Peer pressure and acts of blind, mass obedience are all too common phenomena in our everyday society. A person who, under other circumstances, would never act in this way, will commit unthinkable acts when supported by a single person or, even worse, by a large mass of individuals. It's almost always destructive, and the person(s) involved usually end up feeling regretful and confused by their actions. When thinking about peer pressure within a group, several other words come to mind, such as: conformity, conformity, brainwashing, and social influence. Group peer pressure can cause a person with the purest morals and highest values ​​to act in ways that are more than contradictory. Group peer pressure can turn a saint into a sinner, a leader into a follower, and an individual into a small speck in a vast and corrupt mass. This pressure is evident in the story called “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell. In this selection, originally taken from a collection of essays with the same title, Orwell describes an incident in which peer pressure led him to commit the inhumane slaughter of an elephant. Orwell, who was serving as a member of the British Imperial Police in Lower Burma, is required to kill this animal after it becomes a "must" and spreads throughout the village. Although some may argue that the killing was justified given that the elephant had already violently destroyed property and killed a villager, Orwell still felt a degree of shame and regret over the incident. He states in the Lower Burma People's Text: "They didn't like me, but with the magic gun in my hands, I was momentarily worth watching." And suddenly I realized that I should shoot the elephant in the middle of paper...... In life, peer pressure plays a huge role in everyday society. People do unimaginable things under pressure from people they admire. We conform and conform when we are brainwashed, influenced and pressured. This creates enormous and destructive problems and moral struggles, as seen with Orwell, the Jonestown victims, and the thousands of teenagers who fall prey to peer pressure every day. The only way to combat peer pressure is for others to start taking responsibility for their own actions and for integrity to become a higher priority in everyday life. If society can begin to teach this to our youth, we will be one step closer to eliminating the problem; However, complete elimination of peer pressure can only happen when adolescents and adults stop being the problem and start becoming the solution by resisting the urge to pressure and be pressured..