Thesis: I agree with Ralph Waldo Emerson because I feel that you have to try to stay the same person and not change your way of life because of something that has happened to you in the past. I agree with Waldo Emerson's statement, “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment” because if you change yourself because of something that happened to you, you will never be the same person everyone knows. Another reason is peer pressure. You always need to be the same person because change can be very bad and affect your future. You can notice if something happens to a friend and they change, and when you see that you need to help them break that change because it will stick with them forever. …show more content…
Peer pressure can make you do bad things that can have terrible effects on your future and you will not be the same person you once were. Being yourself is an amazing accomplishment, many people fail to stay the same and become drug addicts or possibly suicidal and that is why peer pressure is so dangerous. If you change as a person it will not end well and your future could be ruined. Furthermore, “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment,” is such a motivational sentence that has so much meaning and inspiration this is a reason i agree with Ralph Waldo Emerson. When you are yourself throughout life great accomplishments can happen and will help you become a better person. If you change it is very hard to become the person you once were and gain trust of individuals that once cared about