Langston Hughes' article "Salvation" is about his experience with pressure and the effect that it caused. Hughes' aunt pressured him into believing in Jesus and letting him save Hughes. Hughes felt so much pressure when the preacher was screaming and shouting at him Don't you want to be saved little lamb, Don't you want to be saved by Jesus walk to the platform my son come to Jesus, so when he didn't see Jesus he felt like he couldn't believe that he was real his aunt told him he would see Jesus so he thought he would. I have been in the same situation as Hughes feeling so pressured into something so you just gave in even if you didn't want to in my own experience I was so ashamed of myself because instead of standing up and saying no I gave in to the pressure.
One time I had an experience where I gave in to the peer pressure of others. Some friends of mine thought it would be cool to steal some of their parents' cigarettes. So they did and Sarah kept telling me as she was puffing big clouds of smoke from a Marlboro 100 oh come on just try it it's what all the other girls are doing. Eventually I gave in and tried the cigarette and I thought that it made me look cool so I kept smoking. First it was only with friends then overtime I started smoking all the time and it became a habit to smoke. I wish I had never given in to the peer pressure of my friends because now I'm addicted to cigarettes and I smoke a pack in two days and I wish I had never started and just said "No" to the pressure.
Dear Jacki,
ReplyDeleteI am sorry that grand ol' Sarah was the one who had made you start. This is the same reason my other friends do it and I'm pretty sure a lot of other people who do smoke. You did great retelling "Salvation" but probably could have done better in describing you're own experience. But the order and clarity of it was great! ;D
You did a great job answering the prompt. I think you had a great example of peer pressure. I agree with Matt, a little more detail or the use of some vivid verbs would have defiantly help the reader paint a picture in their head. But other than that I think you did a good job.
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