Peer pressure is inevitable. At some point in someones life the people around them will try to get them to fall in line with what they're doing or what they believe. Whatever the motives are, the people around us will always try to change and mend us into how they feel we should be and act. Many times, we as humans will fall into peer pressure even if we know we are not doing the right things. In the Crucible, Mary Warren is easily swayed by her friend Abigail. When given the decision to tell the truth and potentially save Proctors wife, she is easily swayed by her friends. Rather than do the just action, she figures that it is easier to lie than tell the truth and disappoint her friends. In act III of the crucible Mary Warren refuses to testify the truth and cries: " Abby, Abby, I'll never hurt you more! (They all watch, as Abigail, out of her infinite charity, reaches out and draws the sobbing Mary to her, and then looks up to Danforth.)" (III. 496-519). She evidently falls into Abigail's peer pressure and rejects the truth to gain favor in Abigail's eyes. She justifies her wrongdoings because all of her friends are doing the same thing. Moments like those define ones true integrity, Marry Warren had the choice to do what was right or follow her friends and compromise the truth. She chose to to do wrong because she felt it was right because her friends were doing it. In our lives as well we are often faced with he choice to do what is right or fall in line with what our friends our doing. Those are character defining moments we all face. They show us whether we can stand firm in our character or if we so willingly compromise our integrity to please those around us. Moments when we are faced with peer pressure can ultimately be moments of growth in our lives or corruption of character. All in all, at some point in life we will be faced with peer pressure, so we can take it as an opportunity to grow and pursue the sincere truth.
