Saturday, May 21, 2011

Langston Hughes/ Giving In to Peer Pressure-

Langston Hughes writes about how he was pressured as a boy to believe in a religion he was not so sure about. I have given in to pier pressure but not exactly the names of religion. After the experience, I did not learn anything only because I already know wright from wrong, and I probably would have still done it if I could go back in time. One cold and gloomy night, probably considered morning since it was about 3am, my friends and I decided that it would be a good idea to walk to our local Safeway which so happens to be open 24/7. We did not have very much money, I recall not having any money at all actually. Circling the store for quite a bit we stopped by the sushi department. The people I was with wanted to take some, as I mentioned before, they did not have any money nor did they have thick clothes on-I was the only one that had a hoodie. They asked me to hide the sushi container under my clothes and just walk out. I just kept on replying with “why don't you do it?!” they again replied with them not having anything on to cover it. I finally gave in and hesitated as I lifted up my sweatshirt and stuck the container inside. After a few more minutes of roaming the store, we fled the scene. If I hadn't of stolen that sushi I probably would have felt kind of bad because my friend who wanted me to take it has stolen me hair spray once, or twice, maybe three times. I do know it's bad and that is why I choose not to steel anymore, no matter what anyone says.



2 comments:

  1. I think you answered some of the prompt. But I felt like you wrote your story the way you would tell you friend, by saying things like “probably considered morning since it was about 3am.” Instead of putting that kind of detail like that you could have just stated the time in the beginning with “One cold and gloomy night.” It was a great example of peer pressure, I’m sure a lot of young adults face that kind of situation at some point in their lives, I know I have.

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  2. I think you did alright but you should have used way more detail and responded with more to say that wasn't off topic.

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