<p>Okay, so I wrote an essay this morning (whoop for seizing the day) and I started incorporating my real life to literary examples. Is that good? </p>
<p>Also, can you use nonliterary books? I used Princess Diaries because I just read it a week ago and it’s still fresh in my mind.</p>
<p>Here is my essay where I incorporated real life to the examples supporting the question. How can I improve?:</p>
<p>What motivates people to change?</p>
<p>People change for so many reasons. But the most common and ubiquitous reason is pressure in general. As humans, we somewhat care about other people’s feelings about certain issues and change it to make one feel more “fit in”. Demonstrated through teenage novels to classic literary ones, social pressure change people.</p>
<p>As shown by the famous novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, pressure from the students at school can make people change their opinions about someone. Scout and Jeremy Finch were both very disgusted by Mr. Boo Radley. Personally, they did not even interfere with Radley. They took every rumor and myth said upon him and hated him to be real and true. This relates in real life. We automatically take what our friends said to be honest and associate it with someone without finding out if it’s true or not. Throughout the novel, as readers, we can see how Boo Radley is trying to win The Finch Brother’s respect. He leaves little gifts and snacks in a tree where he knows they will pass. Though Scout and Jeremy are still a bit creeped out by him, in the end, they realize that all this rumors about Boo Radley eating rats and boiling cats were all not true. One of the most provocative type of pressure, peer pressure caused some of the most literary character’s to change. </p>
<p>In The Princess Diaries Series by Meg Cabot, stress and urgency from guardians can also cause people to change one’s opinions about serious matter. In one of the most evident scene of this, the third book (Princess in Love) shows Mia very passionately not wanting to attend a party because of her social problems. Yet, by the end, she still went anyway. Her Grandmere taunted and begged her to go. She told Mia about the tricks and fights she had with her rival, who will also be at the Ball. Mia felt bad for her and decided to go and help her alleviate the hatred Grandmere have for this lady. This is not only demonstrated through romantic teenage novels. In real life, many students are constantly pressured by the family members to go to a prestigious university or achieve an better score than their cousins/siblings/etc. Although Mia did let go of her social problems for her grandmother’s ego, she did end up exactly how she dreamed of. Motivating people to change can be done through family pressure as well.</p>
<p>We change from other people’s opinion. Indeed, pressure demonstrates one is insecurity; but by the end, social pressure can change someone in how one views a neighbor to a happy princess ending.</p>