People can be pushed to their limits about things that they believe in or that others want them to believe in. Just like in gangs, which are pretty much people under the influence of peer pressure. They have a longing to want to fit in with a group and will go to extreme measures to make sure that they do. Rather than being rejected, the gang member will engage in illegal activity such as stealing things, vandalizing and even killing. It is not that they desire to kill someone but that the task or conflict that they have engaged in requires them to. Instead of being rejected by the other gang members they choose to believe in the cause of the gang and show that they are strong enough to be accepted in the gang. The other side of the coin is when people believe in something so strongly that they will kill for it. The Holocaust would be a good example of this. Hitler believed so strongly that anyone that did not fit under his qualifications for an “ideal” human being should be killed. He carried his plans out, gained many Nazi followers and saw his plans to completion until thousands and thousands of people were killed. This also works in the opposite way when someone stands out for what they believe in and they are not supported by anyone. Just like Corey in “The Crucible”. Corey is being pushed to give up names but he refuses and even through torture he will not get honest people in trouble. His moral convictions about what he believes him lead to his death.
P.S. I was not really sure what I was supposed to write about but my friend from another class told me I was supposed to write about “the causes of conflict that leads to death”.
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