Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. When Don had a few pops in him, which was frequently, he felt the urge to fight even more... He
had taken his first drink in fifth grade, and by the time he was a senior had built up quite a
reputation for drinking. There was nothing exceptional about that in Odessa, where kids drank
freely, often with the tacit blessing of their parents, who saw it as a part of the macho mentality of
the place.
Which of the following themes is revealed in the below paragraph?
The cyclical nature of destructive behaviors
O The negative effects of social and parental pressure
The divisive effects of bigotry and racism
The "brotherhood" found in sports