Peer pressure is around us every day, every waking moment and we all have to deal with it. It's how we deal with pressure, which may differ from others. A good example of the need to deal with peer pressure is George Orwell's story, Shooting an Elephant. As the British arrived and took control of Burma, many natives disliked the military system put in place to keep the peace. One of these police officers or deputies is faced with the task of having to shoot an elephant. Why does he do this, you ask, because the elephant is in the must, this is when an elephant goes into heat and becomes very aggressive. The natives want the young Briton to shoot the elephant, they consider it entertainment. The young man must face peer pressure. The solution to dealing with peer pressure is that he can just say no to what he doesn't want, then just walk away and finally explain to people why he shouldn't do it. In the great story of Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell conveys a huge message of peer pressure and the way the young man could have handled this pressure was to simply say no. The young British soldier gave in to pressure from the Burmese natives who wanted him to kill the rampaging elephant. The man knew that the elephant was in danger and uncontrollable without its mahout who is the guardian and rider of the elephant. Instead, the man began to think that the Burmese already hated him and that if he did not shoot the elephant, they would laugh at him and ridicule him. As the man says here: “People expected it of me and I had to do it; I could feel their two thousand wills pushing me forward, irresistibly. That's when he should have stood up and told people... in the middle of a paper... that he wanted to shoot the elephant. A lot of people wouldn't understand, but that's okay because he knows what he's doing is the right thing. As you can see, there are a wide range of options that the British soldier could have chosen, other than shooting the elephant. He could have just told him no, he was obviously in charge, he was armed and they weren't. If, in turn, it didn't work, he could simply leave. Even though he was so afraid of being ridiculed and ridiculed, he could have simply explained to them that he should not shoot the elephant for the reasons listed above. So for many people who give in to peer pressure, try using some or all of these tactics to stop doing something you are pressured to do. These are simple solutions that the British soldier should have used and solutions that many people can use in everyday situations..