Have you ever been pushed to do something that you didn 't want to do, something that was against your will that you didn 't intend to do, or even influenced to do something because it would please someone? That is what you call "pressure." Pressure causes many effects that are uncalled for. In most cases being under pressure, normally, is more negative than positive being that it brings self regrets.
A vivid example of pressure would be from the book 50 Essays; A Portable Anthology written by Samuel Cohen. In this book, there are two essays that were written which have similar connections on the topic of pressure. The two stories are Shooting an Elephant written by George Orwell and Salvation written by Langston Hughes. Besides pressure there are other points that are proven that occurs due to being pressured. For instance, pressure encompasses the fact that with it causes one to have inner conflicts, causes one to try to fit in
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In his story he speaks about the pressure of seeing Jesus. Hughes felt as if he was being pressured because he was the only one that didn 't get saved because he didn 't see Jesus for himself; instead he lied and said that he did so that he wouldn 't be left out. This is because he was the only one that the entire church was now waiting on to "see Jesus and get saved." This is shown when Hughes says, "I began to feel ashamed of myself, holding everything up so long" (p. 184). Due to his incompetence of not getting seeing Jesus he later mentions that he would just get up but doing this caused him to regret doing that. This is where he said, "I had deceived everybody in the church" (p. 184). This is Hughes way of showing that pressure is something of great importance because he did something that he knew was wrong and he was doing it to please other people rather than staying true to
Is there a situation in your life where you have to go with a group pressure. Let me give you an example of peer pressure. One day a person was invented on his friend’s birthday party. He has never drunk before because of his friends pressure he had to drunk. In the article, “Group Pressure”, Rodney Stark focuses on group pressure. More Specifically, he proved his idea that higher number of people will go with the group pressure by giving the examples from the Asch experiments. After reading the article, I was surprised that large numbers of people will go with the group while only small number of people will stay with their decision.
A real life example of pressure could be the current presidential election, as both candidates are feeling forced to either make statements they think are not true or are belittling the other candidate in order to make themselves look better. In Macbeth, the differences in political beliefs made Lady Macbeth pressure Macbeth into murdering the king in order to take over and rule for himself. Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to murder Duncan by saying “We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking - place and we’ll not fail” (1.7.69-71). In the end, it was the cause of Macbeth’s death as he was not able to hide the fact that he
The longer it takes, the louder the adults sing and pray, and eventually Hughes concedes. He stands up, and joins the rest of the children who were just looking down on him, and proceeds to lie about finding the faith of God. As a child, everyone is easily pressured by a society because they do not want to stand alone. Children learn at a very young age, that if you aren’t like the rest of the children it is easier to be singled out, humiliated, or even bullied. For example, what would have happened if Hughes had told the truth?
“I was saved from sin when I was going on thirteen. But not really saved.” (Hughes 432), leaves the reader curious as to what he means. You get drawn in by his opening sentence which, keeps you reading. His method of writing this short story leaves the opening and conclusion contradicting each other tremendously. Hughes was “saved” in the opening before he begins to tell series of events as they begin to happen. Whereas, he stopped believing in Jesus entirely as the story goes on. How can a person be saved but not really believe in Jesus at
When Hughes was thirteen he attended a revival with his Aunt it was his turn to "see Jesus," his entire community and church all waiting expectantly for the moment when he was finally saved from sin. Unfortunately for Hughes, salvation did not occur. His fellow peers that he would be delivered, to Jesus convinced him. He was so caught up in the idea that when it did not happen, and when it did not, he felt like an outcast amongst his religious community. People crying, and praying for him at his feet, Hughes did not want to be the reason for all the madness happening around him. He stood up and acted as if his salvation had come to him, although deep within he knew it had not. "My aunt came and knelt at my knees and cried, while prayers and songs swirled all around me in the little church. The whole congregation prayed for me alone, in a mighty wail of moans and voices” (Hughes 111-112). Influenced by the wales and the cries, Hughes started to feel as if he was the problem, that something was wrong and it was up to him to fix it. As the congregation prayed for him alone, and his aunt cried and prayed by his feet, a wave of social pressure came to him at once. To stop the crying, and the constant praying there was only one thing to be done, although he knew he was never actually saved, he stood to his feet, and the religious community and church all rejoiced as they
Early in his life, Hughes was subjected to the pain of losing a parent. Though not through death, the loss of his father due to his parents' separation caused him great pain. With only one parent in care of him, Hughes spent the majority of his youth living in poverty. When he grew older he allowed his distant father to support his college education for the first year. At the closing of his freshman year, Hughes found that he did not want his life to continue in that direction and withdrew from Columbia University.
One should remember that not all peer pressure is bad, although that is mostly what you see today. Good peer pressure needs to be done more, because why would you want to make someone do something bad, instead of helping them do something good and impacting them, because honestly who would want a worse world rather than a better one? Truly the way to improve our lives as human beings lies on peer pressure, it is at the core of ways we can make a change for a better, and not more for the
Pressure is one of the most profound and evident social problems that integrates a bond between each character. While they believe themselves to be alone in their struggles, separated by a belief that the other is too privileged, or too impoverished to understand the problems of the former, they all deal with the same issues though they may present themselves in a distinct manner for each and every one of us. John Hughes uses the concept of pressure be it from our parents or our peers to help the viewer see the connections in society because pressure is a daily quandary that each and every living person faces on a daily basis. In the Breakfast Club, Claire is faced with peer pressure, placed upon her by friends that she consorts with daily. She is skeptical that anyone else can feel the way she feels, especially outsiders such are the people she's been trapped with for this Saturday morning. Even so, every person who John Hughes placed in the film served a purpose, and each of the students had pressure to deal with of some sort. Brian; the pressure to be perfect, to please his parents and to lead a successful life. Andy; to please his father, by becoming the perfect athlete and being a “man.” John; to survive an abusive relationship with his parents, teachers, and classmates, in order to make his way into adulthood. The Breakfast Club isn't about the characters alone, it's about human-kind, we're all alike, connected in our troubles, and our
The story does have good logic. It is understandable if someone is completely turned off to the gospel because they were pressured or forced to accept Christianity. It is not that person’s fault if that do dislike the truth of the Bible. It is, however, the fault of whomever was doing the witnessing. They either did a terrible job presenting the gospel message, or they didn’t have any Scripture to back up their words. In Hughes’ case, the gospel presentation was the worst I’d ever heard: going from “a wonderful rhythmical sermon, all moans and shouts and lonely cries and dire pictures of hell, and then he sang a song about the ninety and nine safe in the fold, but one little lamb was left out in the cold”(197). What a smooth transition.
In "Salvation" Langston Hughes describes an event in his childhood when he pretended to be saved by Jesus Christ in order to save his congregation more aggravation and trouble. At the age of 12 Hughes was called a sinner. He was placed on the mourners bench in his church with several other children who were about to be brought to "the fold". Hughes was told that he would "feel Jesus" in his soul, and he believed them because they were older and supposedly knew better.
...d by Amy Flick, a big part in his work. Hughes showed that the working class shouldn’t be feared or escaped or pitied, but something to be embraced and valued.
Throughout the movie pressure is a recurring theme. It all begins as they take a step in Welton Academy. They are all told that they must live by the four pillars, “Tradition, Honor, Discipline, and Excellence,” and if any boys fail to follow these pillars it could result in serious consequences. Most pressure comes from the teachers expecting their students to get work done in an efficient manner. Pressure from parents come about wanting their kids to do their best and to get good grades, abide by the rules, and stay out of trouble.
Everybody has a dream whether they are willing to admit it or not. Some have achieved their dreams, some are still working towards their dream while many have given up. When Hughes asked what happens to a dream deferred, he explored a human consciousness that forces people to abandon their dreams. It is a powerful question which commands a sense of silence after it. With each stanza he evokes powerful and negative images of abandoned dreams. The message is that abandoned dreams do not simply vanish because you are not chasing them. Instead, they go through an evolution which gets worse before exploding. Hughes became frustrated with the number of blacks in Harlem succumb to an oppressive environment. Before he became a renowned poet, novelist,
The academic pressure is one of the major stress factors in my life. The academic environment is very competitive and everyone wants to be the best. Not only are am I competing with my peers, I am also competing with myself. I always want to exceed my expectations. Which can cause me to become anxious at times. The academic pressure has many sublevels to it. Making excellent grades, homework, projects, essays, online work, class scheduling, exams, and many other aspects that are involved with school.
Peer pressure can be both a positive and negative influence and will challenge us do things whether they are right or wrong. This is left for you to determine. Peer pressure can influence several areas in your life like; academic performance, who you choose for friends, it can influence who you mat choose for a boyfriend or girlfriend, it can influence decisions about sex, it may change your feelings about alcohol and drug use, and it can even determine your fashion choice.