Someone once said, "Wise people choose their friends carefully." I believe that our friends and peers may have a positive or negative influence on us. If you're pressured into doing something wrong, then that's negative. On the other hand, if you're pressured into doing something beneficial, then that would be positive. An example of peer pressure being negative can be found in the novel "Cirque Du Freak." In the book, a boy is pressured to go to an event that he knew he shouldn't have been at. As a result, he meets an evil man. This man later turns the boy into a vampire. Therefore, the boy will never be able to return to his home. His life was forever changed due to negative peer pressure. This one mistake could've been avoided if he never
