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Think carefully about the following passage and the assignment below.

William Penn said, Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

A century later, Abraham Lincoln said, Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Do you agree or disagree that popularity is best not pursued since it has no benefits nor gives a person peace?Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, experiences or observations.

I wholeheartedly agree with President Lincolns statement, but I only partly agree with William Penns. Being popular does press on a persons personal space and freedom. While popularity does have many snares it does have some real benefits.

Whenever you go shopping or to the grocery store, almost always there will be a magazine news stand by the checkout lane. Its usually full of tabloids and pop magazines that feature the latest craze and what all the hit stars have been up to. A recent movie called Paparazzi is about an action star who is constantly harassed by photographers who follow his every footstep. While the movie may not be entirely accurate, it does bring to light at least some of the power and freedom the press has. Stars are followed rters know a stars favorite restaurant, favorite store and even their favorite color sometimes. Granted none of these things seem very intrusive, but thousands possibly millions of people know them. The star has very little if any privacy. It is there that Lincolns