"On Teenagers and Tattoos" was a short artilce written by Andres Martin that explains the different reasonings behind teenagers tattooing themselves. The main reasons teens get tattoos is to become individuals or to become a part of a group. Teenagers who get tattoos want to deviate from the norm, or conform to the norm of a group or society. Teens also like the idea of a tattoo due to its permanence. Many people who get tattoos do it for a personal reason, so that they can be forever reminded of the reason that they got the tattoo. Tattoos, whether meant for a reaction, for art, or for a meaning, should not be judged mearly by appearnce, but rather viewed as another way to see an individual's persona.
What I gathered from the article, "On Teenagers and Tattoos" by Andres Martin, is that tattoos are more than something drawn on your body with a needle and ink. Tattoos are, in alot of cases, memorials something that is worth alot more than a visit to the tattoo parlor. Young people use tattoos to express how they feel or to show their allegiance to a social class or organization. Mainly, the most importnant thing that I gathered from Martin's writing was that tattoos are more for personal display of something greater than that tattoo itself, or the way that an individual would like to reveal themself.
Jordan Engel
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