sits and waits for Jesus to truly reveal himself; however, he is dumbfounded when another boy named Wesley blasphemes and is not subsequently struck dead. Langston had sat at the mourner’s bench for a considerable amount of time and was badgered by the grinning Wesley who sat proudly on the platform above. Reluctantly, he rose to join his peers

At a young age, parents tend to teach their child right from wrong. They teach you this to become responsible, so when your an adult you do not have to rely on them while making decisions. In George Orwell's Shooting an Elephant, we notice he wanted to do the right thing by not shooting the elephant but gave into peer pressure to fit in. The narrator felt the need he had to shoot the elephant because the people of Burma were frightened and he wanted to be their hero. Peer pressure can lead people to do bad things for what they think are good reasons but are actually not.

Peer pressure influences teenagers in a few different ways, such as ditching, drinking, and drugs. I think Laurie Halse Anderson, the author of “Speak,” is saying is that in young teenagers’ lives, they are forced to participate in actions that they do not want to take part in.

What genre of literature would you say teens are into the most? Turns out teens tend to turn to dystopian societies, now do you know why? Teens these days are just getting darker in all types of ways one of the ways they are getting darker is they are starting to enjoy darker genres of literature and movies. One of the ways to show you why they can relate to these stories is by talking about the movie The Giver based off the book by Lois Lowry directed by Phillip Noyce and the book Anthem written by Ayn Rand. Now teens these days like dystopian societies and one reason is because of how they can relate to them and for there darker nature.

Hormonal, impulsive, influential: these are the words that have stuck with teens for hundreds of years. It’s been ingrained in human society that teenagers are supposed to be hormonal, impulsive, and easily influenced by their parents and friends. It’s seen in plays, literature, movies, and television shows. With this label, comes questions. Adults have been asking the same question for years: where does this behavior come from? Now scientists might have an answer.

The term “fitting in” holds different meanings to different people. To some people, to “fit in” means to feel comfortable in a particular group of friends. To some people, to “fit in” means to feel that you belong, or to be like others. To some people, “fitting in” may even mean nothing.

During the teenage period, the teenagers don’t have a fixed thought. They think differently than the oldest in age. It may be that teenagers in the same age have the same thoughts about life; it’s a difficult period of the lifetime. Peer and friends have an influence on the teenagers. Their peers teach and give bad advices to them. Some peers give pressure or influence other teenagers ,for instance, to drink and go to parties and do things that are not proper. It’s really similar to the “Speak” book and what Laurie Halse Anderson wants us to understand from her written book and how peer pressure affects teenagers. By reading this book, we can be more careful all the time and do not listen to peer.

The persuasive article Individuality vs Conformity argue, that teenagers should find a healthy middle between Individuality and Conformity. The author supports his/her analysis by describing how the high school students act towards non-conformist students.The author 's purpose is to show high school students that it’s ok to be different and themselves in order so that they learn to love themselves. The author writes in a emotional style for the readers of high school students and others interested in the topic of Conformity and Individuality.

Peer pressure between teenagers can have a positive or negative effect. In the text,” Back to Basics: Test Scores Don’t Lie,” the author Diane Ravich enforces the harmful side of peer pressure.

In today’s society individuals see taking steroids as a choice made by the individual as a way to enhance their performance. However, in “We, the Public, Place the best Athletes on a Pedestals”, William Moller, the author, argues that the pressure from others can lead to the abuse of steroids.

Peer pressure is quite the controversial matter today. It is the feeling that someone your own age is pushing you toward making a certain choices, good or bad.(The Cool Spot). The level of peer influence generally increases as children grow and it has become an important influence on behavior during adolescence. Many researches and surveys have been done to find the answer to the question whether peer pressure is beneficial or harmful for teenagers. While Karcher &Finn (2005) claimed that peer pressure is the biggest factor result in bad behavious of adolescents; Bukowski (1998) and Salvy (2011) argued that pressure from peers can bring amazing benefits for them. The following writing will discuss peer pressure and from then show that peer pressure can also good for teenagers, too.

Almost everyone has experienced peer pressure at least once in their lifetime,either on a small scale or a large one, in a positive or a negative way. Peer pressure is simply when someone gets you to do something. It is quite easy to get influenced by peer pressure (especially in the teenage years) because everyone wants to fit in and not be left out. Teens sometimes give into peer pressure by doing risky things. Correct friends -are more likely to- play more safe decisions in general. People, usually teens, tend to hang out with other teens with a few similarities ,for example, a study by researchers at the Columbia University proclaims that teens are six times more likely to have had a drink if their friends often drink alcohol. So, if there

The first current harmful hobby for adolescences is doing bad party. Some teenagers would go for an event or occasion, where they could hear good music, dance, drink, and meet new people. This is very common because there are many teenagers who do that to relieve their stress. But sometimes they couldn’t control themselves and went for it too much. Tasnim Ahmed, wrote “However, if one must constantly justify oneself for partying and feels compelled keep partying because of social norms, then it’s more harmful than beneficial.” (2013). Most of people went to party for having fun and a way to build their friendship or relationship, but some of them are going in the wrong way. Parties are most obvious arenas for socializing, but they aren’t the best place to cultivate for building a friendship. They should responsible about what they are doing and at least they 18 years old so they could control their emotion. In other words, party might have some