Peer pressure by definition is how different members of peer groups influence each other. These pressures take hold when we choose to adopt these new behaviors. Although we learn at a young age to avoid these new pressures, it is still hard to identify the pressures and how to resist it. It is often even harder to admit and to identify the bad influences in one's life. That is where myself and Charlie from “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” begin to have things in common.
In “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” Charlie has several moments where he is faced with peer pressure from his friends. Not all peer pressure is bad, we can often even be influenced by good things and people. It’s all based on what we choose. Charlie, however, has been faced …show more content…
I went through this pressure for a long time while I was friends with a certain guy. In the beginning of our friendship, he never tried to pressure me into doing bad things, but as our friendship grew and we got closer, he would try to get me to do things that I knew I shouldn’t. At the time, I had gone through a lot with the loss of a few family members and I was also struggling with having confidence in myself. This guy had been there for it all and I thought that he was always going to have the best interest for me, but I would later find out that he didn’t. When we were hanging out one night on my front porch, he offered me a cigarette knowing that I would most likely say no. He kept on asking me to just try it once, so I eventually gave in and tried it. I never thought that I would’ve given in to this pressure, but here I sit still smoking occasionally.
In conclusion, everyone will be faced with peer pressure in some form or another, whether good or bad. It’s up to the individual to know how to respond for themselves. In “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” Charlie didn’t know how to say no, so he gave into the negative peer pressure that his friends put on him. Just like Charlie, I struggled with how to say no to a person that I had been friends with for a long
In “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” Charlie has several moments where he is faced with peer pressure from his friends. Not all peer pressure is bad, we can often even be influenced by good things and people. It’s all based on what we choose. Charlie, however, has been faced …show more content…
I went through this pressure for a long time while I was friends with a certain guy. In the beginning of our friendship, he never tried to pressure me into doing bad things, but as our friendship grew and we got closer, he would try to get me to do things that I knew I shouldn’t. At the time, I had gone through a lot with the loss of a few family members and I was also struggling with having confidence in myself. This guy had been there for it all and I thought that he was always going to have the best interest for me, but I would later find out that he didn’t. When we were hanging out one night on my front porch, he offered me a cigarette knowing that I would most likely say no. He kept on asking me to just try it once, so I eventually gave in and tried it. I never thought that I would’ve given in to this pressure, but here I sit still smoking occasionally.
In conclusion, everyone will be faced with peer pressure in some form or another, whether good or bad. It’s up to the individual to know how to respond for themselves. In “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” Charlie didn’t know how to say no, so he gave into the negative peer pressure that his friends put on him. Just like Charlie, I struggled with how to say no to a person that I had been friends with for a long