Argumentative Essay About Fraternity

I was never a fan of fraternities. At first, I thought people who joined were just after the impression of other people that they look cool because they have a fraternity. In addition there are alot of hazing issues reported on media, which tells people that joining a fraternity is dangerous. Despite the negative stigma against fraternities, the majority of the society will never truly know the hard-earned joy of being initiated into a brotherhood, the bond that is tight enough to be considered family and the importance of looking at the bigger picture.

Initiation is the action of receiving someone into a concealed organization, typically with a ritual. The problem is most people associate initiation with hazing, which is not all the time …show more content…
Being in a fraternity means that you are brothers aiming for the same goal. Members learn the true spirit of brotherhood, loyalty, equality and service. Although most of these values are taught in our families, members get to know the deeper meaning of each values. I am not saying that fraternities are more important than families, blood is still thicker than water. In a fraternity members are constantly taught these values, which families are not able to do because they are not always around especially during college. This is the purpose why fraternity brothers are around. Brothers are there to support and help each other when a brother is in need. Not to mention, the support also coming from the alumni. Members establish strong connections which will not only benefit them in their college life but also even when they already finish college. The only disadvantage I see against fraternities is the negative …show more content…
I am not saying that because a person is not a part of a fraternity, their chance of being successful is less, even people that join fraternities sometimes turnout to be failures. Being in a fraternity is not the basis for your success. This just proves that whether a person is in a fraternity or not they are still responsible for themselves. In addition to the opposing view, some people say they don’t need to be in a fraternity to be welcomed in a group, where they don’t have to experience being in unpleasant positions before they are accepted. Which is true and there is no doubt about