The Power of Peer Pressure — Animal Farm
Peer pressure is one of the most powerful forces on the planet. It isn’t just something that exists in the school years. Peer pressure exists from the moment you are born until you the day you die. In fact, it has changed the world and all the people in it.
Power to Govern
In late 1998, a group of students in Belgrade used peer pressure to oust the Milosevic, president of Yugoslavia. They couldn’t do it alone, and they knew it. In numbers, they were small. In power, they were none. While in physical power that is. Success had to be in pulling the rest of the nation together with the same agenda. They did it by making everyone feel left out for not joining them. Talk about peer pressure! (http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2011/04/15/the-politics-and-power-of-peer-pressure)
As a group grows, its power increases on its peers. One protestor makes a little noise. As each person joins the protest, their power on others grows to add even more to their cause.
Power of Evil
Another great example was shown in the movie, The Wave. It was set in a high school history class. The students couldn’t understand how stupid the Nazi’s were to follow Hitler and do such horrific things. The instructor decided to do an experiment. The students didn’t realize that their…
