Second, Odysseus and I show that when faced with peer pressure, isn’t always the right decision. In the Odyssey, Odysseus chose three men to search an island and “they [fall] in, soon enough, with Lotus Eaters, who [show] no will to do harm, only offering the sweet Lotus to [their] friends” (897). The Lotus Eaters pressure the men to try the Lotus, which in the story is like a drug. It is addicting and makes you want to stay on the island. It pressures Odysseus to try them because all of his crew try the Lotus. Another example of peer pressure in the book would be when Odysseus hears “the lovely voices in ardor [appeal] over the water [and makes him] crave to listen, and [he tries] to say, Untie me” (933). This presents an obstacle for his