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    CENSORSHIP BY SOCIAL PRESSURE ON “THE OTHER” ON THE LOITERER Gamze Önem TR 111‚ Rhetoric and Composition for Translators January 14‚ 2013 The Loiterer (Aylak Adam)‚ Yusuf Atılgan (1959) is a literature book with its philosophical layers and socio-cultural aspects. The book praises especially the critical thinker and the one who is able to come over the social pressure. Rather‚ it criticizes “those who accept familiar tastes without questioning”. Its main character C

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    The drinking simulation examined the effects of social pressure with alcohol. Students were able to experience different emotions‚ adjust to new social groups‚ and apply lessons to their own lives. Understanding from a point of view that all students are college students‚ we are more likely to get into situations of drugs‚ sex‚ and alcohol. The college campus and dorms along with a group of people who are around the same age‚ predicts our actions in college. In this simulation‚ Dr. Petranek and his

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    Pressure Today in our modern society cheating in school is growing at a rapid rate‚ but who is to blame‚ is it the school system is it students or is it the teachers. I strongly believe that it is not only the student’s fault but the school systems as well. To begin‚ cheating among students has rapidly increased. The numbers are crazy; statically 2 out of every 3 kids have cheated on a test‚ homework‚ ect. “Cheating in school is rampant and getting worse 64% of students cheated on a test in the

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    According to the essay “Too Much Pressure” by Colleen Wenke‚ the reason that students cheat on their tests is because they are under too much pressure to get good grades‚ which is accurately portrayed since cheating is usually seen as one of the only ways to pass tests and that’s what students are being stressed to do. Based on her essay‚ teachers should be teaching students right from wrong as opposed to pressuring to the extent of making them cheat. This is important to see because it is a way

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    During the 1800s‚up until 1860‚the North and South did not see eye to eye on economic and social issues.Inevitably leading to a much anticipated Civil War in 1861.The seeds of the Civil War were planted way before the actual fighting broke out ‚the antebellum years prior to this event were filled with political turbulence.Tension between the North and South reached an all time peak when slavery expanded to newly acquired states.To the North slavery was morally wrong and cruel.The South however

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    The social influence a peer group exerts on its individual members‚ as each member attempts to conform to the expectations of the group. Over the past century there has been a dramatic increase in percentage of people who are affected by social pressure. Therefore‚ they come up against significant problems. These problems effects people’s lives negatively and people are affected by each other easily. This is like a loop and each person is affected by another person. Thus‚ some problems come forward

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    Free Will vs. Peer Pressure “Opinions  and  Social  Pressure”  was  a  study  by  Solomon  Asch   which  looked  into  the relationship  between  intellectual  judgements and social pressure. How does our non­conformity within  a group  affect  our  judgements  as  individuals?  Asch  attempted  to  answer  the  question  by  conducting  a series  of  experiments.  In  these  experiments‚  the  subject  was  placed  in  a  group‚  the  members  of  which were  shown  a  line­segment‚  they 

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    Peer Pressure has been very controversial topic over the years. Today‚ the media has transformed the issue into a topic that is discussed every day. Many people are sometimes misinformed about topics because the media twist facts enough to make anyone believe what they tell them. The media has gotten the public to believe that peer pressure is all bad and only certain people deal with it‚ but peer pressure can be used positively or negatively depending on the situation. Peer pressure is when a person

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    you ever thought about what might cause somebody to do something so tragic? In Doris Lessing’s “To Room Nineteen” we see how even 50 years ago there were major social pressures playing a role in peoples lives‚ and creating a stereotype of what both men and women should live like. It is these very stereotypes and demeaning social pressures that lead to the unnecessary suicides in people who fall victim to the conformity that is demanded by society. Susan was a stay at home mother and housewife who

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    nobility‚ her behavior being the result of social pressures coming from her socioeconomic class. Nüssler’s argument is how Mrs. Compson’s frailty and hypochondria stem from the pressures put on her by the largely patriarchal and wealthy class that her family is part of. As a member of this class‚ Mrs. Compson really takes these values to heart and as Nüssler points out throughout his scholarly essay‚ she cannot escape it and falls victim to these pressures

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