Essay On Teenage Wasteland

Friendship is very important in a teenager’s life, if you pick the wrong friends things can go downhill. In the story Teenage Wasteland by Anne Tyler, a boy named Donny went down a dark path that led to an even darker future. Donny was a teenage boy who abused drugs and alcohol with his friends which resulted into failing in school. Donny’s school recommended a tutor which wasn’t too good of an idea. Donny’s tutor was a big joke who did nothing, but lower his grades. The tutors house was just a place for teenagers to hang out and most likely intoxicate themselves. Ever since Donny got a tutor his grades only got worse and he was still drinking and doing drugs with his friends, eventually Donny got expelled and was taken out of the tutor program and sent to a different school. In this school Donny proved that he was a good kid by getting average grades and no longer doing drugs and drinking. However, Donny had no friends in this school, and his old friends were no longer in contact with him. Donny’s Friends had a big impact on Donny and they were the one that brought him down in the first place without them he would still be in his old school. Don’t surround yourself with the wrong people, choose the right friends, choose the right path. What
Donny ignored the correct path and now it’s too late. During the story “Teenage Wasteland” the lesson provided in the story should be taught to all and remembered too. If you fall into Donny’s footsteps you will end up in a dark future maybe even worse than Donny’s. Donny ignored the correct path and now it’s too late. However, if you follow this lesson you will go towards a luminous future. Don’t surround yourself with the wrong people, choose the right people, choose the right