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In the play, blackrock by Nick Enright, peer pressure plays a major part in the horrific crimes that these otherwise ordinary boys commit. When Ricko first comes to town he begins to assert himself over the rest of the group, then when he knows he will be caught he exerts a lot of pressure onto Jared, asking him to lie to the police. There is very subtle peer pressure when the girls are trying top raise funds for a tree in memoriam of Tracy, and none of the boys will donate money in fear of “being paid out on”. Peer pressure is evident when Jared doesn’t speak out about the rape, which he witnessed. ...
The first signs of peer pressure appear when Ricko comes back to town. ... 2)
This is very subtle peer pressure, and Ricko probably isn’t intentionally doing it. ... In this instance, peer pressure doesn’t persuade Jared to do what he knows is wrong.
There is an unconscious peer pressure running throughout the group, particularly with the boys. ... This is one of the major results of this cycle of peer pressure that this group of boys apply to one another. ... Toby’s father, Stewart Ackland is a pornographic photographer for the magazine Body Count, he inactively encourages the rampant sexism in blackrock.
Approximate Word count = 1027
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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