Peer Pressure & Fun

Young kids today are subject to much greater peer pressure than they were even fifteen to twenty years ago. This play titled “FUN”, by Howard Korder, was written in 1987, and takes place in an industrial town where there seems not be a lot to do to occupy young teenagers. As you can tell from the first line and the language used, Denny does not seem too terribly happy. I think this line suggests boredom, lack …

…one way out. Next, they shouldn’t let their parents effect them in such a way that they are now. Perhaps they could have a change of attitude. Maybe get involved in extra activities at school, volunteer in their town, gain some new role models, change their outlook on life and maybe make a better life for themselves instead of excepting where they are at and that they may never go anywhere else in life