Reputation (Kevin)

 

Reputation played a very important role in Salem during the witch trials as well as it does in Today’s Society. No matter what we do, or where we go the people and community that surrounds us, if for the better or the worst inevitably judge us. If someone dresses, talks, or acts differently they are look at as weird. A lot of people change things about themselves that they love to fit in and socially be accepted by Society in fear of being an outcast or judged by others on their beliefs, behavior, or looks.  Almost everyone wants to be socially accepted and wants to fit in but that can be very challenging to achieve with a bad reputation. When you earn yourself a bad reputation it sticks for a while and it is hard to get rid of. Judgment is a natural reaction when we first meet someone. If someone you are meeting for the first time has a bad reputation you will automatically assume they are a bad person because of the things you heard from other people about that person. I believe that people should care about what other people think about them only to an extent, but not change anything about themselves that they believe is right even when other people may not agree with it.