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Monday, March 28, 2011

To What Extent Does an Author's Environment Influence His Perceptions of Self and World?

The first major environment would be family. His father and mother were the first people he saw, and they constantly try to make his world similar to theirs. In the first few years of out life, we basically only see our parents' lives, so of course it is not weird if our lives become close to theirs. Next are the people who he hangs around with. If the people are good, he is more likely to be a good person later in life. However, not everyone ends up that way. There could be the few who used to be in gangs and grow up to save the poor.

I believe that the environment could either completely affect you or not affect you at all. It all depends on your heart, what you think is right and wrong, and whether you want to let your will be swayed so much.

~Pitaah

1 comment:

  1. That is quite true, but I do believe that a person's environment would affect his/her perceptions of life, no matter how strong-willed he/she is. It will always stick with us, never letting go...

    ~Kenneth Trachtenberg

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