In her essay “Pea Madness”, Amy Leach’s use of metaphors contributes to the idea that people in the world put harsh expectations on themselves due to the expectations from society. “Pea Madness” focuses on the life of peas and how they develop and grow whilst having people constantly watching. This can be seen as a metaphor for people in today’s natural world, specifically teenagers. The teenagers are the peas and the lattices they grow on is high school. But those who planted them, that is society, constantly judging, watching, and having a silent opinion everyone knows. For “Once they grow long-limbed, they start to teeter, because they possess more self than they can support” (Leach Pea 35) and high school begins to consume them. Though
