What would you do?

    Peer pressure is looked upon to be something bad. People often say "Don't fall into the peer pressure!" However, peer pressure is generally thought in a sense that people want you to do something. For example, they want you to eat that weird jelly bean you found on the ground or pick off that one hair dangling off of the bald guy in front of you's head. People fall into peer pressure just to avoid ridicule, or to just fit in. As I was reading The Bluest Eye, I came upon the following line: "Frieda agreed with me. 'Miss Forrester said he was incorrigival" (Morrison 67).  Incorrigival isn't actually a real word. It's supposed to be spelled incorrigible. However, Toni Morrison specifically spells it wrong, because she uses this spelling mistake to further characterize Frieda. Frieda, the girl who previously had just stood up for Pecola, is depicted to be an innocent child. She's innocent in the sense that she has yet conformed to society, for one of the main messages of this story is conforming to white culture.When someone's being attacked by multiple people, the average person would simply walk by, for they might fear that if they joined in they would also be attacked.  Most people conform so they're not different. They want to fit in to avoid ridicule. However, in no way does this thought ever come into Frieda's mind as she selflessly stands up for Pecola. Therefore, Frieda is seen as the innocent minded protector that has yet to conform to society's ideals, and Morrison emphasizes this innocence by misspelling the word incorrigival. Also, when I was reading this passage a TV show suddenly popped into my mind. It's called What Would You Do. This video is somewhat similar to the scenario of what happened to Pecola and Frieda.